180 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Mar 1 



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I $?00 Red-glover Queen. | 



^^ OFFER NO. 35. t^ 



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^i C\^ SEPTEMBER 1st last we announced that we finally had a red-clover |^ 



^ V^ queen fully ec^ual to the one we had years ago. The colony of this i^ 



■^iT queen has given one of the most remarkable showings on red clover of any ^1?^ 



J^;^ bees we have ever had. The queen in question is an imported one, and there- rST 



,^1^ fore of the genuine pure leather-colored Italian stock. We sent out daughters JL^ 



■^iT from her all the season. But we did not discover her value until the clover '*^ 



-^^i season, second growth, came on, and then her colony so out-distanced all the ^^T 



^^ other 450 that she attracted attention at once. Jl^ 



■'? It must be understood that these queens are not golden yellow, neither are >■ 



-«^*: their bees of the five-banded stock. They are simply leather-colored Italians, J^T 



^^ whose mother came direct from Italy. Jl^ 



■^1 Since the notice appeared regarding this queen we have hardly been able >^ 



-^i to supply all of the queens that were wanted from this stock. Many daughters ^jiT 



>^^ of this queen we sent out before we knew her value, and it now transpires that Ji/^ 



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



-^t ncJw booking orders for the coming season, and make the following offer, but >^C 



>^^ no queens will be furnished except those who subscribe for Gleanings, and Ji/ 



^1 only one with each year's subscription. All arrearages must be paid to the end ^ 



-^•: of this year. Gleanings for 1901 and one untested red-clover queen, $2.00 ; ^^ 



^^ Gleanings 5ae year and a tested red-clover queen, $4.00 ; a select tested red- Ji/^ 



^' clover queen and Gleanings one year for $6.00. We will begin mailing these ^ 



•^"t queens in June, 1901. Orders are already being entered, and the same will be ^^"T 



>i^(^ filled in rotation. Do not neglect to improve this opportunity and get some ^(^ 



' choice stock, and send your order early so you may get the queen correspond- j 



"^» ingly early in* the season. We are using every precaution to winter this queen ^^•^ 



'^y safely, but reserve the right in case of her loss this winter to substitute from -J^^ 



' other select tested stock of this strain which we are holding in reserve, or to \ 



'^f^ give the subscriber the benefit of any of our other clubbing offers if desired. ^p^ 



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$ The A. I. Root Comnanv. Medina- Ohio, i 



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