GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



JULY, 1922 



Owing to my discovery of a law in 

 queen-rearing heretofore unknown to me, 

 whereby practically all queen-cells are 

 accepted by bees in nuclei, rendering 

 queen production more economical, I 

 want to share this saving with my cus- 

 tomers in the form of a price reduction 

 to take effect July first. This new fea- 

 ture works in perfect har- 

 mony Avith bee nature and 

 readily accepted cells are 

 the result. The emerging 

 virgin is gladly received by 

 the bees and given the best 

 of care, so that she devel- 

 ops and mates from one to 

 two days earlier than was 

 the case before I employed 

 this new law. This feature 

 and all others used by me 

 will be fully explained in 

 my new book on Queen- 

 Rearing that will be pub- 

 lished some time before 

 next January. 



Owing to these new meth- 

 ods, I shall be able to fill 

 all orders promptly and 

 guarantee every queen to 



be first class in every respect and will 

 gladly replace any that proves other- 

 wise. 



Our original stock was obtained from 



Mr. Doolittle, and since that time I have 



carefully selected for prolificness, vigor 



and color, at the same time keeping the 



bees as gentle as is possible 



without their losing any of 



their pep. 



"Alice, the queen I got 

 from you, has produced my 

 finest colony out of four- 

 teen competitors. I have 

 failed to find the equal of 

 her bees for work, size, 

 beauty and gentleness. Her 

 prolificness is wonderful. 

 Twenty frames are kept 

 filled with brood and two 

 supers filled with honey 

 since May 1, one month." 

 — Thornton Bogert, Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio. 



A card will bring our 

 queen catalog and folder 

 describing our introducing 

 cage that removes the un- 

 certainty in queen intro- 

 duction. 



PRICES AFTER JULY FIRST. 



1 to 4 inclusive $2.00 each 10 or more $1.90 each 



5 to 9 inclusive $1.95 each Breeders $10.00 each 



Introducing Cages 75 cents each 



JAY SMITH 



ROUTE THREE 



VINCENNES, INDIANA 



