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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



June 8, 1899. 



Every bee-keeper who has had experience 

 with several strains of bees knows that some 

 are far superior to others— that there is scrub 

 stock among- bees, just as there are scrub horses, 

 cattle, sheep and poultry. Let me give my owu 

 experience: 



Years ago, while livintr at Rogrersville, I made 

 a specialtv of rearing*- queens for sale. Before 

 eng-ag^injr in ihis worli I bougrlit Italian queens 

 and Italianized, not only my own bees, but all 

 within 3 miles of my apiary. In buying those 

 queens I ihink that I patronized nearly every 

 breeder in the United States; and even in those 

 years of inexperience I was not long- in notinjr 

 the great difference in the different strains of 

 bees.' The queens from one particular breeder 

 produced bees thv^t delijjrhled me f^^reatly. They 

 were just plain, dark, 3-banded Italians, but as 

 workers I have never seen them equaled. They 

 seemed possest of a steady, quiet determination 

 that enabled them to lay up surplus ahead of 

 the others. Easier bees to handle I have never 

 seen. It sometimes seemed as tho they were too 

 busv attending- to their own busiuess to bother 

 with anything- else. Their honey was capt with 

 a snowv whiteness rivaling that of the blacks. 

 In addition to these desirable traits must be 

 added that of winterinfr well. If any bees came 

 thru the winter it was the colonies of this strain. 

 They came as near being ideal bees as an.v I 

 have ever possest. 



All this was 20 years ag-o; and several times 

 since then 1 have bought queens of this same 

 breeder, and I have always found this strain of 

 bees possest of those same good qualities— in- 

 dustry, gentleness, and hardiness. In addition 

 to this they cap their honey as the blacks do 

 theirs. I have frequently corresponded with 

 this breeder, and with those who have bought 

 queens of him, and I am thoroly convinced that 

 he has a strain of bees that are far superior to 

 the general run of stock. If I were starting an 

 apiary, for the production of honey, I should 

 unhesitatingly stock it with this strain of bees. 



This breeder has always advertised in a mod- 

 est, quiet, unassuming sort of way, nothing in 

 proportion to what 'the quality of his stock 

 would have warranted, and at last I have 

 decided that I can help him, and benefit my 

 readers, at a profit to myself, by advertising 

 these bees in a manner befittiogly energetic. 



The price of these queens wnll be SI. 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 conditions 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 lilcely that any will prove im- 

 purely mated. If any (jueen should prove to be 

 inii^ureU" mated, another will be sent free of 



charge. Safe arrival in first-class condition 

 will be guaranteed. Instructions for introduc- 

 ing will be sent to each purchaser, 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 pur- 

 chaser, for any reason whatever, is n<>t satis- 

 fied 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 what- 

 ever. If a queen does not arrive in good con- 

 dition, another is sent. II he loses her in intro- 

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

 purely mated, another is sent. If the queeu 

 proves a poor layer, or the stock does not come 

 up to the expectations, or there is any reason 

 why the bargain is not satisfactory, the queens 

 can be returned and the money wili be refunded, 

 and the customer fairly well paid for his 

 trouble. I could not make this last promise if I 

 did not KNOW that the stock is reallv 



SUPERIOR. 



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

 There is only one condition under which a 

 queen will be sold for a less price, and that is in 

 connection with an advance subscription to the 

 Bee-Keepers' Review. Any one sending $1.00 

 for the Review for iy?9 can have a queen for 

 $1.00; that is, I will send the Review for 1&09 

 and one queen for *2.»'0. Of course, this special 

 offer is made for the sake of getting the Review 

 into the hands of those who are unacquainted 

 with its merits. 



Orders for these queens will be filled strictly 

 iji rotation— first come, first served. 



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 Bee Journal. P. W. Greeqor. 



Wayne Co., Ohio. May 32. 



Good Prospects fop Honey. 



It has been very severe on plants and 

 trees, but white clover has stood it alt 

 right, as the whole country seems covered 

 with it, and also the clover of last season's 

 seed is coming up thick. The prospects are 

 good for a fine crop of honey. My bees 

 have begun swarming — the first bwarm 

 issued May 8, which I think is pretty early, 

 as bees came out nf winter quarters rather 

 weak, and a great many died this spring. 

 E. A. DONET. 



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Honey-Dew Bees in Fair Condition 



Editor York:— Enclosed you will please 

 find a clipping from the Farm Journal, in 

 which a man offers t.5 00 for one pound of 

 boney-dew from aphides. I think Prof. 

 Cook ought to get after that fellow and col- 

 lect the reward. 



Bees are in fair condition. I put 149 col- 

 onies into the cellar Nov. 2n. 1898, and took 

 them out April 10, 1899. They dwindled 

 down, and I have doubled up to 129 colo- 

 nies. Prospects are for a good season. 



La Crosse, Wis , May 8. C. F. Lang. 



[The item on honey-dew, referred to by 

 Mr. Lang, reads as follows: — Ed ] 



nONET-DEW. 



I make no great pretentions to knowledge, 

 but having lived all my life in the woods of 

 southern Indiana, I have had a chance to 

 learn something of this mueh-talkt-of 

 honey-dew, and I am free to take the 

 ground that there is no such thing, and I 

 will give any man five dollars on receipt of 

 one pound of honey that can be proved to 

 have been gathered from deposits of aphides. 



Next summer, say the last of June or 

 during July, when the weather is warm 

 and moist, what is generally called splendid 

 growing weather, take a trip out into the 

 woods in the afternoon, climb up into an 

 oak, hickory or ash tree and examine the 

 leaves, and you will find small particles of a 

 dried substance on the leaves. Be sure to 

 have a glass with you, and you will find a 

 small rupture on the top side of the leaf, 

 showing that the substance dried on the 

 leaf has exuded from it. Now touch your 



