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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct 1. 



Long Tongues Valuable 



South as well as North. 



How Moore's strain of Italians roll in honey down 

 in Texas. 



Hutto, Tex., N»v. 19, 1902. 

 /. 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 \ 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 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 your 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, S7.50. .Select untested, $1.00 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 Goldetis 

 are beyond description in the line of beauty. Yours 

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

 this spring. — E. A. Nibble, Roxlon, Tex., Feb. ig, 1903. 



W. H. Laws:— The 75 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 

 150 Iveather qneeiis.— Joseph Faryisworih, Idaho Falls, 

 Idaho, Feb. 16, igo-^. 



Prices of Queens: Each, $1.00; 12, $10.00. Breeders, 

 extra fine, guaranteed, each $3. CO. Send for price list. 



W. H. Laws, Beeville, Texas. 



The Best Honey Queens 



ON RECORD 



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

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

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

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 prices, they will astonish you. Untested queens of 

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

 Tested, 81..50 to $;V00 each. Breeders, the best that 

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

 and perfect satisfaction. Address all orders to 



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