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Yes, Sir! 



The Muth's Special Dovetail hive is aCnACK- 

 KRjACK, COVER AND BOTTOM are absolute- 

 ly warp-proof We know because we are practical. 

 Our illuslrated ^cataloR explains it all. Yon can have one by asking Not a hive left over from last 

 season We sell the finest supplies at manufficturers' prices. STANDARD BRED QUEENS. None better 

 than our Buckeye Strain of 3-banders and Muth's Strain Golden Italians. Toe each ; for $1.00. Safe ar- 

 nval guaranteed j^^ p^^j ^ ^^^^ CO., ^ront and Walnut, CinC'mnati, 0. 



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QueensYou 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 68 lbs. comb 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 30, I never found these 

 bees to show the least indication of unrest— always 

 perfectly quiet. They are wintering perfectly. — 

 Frank T. Adams, Brantford, Canada. 



General 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 saving a lot, as I have tried every breed 

 imported to tfiis 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 few 

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

 keepers' Association (owns 366 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 ; $.5.50 for 6 ; or 

 $10.00 per dozen. l,arger 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 colonics 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 b'st 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 yon try our stock. Prices : 

 Untested, each, $1.00; 6 for $.5 00 ; 12 for $9.00. Select 

 tested, $2. .50. Tested, $1 25. Two-frame nti' leus and 

 warranted queen, $3.00 ; three - frame nucleus and 

 que' n, $:? .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 PACE ^ LYON, 



New London, Wisconsin, 



MANUFACTURERS OF 

 AND DEALERS IN . . . 



BEE-KEEPERS' 

 SUPPLIES. . . 



Send for Our Free New Illustrated 

 Catalog and Price List 



HONEY QUEENS! 



Laws' Long=tongue Leather Queens. 



Laws' Improved Golden Queens. 



Laws' Holy Land Queens. 



I,aws' queens are the standard-bred queens of Amer- 

 ica. The largest honey-producers use them and praise 

 them. I<aws' queens go everywhere, and can furnish 

 you a queen every month in the year Four apiaries. 

 Queens bred in their purity. Prices, October to April: 

 Tested or untested, $1.00 each ; 6 for fo.OO. Breeders, 

 none better, $:i 00 each. Address 



W. li. Laws, Beeville, Texas. 



Orders are Now Being Booked 



for queens of ray 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. 



