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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



591 



Since I began selling queens of tlii s 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 colon}' 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 weie 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 18, 1899. 

 Friend Hutchinson : — In looking over the last Re- 

 view I noticed an advertisement of queens from a 1100 

 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 limes 

 what she cost me. The bees reared from her daugh- 

 ters are very superior honey-gatherers, and I expect 

 that she will be worth more than 8100 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 hundieds 

 of hives to look after, to brt ed as carefully as one who 

 makes of this his lifew irk. 



As ever yours, J. E. Crane. 



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

 w T ith 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 li'ework 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 honev-gatherers each year to breed from, 

 and crossing them, so far as possible, with drone-; 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 

 — ils ability to winter well. Th°n it is verv peaceable 

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

 blacks do theirs. 



The price of the queens is 81.50 each, but I guaran- 

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

 ing; and at any time within two years, if a purchaser 

 feels that he has not got the worth of his money, he 

 can return the queen, and get his 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 be 81.50 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 

 me 81.00 for the REVIEW for 1899 can have one queen 

 for 81.00; that is. I will send one queen and the RE- 

 VIEW for 1899 for only 82.00. Of course, this special 

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

 t i the hands of tho«e who are unacquainted with its 

 merits. Orders will be strictly in rotation. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, 



Bee * Supplies. 



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, 81.00. 



WALTER S. POUDER, 

 512 Massachusetts Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. 



In writing, mention Gleanings. 



CHAS ISRAEL & BRO., 



486, 488 & 490 Canal St., Corner Watts St., N. Y. 



Honey and Beeswax. 



Liberal Advances made on Consignments. 

 Wholesale Dealers and Commission Merchants. 

 Established 1875. 



Flint, Michigan. 



Cartons 



for comb honey. If you will need any, send 

 for sample. A better grade of cardboard is 

 used than by most manufacturers, and the 

 price is right. Odd sizes furnished in 1000 

 lots. Special price on quantities. 



Shipping=cases and Honey=jars 



in a variety of styles. Catalog free, describ- 

 ing full line of supplies. 



Italian Queens. 



We own two apiaries, and our bees are "hus- 

 tlers' for honey. "All yellow" Tested Ital- 

 ian queens, 81.00 each; three for 82.50. 



I. J. STRINGHAM, 

 105 PARK PLACE, - - NEW YORK. 



Queens. 



I will be ready as usual to furnish 

 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 82.50 each. I am also breeding 

 the leather-colored stock from imported mothers. 

 Tested queens of either strain, fl.OOeach; 6 for 8-5.00. 

 Untested, 75c each; 6 for 84. Queens readv in season. 

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

 In writing advertisers, mention Gi.rantnos. 



