"In Indiana we had a queen we named……" — Jay Smith

"In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent work in her seventh year. There can be no doubt about the authenticity of this statement. We sold her to John Chapel of Oakland City, Indiana, and she was the only queen in his yard with wings clipped. This, however is a rare exception. At the time I was experimenting with artificial combs with wooden cells in which the queen laid."

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2 Quotes by Jay Smith

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From the moment you are in that cell, when they tell you you're going ot be electrocuted, you contemplate it…

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