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who is this breeder? Who is the man that lias 

 developed this wonderful strain of bees that yon 

 are ofTeinng for sale? This is the question that 

 conies to me verj* often. It is not in the spirit of 

 trickery, nor from any hidden motive, that his 

 name is withheld. It is simply from a bu.siness 

 reason that will be apparent upon a moment's 

 thought. If this man's name and address were 

 given, most of the orders would go to him direct, 

 and I should lose all of the money that 1 have 

 paid for advertising. Try to be content, un- 

 friends, in knowing where you can get this sup- 

 erior stock, and sometime I may be able to 

 gratifv vour curiosity and allow you to bestow 

 well-deserved honor upon this breeder. At 

 present you can help him most by sending your 

 orders to me. 



Is there any foul brood near this breeder' 

 This is a question that is sometimes asked. 

 Neither foul brood nor bee paralysis has ever 

 t)ecn in that region of country. 



How does he rear his queen.s? Hy the Doolittle 

 uKlhoil. Without doubt, this method produces 

 the l)cst <iueens that it is possible to rear— cer- 

 tainly the equal of those reared under the swarm- 

 ing impulse. 



An» I making promises that will get me into 

 trouble? A few of my friends fear that I am— 

 that some unscrupulous person may take advan- 

 tage of me. I had thought of all this before 

 making the promises: but I have enough faith 

 in bee-keepers to l>elieve that, if I help them to 

 secure really superior stock, there will be no 

 disposition to take advantage of me. If the 

 stock isn't what I claim for it. then I ordiiT to 

 have trouble. But there will be no trouble, no 



arguments, no disputes; if a man begins to com- 

 plain, he will simply be asked to return the 

 queen and get his money back, and 50 cents be- 

 sides. That will end the matter. One man 

 writes me that this stock will have to be "away 

 up in G" if it equals his. That is encouraging 

 It is another proof that there is a difference in 

 stock, and that this man knows it. I do not 

 claim that this stock is superior to any in the 

 I'm ted .States; but I honestly believe that it has 

 no superior, and I know that it is way ahead o' 

 the general run of stock. 



Is the price too high? A few think that 5i.,so 

 for an untested queen is a big price. I think not^ 

 considering the superiority of the stock and the 

 conditons under which the queens are sold. I 

 guarantee safe arrival, .safe introduction (if in- 

 structions are followed), purity of mating, and 

 KNTiRK s.ATiSF.ACTioN. Any time within two 

 years, if a purchaser is di.ssatisfied, from any 

 reason, he can return the queen and get his 

 money back and 50 cents besides. 



I said that the price would be $1.50 each. There 

 is only one condition \inder which a queen will 

 be .sold for a less price, and that is in connection 

 with an advance subscription to the Review. 

 Any one who has already paid me, or who will 

 pay me, Ji.oo for the Review for 1899, can have a 

 queen for li.oo. Of course, all arrearag<es pre- 

 vious to 1899 must be paid up l>efore this offer 

 will hold good. This special offer is made with a 

 view to the getting of new subscribers, and as 

 an inducement to old subscribers to pay up all 

 arrearages and to pay in advance to the end of 

 the vear. 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON, FLINT, MICH. 



