ITALIAN BEES. 139 



ence. I would advise all who wish to procure the 

 Italian bees, to exercise great care in selecting them 

 and purchase only of those who are known to have 

 pure stocks, for the best is the cheapest in the end, 

 no matter if the first cost seems high. If the worth 

 of the money is in the bees, the higher the price 

 paid, the better you will be satisfied. But do not 

 pay even a low price for inferior stock, for you will 

 not be satisfied. 



I will give the results of keeping the pure Italian 

 bees on my plan as reported by persons who have 

 purchased this variety from me : 



A gentleman in Vermont purchased of me, in the 

 spring of 1 88 1, a swarm of Italian bees in a Con- 

 trollable Hive. He commenced feeding early, with 

 the view of increasing his stocks by new swarms, 

 preferring an increase of stocks rather than surplus 

 honey for that season. The result was an increase 

 of five swarms, all in good condition for winter, 

 and also over seventy pounds ot honey in glass 

 boxes. 



Another, a lady in Kansas, obtained sixty pounds 

 of box honey from a swarm of Italians, which she 

 obtained from me late in the spring of 1882. 



A lady in Illinois purchased of me, in the spring 

 of 1880, a swarm of Italian bees in a Controllable 

 Hive. The first season she got one nice, large 

 swarm and a good yield of box honey. The second 

 season (1881,) she had two swarms to commence 

 with, and obtained four new swarms from that two, 

 and about five hundred pounds of nice honey in 

 glass boxes. In 1882 she had increased her stocks 



