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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



Queens. 



W. H. Laws has moved his entire 

 apiaries to Round Rock, Texas, 

 where he will rear queens the com- 

 ing season. The Laws strain of 

 faultless, 5 - banded Italians are 

 still in the lead. Breeding queens 

 of this strain, $2.50 each. He also 

 breeds leather-colored, from impor- 

 ted mothers. Tested queens, either 

 strain, |r.oo; 6 for 15. 00. Untested, 

 75 cts. ; 6 for I4.00. 



W. H. I^aws, Round Rock, Texas. 



M. H. Hunt & Son 



Sell Root's Goods at wholesale and re- 

 tail, at their prices. Our inducements are 

 Strictly First-Class Goods, Cheap Freight 

 Rates and Prompt Shipments. Our .specialty 

 Anything you want for your Bees. Send for 

 our Catalog. Cash or trade for beeswax. 

 M. H. HUNT & SON, Bell Branch, Mich. 



GEO. V\. COOK, 



breeder of 



Golden Itaiiao Queens 



and dealer in 



tumw SiiDulcs 



of all kinds. 



Golden Italian Queens, un- 

 tested, from Dec. to July, 75 cts. 

 each; six for S4. 50; or SS.oo per doz. From July 

 to Dec. .=,0 cts. each; six for $2.75: or 55.00 per doz. 

 Tested queens, double the above prices. Breed- 

 ing queens, $3.00 and 55.00 each. 



GEO. W. COOK, Spring Hill, Kans. 



MY GOLDEN AND LEATHER - COLORED 



Italian Queens 



Are bred for business and beauty. I furnish 

 queens to the leading queen breeders of the U. S., 

 and have testimonials from satisfied customers 

 in the V . S. and foreign latuis. Give me a share 

 of your orders — they vvill be filled promptly. 

 Tested queens, before June ist, 5150 each, .\fter 

 June ist, tested queens, either strain, $1.00 each; 

 untested, 75 cts. each. One-frame nucleus with 

 queen, 51.50; two-frame, $2.50; three-frame, $3 25. 



4-oo-tf J. W. MINER, Ronda, N. C. 



Please mention the Reuieiu. 



Now is the time for all Eastern and Southern 

 Bee-Keepers to send in their orders for Bee- 

 Hives and Hee-Keepers' Supplies. We have a 

 special offer to make to all Eastern and SoiUheru 

 buyers. Let us know your wauls and we will 

 take pleasure in showing you that we can really 

 save you money over our Eastern Competitors. 

 The reasons are two-fold. In the first place, we 

 are located in the lumber region of Wisconsin, 

 and get our supply of lumber direct from the 

 mills; whereas, our P^astern competitors are buy- 

 ing hunber in our State and paving freight on 

 rough lumber, which weighs much more than 

 the finished product, to their Eastern factories, 

 and then freighting the finished product back all 

 over the West. In the second place, we support 

 no branch liouses or middle men. We sell direct 

 to the consumer, and the only way a dealer can 

 make a profit off o\ir good.s is by buying the 

 larger quantity which is open to any purchaser, 

 and selling at the small quantity rate. The cost 

 of an article is based on the cost of material (here 

 we shine), the cost of labor, and a reasonable 

 profit to the manufacturer. We sell our goods 

 on this basis, while the manufacturer who sup- 



ports branch houses all over the United Staves, 

 and some in foreign lands, nuist add to what we 

 would consider a lair selling price, the freight 

 charges from his factory to his supply-house; 

 he must have interest on his iuveslmeiit while 

 his goods are waiting for a purchaser; he has 

 rent to pay every month his branch house is kept 

 open; he lias additional insurance on the goods 

 in branch houses; he must pay cartage from the 

 cars to liis branch house, and again hack to the 

 cars. Then the manager and clerks in the 

 branch house must be paid. .\11 these things 

 tend to increase the cost of the commodity to the 

 consumer. If prices are the same at tlie branch 

 house as at the home factory, then the price at 

 the hom.e factory must be rai.sed to meet these 

 ccyistantly increasing expenses; and the bee- 

 kteper who takes his supply from the home 

 factory is helping to support the branch houses 

 in different .States. 



We .sell f. o. b cars at Hudson, w^ith an allow- 

 ance on freight for goods going east of Chicago. 

 Buy your Bee Hives and supplies from us and 

 you will get the goods at first cost. 



Interstate Mfg. Co., Hudsoq, Wiscoqsiq. 



