1900 



GLEANINGS IN BEK CULTURE. 



Selection. 



555 



Selection has been the chief factor in the develop- 

 ment and building up of our improved breeds of 

 horses, cattle, sheep, swine, and poultry. Men have 

 devoted the best years of their lives to a single line or 

 branch of this work — and not without their reward. 

 In bee-keeping but little has been done in this direc- 

 tion. The development of a bright yellow bee has been 

 the most noticeable thing that has been done in this 

 line. This is the most easy of accomplishmant, as re- 

 sults are so quickly and easily discernible. To breed 

 for honey-gathering qualities is a much slower process. 

 As soon as bees hatch out we can decide in regard to 

 their color, and as to whether we wish to rear queens 

 from their mother for the purpose of improving the 

 color of our stock ; to decide in regard to their work- 

 ing qualities requires months — perhaps j'ears. 



Every experienced bee-keeper must have noticed 

 how much more surplus is stored by some stocks than 

 by others. Time and time again, when visiting bee- 

 keepers, have I been shown some particular colony, 

 and heard the owner tell with pride how much honey 

 it had stored year after year ; always coming through 

 the winter in good condition, or doing this or that that 

 was so desirable. The strange thing is that beekeep- 

 ers so seldom seem to realize the value of such a col- 

 ony, or queen, as a starling-point from which to im- 

 prove the stock of their whole apiary. If they do 

 realize it, they seldom take advantage of the know- 

 ledge. Suppose, by the introduction of improved 

 stock, a man can increase his surplus, on the average, 

 one year with another, ten pounds p?r colony, and 

 that is not an extravagant estimate, on 100 colonies 

 his crop would be increased 1000 poui d^ The cost for 

 hives, grounds, labor, winlerinj;, etc , is nearly the 

 same with one kind of st(5ck as with another, just as 

 it costs as much to keep a scrub cow as it does to keep 

 a Jersey, and a gain in surplus that comes from im- 

 provement in stock is the most profitable that can be 

 secured. To improve your stock, get the vkry bk-iT 

 that you can for breeding pnrpo e-:. and with this 

 stock your apiary; then watch caiefully, and breed 

 from the colonies that do the be^t. Continue this year 

 after year, and you will be su -piistd at t e r suits. 



This matter of beginning with a'^ good stock a< you 

 can get, is all-important. Don't lose yen is of timt- by 

 commencing with common or inferior stock. Get the 

 best ; and thus be able to commence right where some 

 other breeder left off 



As explained in previous advertisements. I am .'ell- 

 ing queens from stock upon the development of whi' h 



a good man has spent twenty years ; making crosses, 

 and then each year selecting the best to breed from. 

 I have several times tried this strain, and know it to 

 be the best that I have ever tried. 



The price of these queens will be I1..50 each. This 

 may seem like a high price, 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 impurely 

 mated, another will be sent free of charge. Safe ar- 

 rival in first-class condition will be 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 purchas- 

 er, for any reason vi'hatever, is not satisfied with his 

 bargain, he can return the queen, and his money will 

 be refunded, and 50 cents extra sent to pay him for 

 his trouble. It will be seen that the purchaser runs 

 NO RISK WHATEVER. If a quecn does not arrive in 

 good condition, another is sent. If he loses her in in- 

 troducing, another is sent. If she should prove im- 

 purely mated, another is sent. If the queen proves a 

 poor layer, or the stock does not come up to the ex- 

 pectations, or there is any reason why the bargain is 

 not satisfactory, the queen can be returned and the 

 monej- will be refunded, and the customer fairly well 

 piid for his trouble. I co\ild not make this last prom- 

 ise if I did not know that the stock is really 



SVPKRIOR. 



I said that the price would be SI 50 each. There is 

 only one condition under which a queen will be sold 

 for a les>; price, and that is in conntction with an ad- 

 vanre subscription to the REVIKW. Anv one sending 

 me SI 00 f. r the KEViEW for lllOO can h Jvt- one queen 

 fo SI 00; that i-i, 1 will .send one queen and the RE- 

 VIEW for 1900 tor only S2.00 ; and in m dition I will 

 St n i 12 tiack numbers of the RICX'IEW free. Ju^-t see 

 wh't von can get tor onlv J2.0() : 12 1) ck numbers, the 

 REVIEW for all of !9iO; and one of tho-e superior 

 queens I lati now fill orders for these queens of 

 Superior St- ck by n turn mail, i his is sotuething 

 that I have i\ever before been able to do. 



W. Z Hu'vchinson, Flint, Mich. 



THE VERDICT | 



of my customers proves that my efforts to furnish ^ 

 queens of unusual merit are not in vain t 



"The 19 queens purchased of you last month ^ 

 came promptly as ordered ; and to say that I am 5 

 pleased is putting it mildly; they are the largest ^ 

 and finest I ever saw, and all exactly alike. My ^ 

 future orders will surely be placed with you. ^ 



A. T. Dockham, Wells, Minn., July 5." ^ 



" The queen you sent me on the 20th ult. came « 

 the 23d all O. K., not one dead bee in the cage, jc 

 To say I am pleased with her is quite mild. I jc 

 would not take her out of the hive today for So 00 ^ 

 S. C. Frederick, ' Evergreen Apiary,' Elberton, « 

 Wash., July 2." ^ 



^ When you want queens that please every tiwe, ^ 

 ^ send me your orders for the "Superior" Doo- ^ 

 5 little cro'is. 75c each; S2 00 for :?; S7.50 per dozen, t 



5 Jewell Taylor, Forestville, IWIinn. % 



2; Money-order Office, Spring Valley. ^ 



wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmfmm 

 Queens, Nuclei, and Colonies. 



Best of Honey Queens. Special prices to introduce 

 during July, Aug., and Sept Untested queens, .50c 

 each; So 50 per doz. Tested, Sl.OO each Nuclei, add 

 50c per frame to price of queen. Write your wants. 

 Satisfaction guaranteed. 



S. p. CULLEY. Higginsville, Mo. 



Queens on Trial. 



Ill 1895 Mr. L. M Brown, 218 Tenth St., Sioux City, 

 Iowa, bought 'i queens: in 1897. 12 queens; in 1899, 80 

 queens; Ihi-' >e.i-on 95, all for his own use. Many of 

 niv rustonurs of this \ ear h.ive bought queens from 

 me for years, and tested dozens, scores, or hundreds 

 of them. This means that the queens are good ones, 

 and satisfactory. We are now over our rush, and can 

 fill orders for the best of queens promptly. Queens 

 are carefully reared from one of Doolittle's best moth- 

 ers. Cells are large and well fed ; queens sent out are 

 large fine ones that lay well. Any injured in transit, 

 or unsatisfactory, replaced free. To induce a trial we 

 make these prices: One queen, 60 cts.; 3 or more, 50 cts. 

 each; select warranted, 80 cts.; extra select warranted, 

 large yellow, Sl.OO; nice tested, Sl.OO; select tested, SI. 50. 

 A tew nice young tested mixed, 3 to 5 band, from 

 swarms, 75 cts. each .See ad's and circulars. 



J. B. CASE, Port Orange, Pla. 



BIG HONEY CROP 



Means good bees. Many of my colonies have stored 

 200 lbs. each from red clover. Untested queen, 65 cts.; 

 2 for Sl.OO. Tested, 81.00. 



a. ROUTZAHN, Menallen, Pa. 



f\ I I C CT M O of t^e Doolittle Case strain. 

 ^^ ^J CL Cm I^ ^9 These bees are industrious, 

 prolific, and gentle. Try them Untested, 50 c ts. 

 each; S5 00 per doz.; select, 75 cts.; young tested, Sl-00, 

 or 3 for S2.50; select tested. S2.00. 



Ceo. Vande Vord, Daytona, Fla. 



