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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 15 



J. E. HAND will begin the season of 1909 with improved facilities for rearing the 



CHOICEST QUEENS 



He has developed a system of queen-rearing that contains all the best points of other methods with none of the de- 

 fects, including some valuable improvements of his own — in short, a system through which the highest queen develop- 

 ment is reached by correct and scientific principles, which means that he is now in position tooffertothe bee-keeping 

 public a higher class of queens than has ever before been offered by any breeder, owing to scientific methods which 

 produce queens of a higher development than can be reared by the ordinary methods in vogue, and also to an improved 

 method tf classifying queens which st'ikes the word select from our list, and gives a square deal to all. These queens 

 will be reared from a superior strain of hardy northern-bred RED-CLOVER ITALIANS, " the very best." They are 

 warranted purely mated, and will be safely delivered to any address in the United States, Cuba, Canada, or Mexico, 

 at the low price of $1.50 each for orders booked before May 1. Book orders now, send money when queens are 

 wanted. Valuable information free. Send for it to-day. 



J. E. HAND, BIRMINGHAM, OHIO, ERIE CO. 



Carniolan, Banat, and 

 Caucasian Queens 



Imported, $5.00 each; homebred, $1.00 each, five for $4.00. 

 Best strains from apiaries personally inspected by 



FRANK BENTON, box 1 7, Washington, D. C. 



Golden Italian 6% 

 QUEENS ^1 



Same old stand and stock. Ready now. 



J. B. CASE, PORT ORANGE, FLA. 



You make no mistake if you 

 come to M. S. STRAUS, Ma- 

 liaffey, Pa., for bees and 

 bee-supplies. He handles 

 the Root goods— the best in 

 the market. j^ j^ j^ 



^0~> leading varieties of pure bred 

 •*rJChlcken8, Ducks. Geese. Turkeys: 

 also Uolstein cattle. Prize winning stock. 

 Oldest and largest poultry farm In the 

 northwest. Stock, eggs and Incubators 

 at low prices. Send 4 cents for catalog. 

 Larkln&Hersberg, Ex.sB Mankato.Mlnn. 



Golden :•£ Red-Clover 

 Italian Queens 



My queens are large and prolific. Their workers are 

 hardy and good honey-gatherers. Give them a trial. 

 Untested, one, $1.09; six, $5.00. Select untested, one, 

 $1.25; six, $6.50. Select tested, $2.00 each. I am book- 

 ing orders now to be filled in rotation after May 25. 



No nuclei or colonies for sale this season. 



WM. A. SHUFF, 4426 Osage Ave., Phila., Pa. 



-^' Save Your .^ 

 Queenless Colonies! 



INTROIiUCE A VIGOROUS 

 TESTED OUKKN. 



We can furnish them by return mail. Queens reared last 

 fall from our well-known strain of three-band Italians and 

 wintered in four-frame nuclei, $1.00 each. Satisfaction 

 guaranteed. 



J. W.K.SHAW 8l CO., Loreauville,La. 



48 BREEDS Fine pure-bred chickens, ducks, 

 geese and turkeys. Northern raised, hardy, and 

 very beautiful. Fowls, eggs, and incubators at low 

 prices. America's greatest poultry farm. Send 4 

 cents for fine 80-page 15th Annual Poultry Book. 



^ R. F. NEU8ERT. Box 778. Mankato, Minn. 



BEE-SUPPLIES FOR SEASON OF 1909 



Complete stock on hand, as our plant has been running steadily so as to take care of the 

 demand for bee-supplies the early part of the coming season. We are practically over- 

 stocked at this time and advise those in need of bee-supplies to order now (shipments may 

 be delayed until you want the goods) before the contemplated advance in prices all along the 

 line. Lumber is dearer and labor has never been so high, but we agree to protect our patrons 

 at present prices upon receipt of their orders at this time. 



Being manufacturers we buy lumber to advantage, have lowest freight lates, and sell on 

 manufacturers' profit basis. Let us quote you prices. Prompt shipment guaranteed. 



MINNESOTA BEE SUPPLYCO.,l23NiGolletlslan(l,Minneapolis. 



