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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct 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. 

 /. 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. Hriend 

 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, 87.50. Select untested, fl.CO each; six, $.5; 

 dozen, |9.00. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaran- 

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

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

 close of the season. 



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



Pendleton County. 



Victor's Superior 



Italians 



W. 0. Victor, Wharton, Tex. 



go by return mail ag-ain. Owing- to several 

 large queen contracts, a contract for a solid 

 carload of bees that went to Colorado, 85 

 three-frame nuclei to same State, numerous 

 smaller orders for bees, and a good queen 

 trade, it has been necessary for me to cut 

 out my ad. for the past three months to keep 

 from being swamped with orders. I am 

 glad to notify my patrons that I am at last 

 able to fill orders promptly with as fine 

 queens as ever headed a colony, regardless 

 of their source, at the following reasonable 

 prices : 



1 Untested queen, 75c; six, $4.00. 

 1 Select untested queen, 90c ; six, $5.00. 

 1 Tested queen, $1.00; six, $6.00. 

 1 Select tested queen, $1.50; six, $8.50. 

 Breeders, $3 00 to $7.00 — these are as 

 good as the best. 



Queeo^specialist. 



HONEY QUEENS 



I shall continue breeding tho«;e fine queens for the 

 coming season of 1904. Meantime I shall carry over a 

 large number of queens in nuclei with which to fill 

 orders the coming winter and early spring. I am 

 breeding the Holy I^ands, the Golden and Leather 

 strains of pure Italians. Your orders will receive 

 prompt and careful attention. Single queen, $1.25; 

 five for $5 0(J. Breeders of either race, J3.00 each. 



W. H. Laws, Beeville, Texas. 



QUEENS FROM JAMAICA 



ANY DAY IV THE YEAR AT 

 THE FOLLOWING PRICES : 



Untested, 66c; tested, $1.00; select tested, $1.50; breed- 

 ers, $2 50. Our queens are reared from the very finest 

 strains. Please write your address plainly when or- 

 dering. Addres-i 



Geo.W. PlTllips, ^-'-^-^.Iw.w... 

 Queens == 1903 == Queens. 



We have ten different yards five to twenty miles 

 apart, where Italians, Cyprians, Holylands, Carnio- 

 lans, and Albinos, are bred for business. Tested 

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

 $100 each; $.5 00 for 6 ; S9.00 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. 



When you need Queens 



and want your order filled at once with the best queens 

 that money can buy, we can serve you ai;d 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. 



Ceo. J. Vande Vord 



Queen-breeder. Daytonia, Fla. 



Moneys making Queens 



are those whose bees GET THE HONEY, Two of 

 my customers have tested well on to lUOO QUEENS of 

 my strain, and are buying more. 



iviy queens in Cuba do extra well. They swarm but 

 little, and get honey while others are star\'ingin the 

 summer, and make big yields in honey season. Sev- 

 eral of the largest bee keepers claim they get belter 

 results from my strains than from any others. 



Queens, 75 cts. each; dozen, $7 50. Selected, $1 00; 

 six, $4. .50. Warranted purely mated and good queens 

 or replaced tested, $1.25. Select. $1.50 Extra, $2.00. 



Circular. J. B. CASE, Port Orange, Ha. 



Your Last Chance for 1903 



Red clover queens: Untc-^ted, 75 cents; tested, SI. 00. 



Three incubators cheap, or will trade for bees. 

 a. Routzahn, . . - Biglerville, Pa. 



For Sale— Thoroughbred Bloodhound Pups. 



liest strain in the Soutli. 



W. K- JAMES, - - Loudon, Tenn. 



