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GLEANINGS IN BEE CUUTURE. 



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GOLDEN AND CLOVER STOCK 



Prices for May and June: Choice queens, $1.00 each, 

 6 for $5.00, or $9.00 a doz.; after July 1st, 75 cents each, 

 fc for $4.00, or $7.50 a doz. Tested queens in May and 

 June, $1.50; after July 1st, $1.25. Two-comb nucleus, 

 no queen, $2.00; three-comb nucleus, no queen, $2.50. 

 Full colony on eight frames, no queen, $5.50. Five per 

 cent discount on five, ten per cent on ten or more. 

 CATALOG FOR 1908 FREE. SEND FOR ONE. 



GEO. W.BARNES, box 340. NORWALK. OHIO 



ITALIAN 



QUEENS 



Having purchased the apiaries and queen-rearing business of 

 Mr. A. E. TitofJ, at loamosa, Cal., I hereby politely tip my hat 

 to the bee-keeping world and wish to say that I shall use every 

 endeavor in my power to serve you faithfully and honestly. 



Send for circular and price list. 



Yours for the best queens and bees, 



E. M. GRAVES, 



loamosa, Saz\ Bernardino Co., Cal. 



Wcstwood Red-clover Queens 



Are the bees that got the honey in 1907. 



Better try them for 1908. Nuclei and full 



colonies a specialty. Price list on application. 



HENRYSHAFFER,2860 Harrison Ave.. Sta. L.Cincinnati. 0. 



W. H. Laws 



is again on hand for the com- 

 ing season with a larger stock 

 of queens than ever before. 

 He sold 400 queens to a New Mexico producer last 

 May who wrote, "Your stock is far ahead of those 

 Eastern queens I have been buying," and has placed 

 his order for 1000 more of the Law queens to be de- 

 livered in May and June coming. 



Others write that, if they had purchased all Laws 

 '^ueens, their crop of honey would have been doubled. 

 Testimonials enough to fill this book. If you are go- 

 ing ti improve your stock, had you not better investi- 

 gate ? 



Single queen, $1.00; dozen, $10 00: breeders, the best, 

 each, $6.00. W. H. LAWS, Beeville. Bee Co.. Texas. 



ITALIAN QUEENS BY RETURN 

 MAIL OR MONEY REFUNDED. 



Warranted, $1.00 each, six for $5.00; tested, $1.50 each. 



_ Circular free. 



D. J. BLOCHER, PEARL CITY, ILL. 



MILLER'S SUPERIOR ITALIAN QUEENS 



By RETURN mail; bred from best Red-clover working strains in 

 U. S. No better hustlers; gentle, and winter excellent; untested, 

 from my SUPERIOR breeder, 1. $1.00; 6, $5.00; 12, $9.00. After 

 July 1st, 1, 75c; 6, 4.00; 12, $7.50. Special prices on lots of 50 

 or more. Satisfaction and safe arrival guaranteed. Circular free. 



Queens Queens 



■ " ■ ■■ of the ■ PMM^Mi ■■ 



FINEST POSSIBLE BREEDING 



BRED BY 



F. J. WARDELL, 



UHRICHSVILLE, OHIO, U. S. A. 



After many years' experience as head queen- 

 breeder for The A. I. Root Co.. I am now breed- 

 ing bees at the above address. My stock is equal 

 to any now advertised, and my long experience 

 enables me to judge very accurately the value of 

 any strain. Mine is the celebrated red-clover 

 stock, which has given so much satisfaction to 

 thousands of buyers for a number of years past. 

 If you desire something very select for breeding 

 purposes, write to me, stating your wants, and 

 the same will be supplied. I have no chf ap or 

 inferior queens to sell. My prices for the season 

 are as follows : 



May to June. 



Untested queen $1.25 



Select untested queen .... 1.50 



Tested queen 2.50 



Select tested queen 3.50 



Breeding queens 6.00 



Select breeding queens .... 9.00 

 Extra select " 1 year old. 12.00 



No untested queens sent before May 15; but to 

 secure your queens early in the season it is nec- 

 essary to order now. Absolutely, all orders 

 filled in rotation. 



Isaac F. Miller, 



Reynoldsville, Pa. 



5000 QUEENS 



of the famous 3-banded LONG-TONGUE RED- 

 CLOVER STRAIN OF ITALIAN BEES is what I 

 want to sell this season. 



My bees GATHER HONEY if there is any to get; 

 ARE LITTLE inclined to swarm and sting, they 

 please such people as The A. I. Root Co.. R. F. Holter- 

 mann, W. Z. Hutchinson, Morley Pettit, etc., and if 

 they don't please jou, send in your kick. 



Queens of all grades now ready. 



1 6 12 



Untested queens $1.00 $5.00 $9.00 



Select untested queens 1.25 6.00 11.00 



Tested queens 1.50 8.00 15.00 



Select tested queens 2.00 11.00 20.00 



Breeders, $5.00 to $7.00. 



W.O.VICTOR (Queen Specialist), Hondo Jex. 



When You Need 

 Queens and want 

 Your Order Filled 

 By Return Mail. 



Three-band Italians bred for business. Test»d, $1.00; uatested, 

 75c; $8.00 per doz. Send for price list. 



J. W. K. SHAW & CO., 



Loreauville, Iberia Pa., La. 



