1907 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



943 



^ >^ HARDY BEES. >^ ^ 



Bees of the Superior Stock, furnished by J. P. 

 Moore, of Kentucky, are the best honey-gatherers I 

 ever owned. They are gentle— smoke is seldom nec- 

 essary in handling them, and very little at that. In 

 addition to that, they are very hardy, seem to have 

 more than the ordinary amount of vitality. We had 

 a very striking example of this last spring at one of 

 our apiaries in Northern Michigan. About one-half 

 of the bees were of this strain, and the others of sev- 

 eral different strains. The Moore strain of bees were 

 quiet all winter, consuming very little honey, coming 

 out in the spring fully as strong as they went in. 

 Then, still further, they "stood up" during the try- 

 ing weather that followed after they were set out of 

 the cellar. When colonies of other strains were 

 dwindling away and succumbing to the cold, these 



bees held their own: and when the harvest opened up 

 the last of June, they certainly were far ahead of all 

 the other bees that we had in the North. They were 

 treated the same last fall, kept in the same cellar, pro- 

 tected and fed the same in the spring, but they cami- 

 out ahead. It wds sixnv'iy in the breed of t/ie bees. We 

 are planning now to requeen all of our apiaries with 

 this strain of bees, and I know that it will bring us 

 big profits. 



I can furnish queens of this strain (they will be sent 

 out by Mr. Moore) at $1.00 each, or I will send the Re- 

 view for 1907 and one of these queens for only $1.50. 

 There are about a dozen sets left of the Review for 

 1906, and those whose orders come in before these 

 back numbers are gone will receive a set free. 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON, Flint, Mich. 



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'IXT'E furnish EVERY THING needed in practical bee culture, at lowest prices. We 

 "^ make the Dovetailed, Langstroth, and Alternating Hives. The most prac- 

 tical, up-to-date hives are the Massie Hives. We make them. Have you seen them? 

 Have you received our new 1907 catalog ? It is surely the easiest catalog to order 

 from you ever saw. It is so easy that you can not make a mistake in your orders; 

 a child can order from it as well as an adult. It is something new and entirely dif- 

 fei'ent from any you have ever seen. Write us a postal card for it to-day. It is free. 



Address KretcKmer Mfg^. Co., Cotincil Bltiffs, loiva. 



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