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1—1 ^-^ I 1 ^-y 1 A 1^ greatest hive on earth. " Muth's Special " Dovetail. It's a "Cracker= 



Here we 

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jack," neat and most substantial on the market. Wi 1 wear a lifetime. 

 No warp to cover or bottcm=board. Finest supplies in the world at 

 makers' prices. Service and shipping I'acilit'les simply perfect. I<etus 

 estimate on your wants Our Buckeye Strain Italian Queens are un= 

 surpassed. Untested, 7')C each: (i, J4; select tested. Jl..')0. Order now. 



The Fred W. Muth Co., Front & Walnut Sts., Cincinnati, 0. 



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Queens You Should Have 



Does blood tell in other stock ? Give 

 your bees a chance. Stock used for breed- 

 ing' the queens offered — not from a sport, 

 but my pick out of an apiary giving last 

 season an average yield as follows : 



Honey Gathered. 



102 lbs. extracted and 6S lbs. conib honey per colony 

 besides increase and stores for winter. 



-Quality of Comb Honey Produced. 



" Man ! It would dazzle you."— Wm. McEvoy, Onta- 

 rio Government Inspector of Apiaries. 



Wintering Qualities. 



Up to the present, January 80, I never found these 

 bees to show the least indication of unrest — always 

 perfectly quiet. They are wintering perfectly. — 

 Frank T. Adams, Brantford, Canada. 



Oeneral Commendation. 



Out of those queens you sent me I have produced 

 the best race or strain of bees I ever owned. Remem- 

 ber that is saying a lot, as I have tried every breed 

 imported to this country. The bees winter better, 

 build up, and stand cold chilly winds in spring better, 

 and are more suitable than any bees I ever owned. 

 For the season they gave me about double the honey 

 the pure Italians did, and more increase. Glad you 

 are going into the queen business, and are going to 

 join our ranks again. We are much in want of a tew 

 men like you. C. 'W. Post, Ex president Ontario Bee- 

 keepers' Association (owns 3t)5 colonies). 



S. T. Pettit, Canada's most successful comb-honey 

 producer and bee-keeper, says: "The blood in my 

 apiary is largely the progeny of queens sent by you, 

 and they are grand bees." 



Prices of Queens. 



They are duty free to the United States. Tested. 

 J2.00 each ; $10 "00 for 6 ; $18.00 per dozen Untested 

 until July 1st, $1.2.5 each ; $7.00 for 6 ; or $12 00 per doz- 

 en. >Same after July 1st, $1.00 each ; $o..50 for 6 ; or 

 $10.00 per dozen. Larger quantities, prices on applica- 

 tion. Postage stamps taken for fractions of a dollar. 

 To be fair to every one, no selected tested queens are 

 offered. Every one has the same chance. The above 

 queens are bred from a careful selection of Italians 

 and Carniolans. Pure Italian and Carniolan queens 

 same price. Price of full colonies on application. 

 Orders booked as received, and filled as quickly as 

 possible. Order early. Address 



R. F. Holtermann, 

 Bow Park Co., Limited, Brantford, Ontario, Canada. 



A QUEEN FREE. 



Our stock is the very best that money and experi- 

 ence can procure. Just give our stock a trial and be 

 convinced. 'We will give one warranted queen free 

 in July for every order for one dozen queens before 

 May 1, in order to have you try our stock. Prices : 

 Untested, each, $1.00; 6 for $6.00; 12 for $9.00. Select 

 tested, $2.50. Tested, $1 25. Two-frame nucleus and 

 warranted queen, $,'5.00 ; three - frame nucleus and 

 queen, |3.50. Send for our catalog of bee-keepers' 

 supplies and our price list of Italian queens and nu- 

 cleus colonies, with description of our strain of bees. 



PRESTON STORE «& PRODUCE CO., 



Dority, Preston Co., W. Va. 



I Sections 



i $1.50 



January 1 we commence making ex- 

 tensive improvements in our factory 

 and warehouse. The following regular 

 No. 2 sections are on hand, and we de- 

 sire to sell them before beginning the 

 improvements, as they will be in the 

 way. In order to sell them quickly, we 

 make the low price of I1..50 per 1000 in 

 any quantity. 



420M ■i]{x4}{xV/g inches. 

 28M -11^^x4^x2 inches 

 31M 4%x4}4xH^ inches. 

 35M 4Xx4i^x7-to-the-foot. 

 24M 4i<x4i^xl^ inches. 

 2M 4i|x4i/^x7-to-the-foot. 

 43M 4^x4J4x7-to-the-foot. 

 25M 3^x5x1 J4, no-b^eway. 

 16 M 4x.5xl54, no-beeway. 

 52M 45^x4 ^xlj^ no-beeway. 



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Page & Lyon M'f'g Co., 



New London, Wis. 



Queens by Mail To-Day, Safely! 



Abbott ly. Swinson, queen-specialist, will fill orders 

 for Breeders at S.').00; Tested Queens, $1.50; Untested, 

 Warranted, $1.00 any day. Best Albino and Italian 

 stock. SWINSON & BOARDMAN. Box 358, Macon. Ga. 



Orders are Now Being Booked 



for queens of my improved selected strain of golden 

 Italian business bees. Queens are very carefully 

 reared. We aim to have none but the best. Our old 

 customers stay with us. We use them right. Write 

 for circulars. J. B. Case, Port Orange, Fla. 



CHAS. ISRAEL & BROS., 



486-490 Canal St.. Corner Watt St.. N. Y. 



Honey and Beeswax. 



lyiberal Advances made on Consignments. Whole- 

 sale Dealers and Commission Merchants. Estab. 1875. 



PLOWERS.— Strong plants from 2i^-inch pots. The 

 * famous $30,000 queen of all carnations, Mrs. Thos. 

 W. Lawson, 1.5c; 2, 25c. Verbenas, 4c; 3.5c doz. Pan- 

 sies, 25c doz. Boston ferns, 8c each. Roses, monthly 

 bloomers, assorted colors, 10c each; 3 for 2.5c; prepaid. 

 Frank Danley, Macomb, Illinois. 



