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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 1 



least some of us are in the old ruts. If so, 

 may God help us to get out of them. May 

 he help us to make it clear to these j'ounger 

 ones that our work is as sensible and as 

 important as building- locomotives, putting 

 up telephone-wires, selling goods, and rais- 

 ing crops. I know our people, the Chris- 

 tian part of them (at least I think I know it) , 

 will gladlj' enlist in works of righteousness 

 rather than in works of iniquity when they 

 can see and be made to understand just where 

 these things are comingout; whentheycanbe 

 made to see that we are all sowing seeds of 

 some kind. Shall we busy ourselves in sow- 

 ing seeds of docks and thistles when we 

 mig-ht as well be sowing seeds that will 

 produce crops of golden grain, sheaves fit 

 for the Master? 



Let me close by saying once more, in the 

 language of our text, *' O God, how long 

 shall the adversary reproach? shall the 

 enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?" 



Carniolans and 



Italians. 



QUEENS 



CHoice Queens 

 a Specialty ^ >P 



Having added extensivelj' to our queen - rearing 

 plants in the North and the South we can furnish 

 any number of queens on short notice. 



Carrkiolans. Very prolific, hardy, gentlest bees 

 known. Great comb-builders. Sealed combs of a 

 snowy whiteness. A worker on red clover. 



Italiaxis. Gentle, prolific, swarm very little, fine 

 workers, and a red-clover strain. 



THe Carniolan-Italian Cross. A cross 

 giving the combined qualities of each race, are 

 hustling workers, the coming bee for comb honey. 

 One untested queen, 75:; 6 for $o.90; 12 for $6. Tested, 

 $1.25. Best breeder, $2 50. Best imported breeder, $1. 

 For full colonies, one or two frame nuclei, large or- 

 ders for queens, send for descriptive price list. Orders 

 booked now will be filled when desired. 



F. A.. I^ocKhart CSX, Co. .Caldwell. N. Y. 



3 and 5 Banded, or Golden 

 Long-tongued Bees. 



The best for the least monej', direct from the breed- 

 er. Untested, 5.5 cts. each; 6 for $:^.25; 12 for $6. -15. 

 Tested, «1.00 each. Breeders, $3 00 each. 



My bees are not excelled by any. Have 700 nuclei. 

 Sent by return mail. This is a postal money-order 

 office. Mention Gleanings when ordering, 



DANIEL WURTH. 

 Karnes City, Karnes Co., Texas. 



Red Clover and Three and Five 

 Banded Queens. 



Untested, 75 cts.; $7 per doz. 

 Fine tested queens, $1.00 each. 

 Remember we guarantee our 

 queens to work red clover as 

 well as white clover. Get my 

 circular. Queens go by return 

 mail. Fifty and one hundred, 

 special prices. 



G. ROUTZAHN, BIQLERVILLE, ROUTE 3, PENN. 



When you need Queens 



and want your order filled at once with the beU queens 

 that monev can buv, we can serve you and guarantee 

 satisfaction. We have a fine strain of Italians that can 

 not be excelled as honey-gatherers. We can furnish 

 queens from either imported or home-bred mothers. 

 Choice tested, $1.00 each. Untested, 75c; $8.00 per doz. 



J. W. K. Shaw & Co., Loreauville, La. 



Long Tongues Valuable 



South as well as North. 



How Moore's strain of Italians roll in honey down 

 in Texas. 



Hutto, Tex., Nov. 19, 1902. 

 J. P. Moore. — Dear Sir: — I wish to write you in re- 

 gard to queens purchased of you. I could "have writ- 

 ten sooner, but I vi'anted to test them thoroughly and 

 see if they had those remarkable qualities of a three- 

 banded Italian bee. I must confess to } ou I am more 

 surprised every day as I watch them. They simply 

 "roll the honey in." It seems that they get honey 

 where others are idle or trj'ing to rob; and for gentle- 

 ness of handling, I have never seen the like. Friend 

 E. R. Root was right when he said your bees have the 

 longest tongues; for they get honey where others fail. 

 I will express my thanks for such queens. I am more 

 than pleased. I will stock my out-apiaries next spring 

 with j'our queens. Yours truly, 



Henry .Schmidt. 



The above is pretty strong evidence that red clover 

 is not the only plant which requires long tongued bees 

 to secure the greatest quantity of nectar. 



Daughters of my 23-100 breeder, the prize-winner, 

 and other choice breeders : Untested, 75c each; six,, 

 $4.00; dozen, 87.50. Select untested, $1.00 each; six, $.>; 

 dozen, $9.00. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaran- 

 teed. Circular free. I am now filling orders by re- 

 turn mail, and shall probably be able to do .so till the 

 close of the season. 



J. P. Moore, L. Box I, Morgan, Kentucky. 



Pendleton County. 



Laws' Leather-colored Queens. 



Laws' Improved Golden Queens. 



Laws' Holy Land Queens. 



W. H. Laws: — Your queens have proved to be excel- 

 lent. My apiary stocked with your Leather queens is 

 a sight to behold during a honey-flow, and the Goldens 

 are beyond description in the line of beauty. \ ours 

 are the best for comb honey I ever saw. I want more 

 this spring. — E. A. Ribble, Roxton, Tex., Feb. ig, 1903. 



IV. H. Laws. — -The 75 queens {l,eather) from you are 

 dandies. I introduced one into a weak nucleus in 

 May, and in September I took 28.5 lbs. of h'iney, leav- 

 ing 48 lbs for winter. My crop of honey last season 

 was 48,000 lbs. I write you for prices on '50 nuclei and 

 150 lyCather queens.— yo.jf/iA Farnsworth, Idaho Falls.^ 

 Idaho, Feb. 16, igop 



Prices of Queens: Each, 81.00; 12, $10.00 Breeders, 

 extra fine, guaranteed, each $3.1)0. Send for price list. 



W, H. Laws, Beeville, Texas. 



The Best Honey Queens 



ON RECORD 



Are those reared by The BEE & HONEY CO., Will 

 Atchley, Manager. We breed six distinct races in 

 their purity, from 6 to 35 miles apart, queens ready to 

 go now. We make a specialty of one, two, and three 

 frame nuclei and queens in large lots. Write for 

 prices, they will astonish you. Untested queens of 

 either race, 75c each; |4.25 for six; $8.00 per dozen. 

 Tested, 81-50 to «C? 00 each. Breeders, the best that 

 money can buy, 85 00 each. We guarantee safe arrival 

 and perfect satisfaction. Address all orders to 



The BEE & HONEY CO., 

 Beeville, Box 79. Bee Co., Tex. 



