1900 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



69 



Avoid Disappointment 



The bees and queens that I advertised and sold last 

 year as " Superior Stock " are far superior to the aver- 

 age run of Italians. There is no dout'tof this. 1 believe 

 them to be the equal, in industry, docility, and hardi- 

 ness of any stock in this ro?/«/;v— possibly they are 

 supcrioy to any. My views are the result of knowl- 

 edge as to how this strain originated and was devel- 

 oped ; by repeatfd trials of this .strain, year after 

 year, in my own apiary, by the side of the best obtain- 

 able stock, and by reading letters from men who, like 

 myself, have given it a trial. The most disinterested 

 proof that I have of its superiority is that sometimes a 

 man, when ordering one of these queens, will write : 

 " I have had queens from [here follows a list of breed- 

 ers] but the one I got from [mentioning tlje 



breeder who furnishes me this stock] produces bees 

 away ahead of any other. If you have something 

 better, it must be pretty good, and I want it." A great 

 many bee-keepers have written me in the past few 

 months that they were going to try this stock next 

 summer. To these men I would say that I am now 

 receiving orders almost daily for delivery next spring. 

 These orders are booked as they come in. and will be 

 filled strictly in rotation. If you are thinking of get- 

 ting a queen of this strain, and rearing q eens from 

 her to stock your apiary next summer, don't wait un- 



til next May before sending your order If you do, 

 you will probably find your name the last in a list of 

 some 200 or 3(X) orders, and you may be compelled to 

 wait some little time. 



Perhaps you may think this "a scheme " to induce 

 you to send in your order now. No ; I am telling of 

 this so that those who are intending to get a queen in 

 the spring may not be disappointed. 



The price of a queen is SI 50; but I guarantee safe 

 arrival, safe introduction if instructions are followed, 

 purity of mating, and entire satisfaction. Any time 

 within two years if the queen proves unsatisfactory 

 she may be returned, and the money will be refunded, 

 and 50 cts. extra sent to pa3' for the trouble. 



If you wish to know more particulars about this 

 stock before ordering, send 10 cLs. and ask for three 

 back numbers of the Review in which it is described ; 

 and the 10 cts. may apply on a sub.scription, if you 

 send one, or in the purchase of a queen. 



A SPSCiAL OFFER. 



For only S'i.OO I will send the Review for 1900, throw 

 in 12 back numbers free, and send a queen of this Su- 

 perior Stock next spring. 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON, Flint, Mich. 





One-pound square, $4.70 per gross, with corks 

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Honey = jars \^^^^^^^^^^ 



Five gross at $4.50 per gross. /|\ 



Comb Foundation --—^- SJ 



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Do you know that, according to the pure-food laws of this State, 

 every gallon ptit up here must have the name of the producer on the 

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1 nC result is that Ohio Maple Syrup can be depended on every 

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