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>^ ( OFFER \0. 35. ) ^15^ 



I I200, Red Clover f 



I QUEEN. $ 



.«v^^ On September I St last we announced that we finally had a red ^\^^ 



^f clover queen fully equ il to the one we had years ago. The colonv of ^^^ 



,^ this queen has given one of the most remarkable showings on red i^ 



•^1^^ clover of any bees we have ever had, notwithstanding the stock has -^^ 



Xf been robbed repeatedly of young larvie for queen rearing. The ^1^ 



^ queen in question is an imported one, and therefore of the genuine 4^ 



•^^.^ pure leather-colored Italian stock. We have been sending out daugh- 5>|f^ 



>#f ters from her all the season, but we did not discover her value until ^1^ 



,^ the clover season, second growth, came on, and then her colony so i^ 



~^.^ out-distanced all the other 450 that she attracted attention at once.' :*2^ 



■^f . It must be understood that these queens are not golden yellow ^(^ 



^ neither are their bees of the five-banded stock. They are simply i^ 



-^.n^ leather colored Italians whose mother came direct from Italy. '*V^ 



* Since the notice appeareil regarding this queen we have hardly ^C*^ 



^^ been able to supply all of the queens that were wanted from this t^ 



-^^ stock. ]>,I?,ny daughters of this queen we sent out earlier in the sea- ^i^ 



son before we knew her great value, and it now transpires that some ^If^ 



^^ of the finest bees in the land are from queens we sent out early. We k^ 



•^^ are now booking orders for next season and make the following offer :^l^ 



>^f but no queens will be furnished except those who subscribe to Glean- ^(^ 



^^ ings, and only one with each year's subscription. All arrearages L^ 



-^^ must be paid to the end of this year. Gleanings for 1901 and one un- :*2i^ 



^f tested red clover queen, ^2.00. Gleanings one vear and a tested red ''C*'^ 



^>^ clover queen, #4.00; a select tested red clover queen and Gleanings k^ 



riS ^"^ ^'^^^ ^°'' *^'^°°- ""^'^ '"''^^ ^^g'" '"ailing these queens in June 1901 ^5^ 



^ T Orders are already being entered and the same will be filled in rota- ^C*^ 



^^ tion Do not neglect to improve this opportunitv and get some choice i^ 



^^ stock and send your order early so you may get the queen correspond- ^'^ 



^f ingly early in the season. Since we discovered this ftock bv their ^IC^ 



^^ superior honey gathering qualities, we have been measuring the i^ 



•^r^ tongues of different strains and we have now discovered that the bees *!&.► 



^f of this strain are away ahead of evervthing else. We are usintr everv ^C^ 



^^ precaution to winter this queen -afefy, but reserve the right in case of i^ 



-^^ her loss this winter to substitute from other select tested stock of this ^S^ 



V strain which we are holding in reserve, or to give the subscriber the ^C^ 



^^ benefit of any of our other clubbing offers if desired. 7^ 



yjf For other special offers see page 394. ^fi^ 



J A. I. ROOT CO. Medina, 0. f 



