GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



August, 1921 



REQUEEN 



AUGUST is the month to requeen and prepare for winter as 

 well as next year's honey crop. Desiring to secure our stock, 

 many purchase a number of our guaranteed queens in Aug- 

 ust or September and from them select their breeder for the follow- 

 ing season. As the prices of nearly all commodities are being re- 

 duced, we are accordingly reducing the price of our queens, this re- 

 duction to take place August first. We have sold breeding queens 

 to many large honey producers and queen-breeders thruout the 

 United States, Canada, and other parts of the world, and all are 

 much pleased with our stock. A notable example of these is J. E. 

 "Wing of California, one of the largest queen-breeders and shippers 

 of pound packages in the world. He has purchased breeders from 

 many sources in the past and writes : ' ' This season the Jay Smith 

 strain has been secured, and these are equal, if not superior, to 

 anything I ever had." 



HundT'eds who have pur- 

 chased our guaranteed 

 queens in the past, speak in 

 highest terms of our stock. 

 In the main, the reasons 

 they give for preferring 

 our stock are because they 

 are gentle, they are of uni- 

 form yellow color showing w 

 good breeding, because 

 they are excellent for erad- 

 icating European foul 

 brood, and for the fact that 

 the queens are large, indi- 

 cating a capacity for 

 heavy eg g-produetion , 

 which means strong colo- 



nies that get the big crops 

 of honey. 



Eemember, I guarantee 

 pure mating, safe arrival, 

 and general satisfaction. I 

 send out but one grade of 

 queens, and that the very 

 best I am capable of pro- 

 ducing. If any queen 

 should prove other than a 

 first-class queen, I shall 

 consider it a favor if the 

 purchaser report the mat- 

 ter to me that I may have 

 the opportunity to replace 

 her. A card will bring 

 our catalog. 



Price list after August first : 1 to 4 inclusive, $2.00 each ; 5 to 9 in- 

 clusive, $1.95 each ; 10 or more, $1.90 each. Our very best breeders, 

 $12.00 each. 



JAY SMITH 



ROUTE THREE, VINCENNES, INDIANA 



