1907 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



295 



Superior Stock 



Many years ago, when I began keeping bees atRog- 

 ersville, I bought Italian queens of different breeders. 

 One trial of some strains was all I cared to make. Of 

 a few breeders I bought repeatedly. From repeated 

 trials, year after year. I gradually came to the con- 

 clusion that no bees were the superior of those fur- 

 nished by Mr. J. P. Moore, of Morgan, Ky. They were 

 just plain, dark, three-banded Italians; but as work- 

 ers I have never seen them equaled. They seem pos- 

 sessed of a steady quiet determination that enabled 

 them to lay up surplus ahead of others. Easier bees 

 to handle I have never seen. Their honey was capped 

 with a snowy whiteness rivaling that of the blacks. 

 In addition to these desirable traits, they wintered 

 well. 



After using this stock for years, until I knew posi- 

 tively that it was superior to all other strains that I 

 had tried, I began offering it for sale under the name 

 of "Superior Stock," asking $1.50 for an untested 

 queen, but under special guarantees, such as safe ar- 

 rival, safe introduction, purity of mating, and, above 

 all, that the purchaser should be perfectly satisfied 

 with the ciueen. Any time within two years he could 

 return the queen and get his money back, together 

 with 50 cts. additional to pay him for his trouble. 



For several years I sold these queens, thousands 

 and thousands of them, and in only two instances was 

 I called on to refund the money, while I could fill a 

 small book with the enthusiastic letters of praise 

 that I received. That honey crops have been materi- 

 ally increased by the introduction of this stock there 

 is no Question. For years I did not reveal the name 



of the breeder who furnished this stock, and it was 

 quite amusing sometimes to get a letter from some 

 would-be purchaser saying, " I have some of the J. P. 

 Moore stock; and if j'ou have got any thing ahead of 

 that you have got something pretty good." 



I can still furnish queens of this stock at $1.00, the 

 very same kind of stock that I sold at $1.50 each; but 

 there will be no guarantee except safe arrival. The 

 queens will be shipped direct from Mr. Moore. As 

 fast as orders are received they will be forwarded to 

 Mr. Moore, who will book them and treat them exact- 

 ly as though they had been sent to him direct. A 

 postal will be sent acknowledging the receipt of each 

 order, and another notice will be sent before sending 

 the queen. After Mr. Moore has received and receipt- 

 ed an order my connection with the matter will cease, 

 except that I will guarantee Mr. Moore's truthful- 

 ness, honor, and integrity in filling orders. 



The price of the Bee-keepers' Review is $1.00, and 

 the price of a queen is $1.00; but I will furnish both 

 for $1.50; and, just at present. I furnish the back num- 

 bers for 1906 free of charge to new subscribers. That 

 is, for $1.50 you can get the queen, and the Review for 

 1906 and 1907. By adding $1.00 more you can get the 

 book Advanced Bee Culture. 



I know it sounds like self-interest; but if my own 

 brother were a bee-keeper, and did not possess them, 

 I would advise him to send $2.50 for a copy of Ad- 

 vanced Bee Culture, a queen of the " Superior Stock" 

 for a breeder, and the Review for 1906 and 1907, He 

 would never spend $2.50 to better advantage. 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON, Flint, Mich. 



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