1908 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1281 



QUEENS 



And nothing but Italians. An improved superior 

 strain is what QUIRIN-THE-QUEEN-BREED- 

 ER raises. Stock is Northern-bred and hardy — 

 not a single colony lost during the past winter; 

 have five yards, all wintered on summer stands. Am 

 now taking off supers of nice white-capped clover 

 honey. Prices of bees and queens as per below: 



Prices of Queens after July 1. 



1 



Select queens .... 

 Tested queens .... 

 Select tested queens . . 



Breeders 



Straight five-band breeders 



$ 75 



1 00 



1 50 



3 00 



5 00 



All queens now go by return mail. Safe ar- 

 rival and pure mating guaranteed. We employ 

 400 to 500 swarms. Can furnish bees on L. or 

 Danz. frames. Add price of whatever queen is 

 wanted to nuclei or colony. No order toe large, 

 and none too small. Over 20 years a queen- 

 breeder. Address all orders to 



Hurry in your orders as this 

 is the last time this ad. 

 will appear for this season. 



QUIRIN-THE-QUEEN-BREEDER, Bellevue. Ohio. 



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 you, send in your kick. 



Queens of all grades now ready. 



1 



Untested queens $1.00 



Select untested queens 1.25 



Tested queens 1.50 



Select tested queens 2.00 



Breeders, $5.00 to $7.00. 



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



NOW IS THE 

 TIME 



to buy your queens for fall increase. I 

 can mail promptly young vigorous queens 

 — Italian, Carniolan, Banat, and golden. 

 Prices, untested, 75 cts. ; $8.00 per dozen ; 

 tested, $1.25 each; $12.00 per dozen. 

 Circular free. 



Grant Anderson,S a binal,Tex. 



Long-tonguecl 



Red -clover Queens 



Bred by tHeir Ori^ii\ator 



Do you want to get some specimen queens of the world- 

 famous red-clover stock of Italian bees f Then buy from me, 

 because I am the originator, and surely ought to know how to 

 breed them in their purity. When you get tbem from me you 

 know you have the real strain. For years I have devoted time 

 and skill to this stock, trying to reach perfection. I can submit 

 many splendid testimonials in favor of this stock to show my 

 work has not been in vain. Try them, and YOU will be 

 pleased also. I endeavor to please the practical man looking 

 for definite results in dollars and cents. Many years' experi- 

 ence as head apiarist of The A. I. Root Co. enables me to fill the 

 most exacting order witn complete satisfaction to the purchaser 

 Let me show you how well 1 can please you. 



25 PER CENT REDUCTION. 



Here is your chance to save money 

 and get a lot of the bost queens cheap. 



Introduce LAWS queens this fall and thus insure a full crop 

 of honey the coming season. 



LAWS queens are sent everywhere, and everywhere there 

 are words of praise for them. 



One firm alone has bought over three thousand of the 

 Laws queens during the past six seasons. 



Deduct 25 per cent from the following prices; remit the bal- 

 ance, and your order will have prompt attenion. 



Single queen. $1.00; six for $5 00; dozen for $10.00. 



W H. LAWS, Beeville, Bee Co., Texas 



Wax Craft 



By T. W. COWAN 



We are now in position to take orders 

 for the above book. It is elegantly bound 

 and beautifully printed. See review by W. 

 K. Morrison in last issue. 



Price $1.00 postpaid anywhere. 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., Medina, O. 



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Twenty-five Years' Practice. 



CHARLES J. WILLIAMSON, 



Second Nat'l Bank BIdg,. Washington, D. C. 



Patent practice in Patent Office and Courts. 

 Patent Counsel of The A. I. Root Co. 



