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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 15 



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 wanted to test them thoroughly and 

 see if they had those remarkable qualities of a three- 

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

 surprised every day as I watch them. They simply 

 "roll the honey in." Itseems that they get honey 

 where others are idle or trying 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, 

 |i.OO; dozen, S7.50. Select untested, Sl.OO each; six, $5; 

 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 be5'ond description in the line of beauty. Vours 

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

 this spring. — E. A. Ribble, Roxton, Tex., Feb. 79, 1903. 



IV. H. Laws: — The 7o queens (I,eather) from you are 

 dandies. I introduced one into a weak nucleus in 

 May, and in September I took 285 lbs. of honey, 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 

 1.50 Leather queens.— ^cr^/A Farnsworth, Idaho Falls, 

 Idaho, Feb. 16. igoj. 



Prices of Queens: Each, 8100; 12, $10.00. Breeders, 

 extra fine, guaranteed, each $15.00. 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 n>iclei and queens in large lots. Write for 

 prices, they will astonish you. I'ntested queens of 

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

 Tested, 81.50 to S:^ 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. 



Queens == 1903 == Queens. 



We have ten different yards five to twenty miles 

 apart, where Italians, Cyprians, Holyland's, Carnio- 

 laus, and Albinos, are bred for business. Tested 

 queens, $1.50; 88.00 for 6: $15.00 per dozen. Untested, - 

 $1.00 each; $.5.00 for 6 ; 89.00 per dozen. Our best and 

 finest breeders, $5.00 each. One and two frame nuclei 

 a specialty. Bees and Queens in any quantity to suit 

 purchaser. Safe arrival and reasonable satisfaction 

 guaranteed. ORDER "The Southland Queen," $1.00 

 per year. Send for sample copy and our 1903 catalog; 

 tells how to raise queens and keep bees for profit. 

 Root's Supplies. 



The Jennie Atchley Co., Box 18, Beeville, Tex. 



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 best queens 

 that money can buy, 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, 7.5c; $8.00 per doz. 



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



3 and 5 Banded, or Golden 

 Long-tongued Bees. 



The best for the least money, direct from the breed- 

 er. Untested, 55 cts. each; 0" for $i.25; 12 for $6.45. 

 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 

 ofiice. Mention Gleanings when ordering, 



DANJEL WURTH, 

 Karnes City, Karnes Co., Texas. 



..Very Satisfactory.. 



The four dozen queens I got of you last year are 

 verv satisfactory, being good honey-gatherers, and 

 gentle, and finely marked. CH.'is. Stewart, 



Sammonsville, N. Y. 



June 19, 1903. State Bee Inspector, 3rd Div. 



To induce a trial we offer warranted queens at 75c, 

 six for $3 50; fine select. $1.00, six for $4.50. Queens 

 sent promptly; satisfaction guaranteed. Hybrids or 

 poor queens replaced free. 



J. B. CASE, Port Orange, Fia. 



Ceo. J. Vande Vord 



Queen-breeder. Daytonia, Fla. 



100 = Mounted = Queen=cens 



and one sample of the Stanley Cell-protector 



or Introducing-cage, for 70 "cents postpaid. 



.A-x-tliVir Stanley, DDiacon, Xllixioia. 



Root's Goods in Central Michigan! 



special prices until April 1, 1904. Write your wants; 

 let me name prices. Supplies exchanged for houey^ 



W. D. Soper, R. D. No. 5, Jackson, Mich. 



QUEENS. 



