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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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t The MUTH'vS SPECIAL Dovetail hive is a CRACKERJACK. COVER and 



\ BOTTOM are absolutely warp-proof. We know because we are practical. Our 



: illustrated catalog- explains it all. You can have one by asking. Not a hive left 



^ over from last season. We sell the finest supplies at manufacturer's prices. 

 \ STANDARD BRED QUEENS, None better than our Buckeye Strain of 3=banders and 



♦ Muth's Strain Golden Italians. 75c each; 6 for $4.00. Safe arrival guaranteed. 



I THE FRED W. MUTH CO., 



♦ FRONT AND WALNUT. CINCINNATI, OHIO. 



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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 saying a lot, as I have tried every breed 

 imported to tliis 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 305 colonies). 



S. T. Pettit, Canada's most succes.sful 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, 

 $2.00 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. Larger quantities, prices on applica- 

 tion. Postage stamps taken for fractions of a dollar. 

 To be fair to ev.ery 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. 



TWENTY-FIVE SWARWS of bees for sale. 

 Queens bought of J. P. Moore in 1901, of his best strain, 

 in new Dovetailed hives, telescope cap, Hoffman 

 frames, and foundation. $5.00 each. Also a lot of new 

 hives well painted ; also 30 Alley queen and drone 

 traps to sell cheap. 



JAMES REED, Jamesville, Onondaga Co., N. Y. 



PACE $( LYON, 



New London, Wisconsin. 



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MANUFACTURERS OF 

 AND DEALERS IN . . . 



BEE-KEEPERS' 

 SUPPLIES. . . . 



Send for Our Free New Illustrated 

 Catalog and Price List 



Tar Heel Apiaries. 



Abbott L- Swinson, Queen-specialist in Charge. Or- 

 ders filled now. For nuclei, 75c per L. frame- add 

 price of queen. Bees, $1.00 per lb. Warranted queens, 

 Sl.OO each; $10.00 per dozen. Tested, $1.50. Breeders. 

 $5.00. We have 300 colonies of best American albino 

 Italians and Adel bees. These bees have no superiors 

 in the long-tongue or any others. 



SWINSON & BOARDMAN, Box 358, Macon, Ga. 



1___^_ -, When you buy labels why don't 

 A Y\ |-< I V^ you get the kind that can be used 

 im.L/L<LwO over and over again? An abso- 

 lute guarantee that these EVER- 

 j LASTING METAL LAB KLS are just as rep- 

 ^* re.sented, or money refunded. Price, plain 

 labels, 40c per 100; tf2.00 per 1000, including 

 marker. Address W. G YOUNG. 



323 Brown St.. Dayton, 0. 

 Marked labels, samples and prices sent on application. 



