SUPPLEMENT. 



cover any defects in its arrangements, 

 the Apt will gladly find space for the 

 criticisms of all. Come, Dr. Miller, 

 criticise this arrangement all you wish, 

 and I especially invite you to do so. 



I will say here that there should be 

 a clean brood comb in the decoy hive, 

 as the bees and queen will be more hkely 

 to stay in the new hive when a swarm 

 issues, and the queen will feel more at 

 home than she would in the bare walls 

 of an empty hive. The comb should be 

 placed next the front side of the decoy 

 hive. 



Something about the Queens sold at the 

 Bay State Apiary. 



ITALIAN QUEENS. 



This Strain of bees aie direct descendants of 

 our famous Oue-luindred-ilollar queen. 



There are several duugliters of tliis queen in 

 our ai)iary that are equal in all respects to the 

 original queen. 



Tlie workers from this strain are inrtustiious, 

 handsomely marked and possess mild disposi- 

 tions. Tliey will please any one who iirelers the 

 Italians to other races. 



THE AMERICAN GOLDEN CARNIOLANS. 



This strain of yellow bees were produced by 

 selection and c;irt"l'ul br«;eding Worn tlie dark Car- 

 nioliin rare, and were oiiKinated in the I!av State 

 Apiary durin- the years 1S90-18!U. Tiiere is no. 

 Italian blood or mixture of any yellow race of 

 bees in them so lar as I am aware. What the 

 golden color is I will not pretend to say; that 

 it came with the dark Carniolan bees from their 

 native country 1 do assert. 



These bees are beautiful to look at; workers 

 active, queens very pi-oliflc and bees very gentle. 

 Can be handled in most cases without smoke, 

 bee-veil or gloves. I guarantee tliat tliey will 

 give satisfaction in any apiary. 



FUNICS. 



This is an ebony race. They came from North 

 Africa and give inore promise of being the "com- 

 ing bee " than any race or strain yet imported. 

 Every feature, movement and characteristic of 

 these bees is in marked contrast to nil otiier races. 

 They are more active either on tlie wing or combs; 

 fly more swittly and gather honey from flowers that 

 oiir native or yellow bees do not visit. Too much 

 cannot be said in favor of this newly imported 

 race of bees. I am speaking from experience re- 

 garding the Punic.-i, and not quoting the ojiinions 

 of any i)erson. 



As the ApiculUtrist w\\\ give an extendeil 

 description ol' these bees" early in the spring, I 

 need not do so here. One thing can be mentioned. 

 Some wonderful and mysterious things will be 

 related of the ebony bee's. There is no mistake 

 about this ra(;e being the most interesting and 

 wonderful insect known to mankind. 



Thecpieens are exceedingly prolillc, some col 

 onies coiitaining 100,0U0 bees. Thosc^ who intro- 

 du(;e them will be wonderstruck at the number of 

 bees one Punic queen will produce in tlie course 

 of a few weeks. 



Prices of Queens. 



Italian queens, reared from daughters selected 

 from our lamoiis one Imiulicd dollar queen, will 

 be mailed at the following prices: 



One warranted queen, $100 



" select " 12.1 



'• tested " 1.50 



" select tested " 3.00 



The $3.1 queens are thoroughly tested for queen 

 mothers, and in fact are as flne in all respects as 

 it is possible to produce. 



All my queens are selected, that is,al irge num- 

 ber of virgin queens are reared, and tlie best are se- 

 lected from the best and introduced to become 

 fertile. No queens inferior in size or in other 

 points are permitted to become fertile. 



American Golden Carniolans. 



Warranted, each $2.00 



Teisted, " 3.00 



Select tested, 5.00 



Punic Queens. 



One untested $2.00 



" selected, 3.00 



" " tested, 5.00 



Safe arrival and sure introduction of queens 



guaranteed when introduced by the directions 



mailed with each queen. 

 A discount of '205J allowed on all orders for more 



than one queen. 



BAD FOR SOME DK.^LERS. 



Mr. AlIvKY— Enclosed find cash for one 

 Italian queen, and one Golden Carniolan 

 queen. We bought seven queens and the 

 one we had from your apiary is the only 

 one we can rear flue queens from. 



JJiipont, Ga. Duncan & Conrad. 



MUTK 



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■V I'EisFlCCl'IOX 



\^ Cold-Blast Smokers, 



Square Glass Honey Jars, etc. 



For circulars apply to Chas. F. Muth & SON, 

 cor. Kreeman and Central aves., Cincinnati, O. 

 Send 10c. for P)-actical Hints to Bee-Keepers. 



Mention the American Aj"!. 



IT F^YS 



to order the best m ide goods. For flne 

 Sections, Foundation, Perforated Zinc, 

 Queen Excluders, and the best Hive for 

 Comb llonev now before the public, order 

 of Dr. tinker. 



PRICE 5 GREATLY EEDUOED. 

 Address for catalogue, 



DR G. L. TINKER, 



New Philauelpiiia, Ohio. 



Three liives of bees for sale. For par- 

 ticulars address 



L. H. LINDERMUTH, 



Lemvster.s, Franklin Co., Pa. 



