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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



May 5, 1904. 



Have You Lost Your Bees? 



Save Your Combs. 



The winter losses in some parts of the country are heavy, and 

 the demand for bees and queens will be large. Parties needing 

 queens should send their orders at once, and state date when ship- 

 ment is desired. 



Early Italian Queens. 



We are fortunate in being able to offer for April and May de- 

 livery a larg-e stoclc of queens from our Southern breeders. While 

 we have a much larger supply than ever before, it is highly im- 

 portant that you send your order at once to secure the queens when 

 desired, as we will fill orders in rotation. We expect to be able to 

 furnish untested queens from our Southern yards, in any number, 

 after April 10th. Send your orders at once. 



Prices of pure Italian Queens, untested, from 

 our Southern yard for April and May shipment. 



Untested I $ 75 



Select Untested.. 



Tested 



Select Tested . 



1.00 

 l.SO 

 2. so 



$35.00 I $ 65.00 

 47.50 77.50 

 70.00 130.00 



I Off< 



Prices of Our Red=clover and Honey Queens. 



TTntested queen % I 00 Select tested queen $ 3 00 



Select untested queen 1 25 Breeding queen 5 00 



Tested queen 2 00 Select breeding queens 7 50 



Extra select breeding queen, one year old 10 00 



We book orders, and fill in rotation. 



The Root Queen-rearing Outfit. 



In this outfit are embraced the best 

 points of the best systems in use. It 

 will give satisfaction to the amateur as 

 well as the expert. The cell-cups are 

 made of wood, wax-coated. No melted 

 wax is used in their manipulation, as 

 they are attached to the cell-stick by 

 means of a small nail-point. 



The nursery-cage combines the fea- 

 tures of nursery and introducing cages. 

 By their use a queen can be released on 

 the candy plan or caged in the hive as 

 desired. 



In connection with the outfit goes a 

 booklet on queen-rearing — one w^hich 

 ought to put the veriest amateur on the 

 high road to success. Outfit comprises 

 three cell-bars with 50 waxed wooden 

 cells, one frame of cages (18), one cell- 

 forming stick, set grafting-tools, and a 



book on queen-rearing $4.50 



If sent by mail^ add s^c for postage. 



Tools for Queen-breeders. 



"Wooden cell-cup with point for attach- 

 ing to bar, 50c per 100; $4.00 per 3000. 



Same, waxed ready for use, 75c per 

 100: 16.00 per 1000. 



Titoff wire nursey-cages, 15c each; 

 |1.3o per 10; $12 50 per ]00. 



Frame for holding 20 cages, includ- 

 ing cages, $3.00. 



Cell-stick, 10c each; $1.00 per dozen. 



Transferring needle, double • ended 

 and nickel-plated, 15c. 



Jelly-spoon, nickel-plated, loceach. 



We can supply, also, fine-pointed lace- 

 scissors with extra large bows, for 

 clumsy fingers, at 35c each. 



Nuclei and Colonies of Bees. 



We are prepared to furnish one, two, 

 and three-frame nuclei and full colo- 

 nies of bees in eight-frame Dovetailed 

 hives or Danzenbaker hives. The nu- 

 clei are put up in light shipping-boxes 

 made ox basswood, the sides of which 

 are only A i"ch thick, and the ends \ 

 inch. The top and bottom are covered 



Imported Italian Queens. 



We are prepared to furnish from the best breeders in Italy, 

 imported Italian queens. They are put into our own yards and tested 

 bemre sending out. We have only two grades— best, and fair import- 

 ed, and prices are given in the table below. 

 Best imported queens $-5 00 Fair imported queens $3 00 



Gleaning-s in Bee Culture one year, and one 

 untested Italian Queen from our (J»| A A 



Southern yards «pl»UU 



We begin shipping- at once. Orders filled in 

 rotation. Do not ask for special arrang-ements; 

 at this low price we can't make exceptions. 



Gleaning-s in Bee Culture one year, and one 

 untested Red-clover Oueen &\ CA 



for Jpl.OU 



"We begin shipping- these queens about April 

 15. Orders filled in rotation. 



Guaran-te^. 



We ag^ree to deliver queens in good order to 

 any part of the United States or Canada, from 

 April IS to October. In case of queens valued 

 at $S or more, we ship in a one-frame nucleus, 

 (no charge for nucleus). If a two-frame or 

 three-frame nucleus is wanted, add to the price 

 of the queen the difference in price between the 

 one-frame and the two or three-frame. Losses 

 must be reported on arrival. 



V- J 



We can make Shipments of Nuclei from 



Cincinnati, Ohio, Philadelphia, Pa., 



New York City, Medina, Ohio, 



Wharton, Tex., High Hill, Mo., 



St. Paul, Minn., Augusta, Kans. 



This will give you very low Express Rates. 



very 



with wire cloth. This makes 

 light package, affords plenty of venti- 

 lation, and IS strong enough to stand 

 shipping 500 to 1000 miles. 



Any of our nuclei, even the 1-frame, 

 will make good strong colonies by fall 

 if properly handled. The three-frame 

 if properly managed can be increased 

 four, five, or even ten full colonies by 

 fall if bought now; and instead of hav- 

 ing any black bees, one will have in the 

 beginning pure Italians of the choicest 

 stock throughout his apiary. 



PRICES OF NTTCLEI. 

 One-frame nucleus without queen $2 00 



- ' " ■* ■■ 3 00 



. 8 60 



Three-frame " 



Full colony in 8-frDov«itaile<l hive 7 60 



We can furnish with the nuclei any queen 

 mentioned in the table of prices of queens. 



One<=fraine Nucleus=-This contains a 

 frame partly filled with brood and bees. 

 The condition of the hives at different 

 seasons f the year vary so that we can 

 not always put up nuclei in the same 

 way; but in every case we aim to give 

 full value. Weight about 7 lbs. 



Two-frame NucleuB=- This is just the 

 same as our one-frame nucleus, except 

 it has twice the amount of bees or 

 brood, or of both. The box is larger, 

 and holds two frames— one full frame 

 of brood, or two frames partly filled. 

 Shipping weight, about 10 lbs. 



Three-frame Nucleus— This is three 

 times the size of the one-frame nucleus, 

 and is made up in the same way as the 

 one and two frame. Shipping weight, 

 about 15 lbs. 



AFuU Colony will contain 8 Ivangs- 

 troth frames in Dovetailed one-story 

 hive — three full frames of brood, or 

 equivalent, in six combs, and enough 

 bees to cover fairly all the combs. No 

 queen IS furnished at the table price. 

 Purchaser is to seclect the queen and 

 add her price to that of the bees. Our 

 colonies are all put u^ in new Dovetail- 

 ed or Danzenbaker hives, painted two 

 coats. Shipping weight about 40 lbs. 



THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY 



BRANCHES: 



Main OfTlce and Works, Medina, Ohio, U. S. A. 



CHICAGO, 11,1,., H-1 East Er 

 MECHANIC FAI,I,S, ME. 



ST. PAUL, MINN., 1024 Miss. St. 

 HAVANA, CUBA, San Ignacio. 17 



