1899 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Since I began selling queens of this superior stock. 

 I have received a great many letters on the subject. 

 Two of these appear below. I will be frank enough 

 to say that they were chosen because they illustrate 

 so strongly the difference there is in different strains 

 of bees. The first is from a customer in Indiana. He 

 gave me permission to use the letter, but said that the 

 institution with which he is connected would not ap- 

 prove of the use of his name in an advertisement. 

 Here is the letter : 



Oldenburg, Ind., June 14, 1899. 

 Mr. W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Mich. 



Dear Sir: — Your postal is received. All I ask is that 

 you send me a good queen. I have lost patience in 

 buying queens. If they don't turn out hybrids, crosser 

 than the ones I already have, then they are the "gold- 

 en Italians," which are as lazy as they are prolific. 

 This is a good locality for bees, each colony yielding 

 from 75 to 125 pounds. The "golden Italians," how- 

 ever, do not furnish such amounts. From a colony of 

 that variety, that I had last year, I got only ten partly 

 finished sections. It is needless to say that I pinched 

 the queen's head. Yours truly, . 



This man must have been unfortunate in his pur- 

 chase of golden Italians, as I have had some strains of 

 " goldens " that were excellent workers, but his expe- 

 rience shows what a great difference there may be in 

 different strains of bees. 



The other letter is from a well-known bee keeper, 

 and reads as follows : 



Middlebury, Vt., June is 1899. 

 Friend Hutchinson : — In looking over the last Re- 

 view I noticed an advertisement of queens from a $100 

 queen. If you have something that is choice I want 

 it. You know that I believe in improvement of bees 

 by careful breeding, and I am now working along 



that line. Last year I bought from one 



of his choice queens, for which I paid him several dol- 

 lars, but I would not sell her now for many times 

 what she cost me. Th^ bees reare 1 from her daugh- 

 ters are very superior honey-gatherers, and I expect 

 that she will be worth more than S100 to me before 

 the season is over. I believe that there has not enough 



attention been paid to breeding bees for business. It 

 is somewhat difficult for a bee-keeper with hundreds 

 of hives to look after, to brted as carefully as one who 

 makes of this his lifework. 



As ever yours, J. E. Crane. 



It is true, as Mr. Crane says, that the bee-keeper 

 with hundreds of colonies finds it difficult to do as 

 careful work in improving his Stock as can be done by 

 some breeder who makes a lifework of this point. 



As stated in former advertisements, I have the han- 

 dling of queens from a stock of Italians upon which a 

 good man has been at work for twenty years, select- 

 ing the best honey-gatherers each year to breed from, 

 and crossing them, so far as possible, with drones not 

 akin. To produce a superior strain of bees has been 

 his sole aim during all these years; and my experi- 

 ence with this strain, and my correspondence with 

 others who have tried it, have proved to me that he 

 has attained a fair degree of success. The chief value 

 of this stock lies in its industry — its ability to store 

 large quantities of surplus. Then comes its hardiness 

 — its ability to winter well. Then it is verv peaceable 

 — easy to handle. It also caps its honey white— as the 

 blacks do theirs. 



The price of the queens is SI. 50 each, but I guaran- 

 tee safe arrival, safe introduction, and purity of mat- 

 ing: and at any time within two year-;, if a purchaser 

 feels that he has not got the worth of his m ney. he 

 can return the queen, and get h<s money back, and 50 

 cents to boot to pay for his trouble. 



If you are interested in this matter, and have not 

 read my advertisements in the last few issues of 

 Gleanings, turn back and read them, as they give par- 

 ticulars not given here. 



I said that the price would he 11.50 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 REVIHW. Anv one sending 

 me 81.00 for the REVIEW for 1899 can have one queen 

 for $1.00; that is. I will send one queen and the RE- 

 VIEW f >r 1899 for only $2.00. Of course, this special 

 offer is made for the sake of getting the REV EW in- 

 to the hands of those who are unacquainted with its 

 merits. Orders will be strictly in rotation. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, 



Flint, Michigan. 



lies. 



Root's Goods at Root's Prices. 



POUDER'S HONEY-JARS, 



and every thing used by bee-keepers. 

 Low freight rates; prompt ser- 

 vice. Catalog free. 



Italian Queens, 4 and 5 banded, not a hvbrid 

 in the yard. Untested, 75c. Tested, $1.00. 



WALTER S. POUDER, 

 512 flassachusetts Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. 



In writing, mention Gleanings. 



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send for our illustrated catalog describing every thing 

 a bee-keeper uses. We keep the most popular goods, 

 and sell them at prices that are right. 



Italian Queens. 



We own two apiaries, and our bees are "hustlers" 

 for honey. "All yellow " Tested Italian queens, $1.00 

 each; three for $2.50. 



I. J. STRINGHAM, 



105 PARK PLACE, 



NEW YORK. 



QI will be ready as usual to furnish 

 UP^riC queens the coming season. Many 

 •**[*"-' unsolicited testimonials tell of the 

 ' ' superiority of the Laws strain of 



faultless 5-banded workers. Breeding queens 

 always on hand. Price $2.50 each. I am also breeding 

 the leather-colored stock from imported mothers. 

 Tested queens of either strain, $1.00 each; 6 for $5.00. 

 Untested, 75c each; 6 for $4. Queens ready in season. 

 W. H. LAWS, Lavaca, Seb. Co., Ark. 



