1899 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



373 



Every bee-keeper who has had experience with sev- 

 eral strains of bees knows that some are far superior 

 to others— that there is scrub stock among bees, just 

 as there are scrub horses, cattle, sheep, and poultry. 

 I,et me give my own experience. Years ago, while 

 living at Rogersville, I made a specialty of rearing 

 queens for sale. Before engaging in this work I 

 bought Italian queens, and Italianized not only my 

 own bees but all within three miles of my apiary. In 

 buying those queens I think that I patronized nearly 

 every breeder in the United States; and even imthose 

 years of inexperience I was not long in noting the 

 great difference in the different strains of bees. The 

 queens from one particular breeder produced bees that 

 delighted me greatly. They were just plain, dark, 

 three-banded Italians but as workers I have never seen 

 their equal. They seemed possessed of a steady, quiet 

 determination that enabled them to lay up surplus 

 ahead of the others. Easier bees to handle I have 

 never seen. It sometimes seemed as if they were too 

 busy attending to their own business to bother with 

 anything else. Their hone}' was capped with a snowy 

 whiteness rivaling that of the blacks. In addition to 

 these desirable traits must be added that of wintering 

 well. If any bees came through the winter it was the 

 colonies of this strain. They came as near being 

 ideal bees as any I have ever possessed. All this was 

 twenty years ago; and several times since then I have 

 bought queens of this same breeder, and I have al- 

 ways found this strain of bees possessed of those same 

 good qualities — industry, gentleness, and hardiness. 

 In addition to this they cap their honey as the black 

 do theirs. I have frequently corresponded with this 

 breeder, and with those who have bought queens of 

 him, and I am thoroughly convinced that he has a 

 strain of bees that are far superior to the general run 

 of stock. If I were starting an apiary for the produc- 

 tion of honey, I should unhesitatingly stock it with 

 this strain of bees. 



This breeder has always advertised in a modest, 

 quiet, unassuming sort of way, nothing in proportion 

 to what the quality of his stock would have warrant- 



W. Z. Hutchinson, 



ed, and at last I have decided that I can help him, and 

 benefit my readers at a profit to myself, by advertis- 

 ing these bees in a manner befittingly energetic. 



The price of these queens will be SI 50 each. This 

 may seem like a high pi ice, but the man who pays it 

 will make dollars where this breeder and myself 

 make cents; and when you come to read the condi- 

 tions under which they are sold it will not seem so 

 high. The queens sent out will all be young queens, 

 just beginning to lay, but, as there are no black bees 

 in the vicinity, it is not likely that any will prove im- 

 purely mated. If any queen should prove to be im- 

 purely mated, another will be sent free of charge. 

 Safe arrival in first-class condition guaranteed. In- 

 structions for introducing will be sent to each pur- 

 chaser, and. if these instructions are followed, and the 

 queen is lost, another will be sent free of charge. 

 This is not all; if, at any time within two years, a pur- 

 chaser, for any reason whatever, is not satisfied 

 with his bargain, he can return the queen, and his 

 money will be refunded, and fifty cents extra sent to 

 pay him for his trouble. It will be seen that the pur- 

 chaser runs no risk wha tever. If a queen does not 

 arrive in good condition another is sent. If he loses 

 her in introducing, another is sent. If she should 

 prove impurely mated, another is sent. If the queen 

 proves a poor layer, or the stock does not come up to 

 the expectations, or there is any reason why the bar- 

 gain is not satisfactory, the queen can be returned 

 and the money will be refunded, and the customer 

 fairly well paid for his trouble. I could not make this 

 last promise if I did not kmow that the stock is real- 

 ly superior. 



I said that the price would be $1.50 each. There is 

 only one condition under which a queen will be sold 

 for a less price, and that is in connection with an ad- 

 vance subscription to the Review. Any one sending 

 SI .00 for the Review for 1809 can have a queen for 

 $1.00. Of course, this special offer is made fur the sake 

 of getting the Review into the hands of those who are 

 unacquainted with its merits. 



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