THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



93 



TWENTY yEins 



OF 



Careful Breeding 



In regard to the origin of 

 my strain of Italians, I would 

 say that they were developed 

 by selection and crossing. 

 The first Italian queen that I 

 ever possessed was of the 

 Thos. G. Newman stock. The 

 next was of A. I. Root's red- 

 clover stock; purchased in 

 1881 In 1882, I purchased one 

 of friend Root's best imported 

 queens, for which 1 paid 

 $6 00. She was a valuable 

 queen, indeed; producing 

 workers which were hardy 

 and regular hustlers for 

 gathering honey. I stocked 

 my apiary with her daugh- 

 ters, saving only a few queens 

 of the other stock to furnish 

 drones. This gave me a di- 

 rect cross, which, I think, is 

 the secret of my success. 



In 1883 I found one of the 

 daughters of the Root import- 

 ed queen far out-stripping 

 everything in the yard in the 

 way of honey-gathering and 

 comb-building; and her bees 

 capped their honey so white 

 that it made it appear the 

 most beautiful comb honey I 

 ever saw. In this queen I had 

 an acquisition. I used her as 

 a breeding queen. Her bees 

 were not as handsome as the 

 Newman slock; but beautiful 

 HONEY attracted my eye and 

 pocketbook more than fancy 

 bees. 



If you wish for a strain of 

 bees that are reully "Super- 

 ior," and at a much lower 

 price than sold by Mr. Hutch- 

 inson, send for the handsom- 

 est queen circular that was 

 ever printed. 



J.P.MOOKE 



Morgan, Kentucky 



i Names of Bee-Keepers I 



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The names of my customers, and of those ask- 

 ing for sample copies, have been saved and writ- 

 ten in a l)ook. There are several thousand all 

 arranged in alphabetically (in the largest Sates), 

 and, although this list has been secured at an ex- 

 pense of hundreds of dollars, I would furnish it 

 to advertisers or others at $2.00 per thousand 

 names. The former price was $2.50 per 1000, but 



1 now have a type writer, and by using the man- 

 ifold process, I can furnish them at $2.00. A 

 manufacturer who wishes for a list of the names 

 of bee-keepers in his own State only, or possibly, 

 in the adjoining States, can be accommodated. 

 Here is a list of the States and the number of 

 names in each State. 



Arizona 46 



Ark. 

 Ala.. 

 Calif. 

 Colo.. 



82 



80 

 378 

 228 



Canada 1200 

 Conn.. 162 



Dak 

 Del. 

 Fla. 

 Ga.. 

 Ind. 



Ills 1375 



Iowa . . 800 



25 



IS 



loo 



90 



744 



Ky 



Kans.. 



La 



Mo 



Minn.. 

 Mich.., 

 Mass.. , 



Md 



Maine 

 Miss,. . 

 N. Y.. . 

 Neb.. . 

 N.J... 

 N. H. . 



182 



350 



38 



500 



334 



1770 



275 



94 



270 



70 



1700 



•345 



. 130 



..158 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON, 



N. C 60 



New Mex. 56 

 Oregon . . 104 

 Ohio... 

 Penn.. . 

 R. I.... 



S. C 



Tenn . . . 



Tex 



Utah 68 



Vt 200 



Va 182 



W. Va....i72 



Wash 128 



Wis 625 



Flint, Mich. 



130C 



912 



46 



40 



176 



270 



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