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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



MayI 



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 improvement! 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 grade of queens than is usually offered in the common utitility classes, owing toscientific methods which 

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

 method of classifying queens which strikes the word select from our list, and gives a square deal to all. No selects 

 means no culls, and the highest grade of queens in the untested and tested classes. These queens will be reared 

 from a superior strain of hardy northern-bred red-clover Italians, " the very best," and will be safely delivered to 

 any address in the United States, Cuba, Canada, or Mexico, at the following prices: Untested, $1.25; 3, $3.00; 

 warranted, $1.50; 3, $4.00; tested, $2.00; 3, $5.00. Book orders now, send money when queens are wanted. Valu- 

 able information free. Send for it to-day. 



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



Extra-fine Queens Only 



BRED AND FOR SALE 

 BY 



F. J. WARDELL, 



Uhrichsville, O. 



See what my customers say about my 

 strain of bees. 



Mr. F. J. Wardhll, Uhrichsville, O. 



Dear Sir: — Please excuse me for not writing 

 sooner, but will say 1 received the queen and in- 

 troduced her in extia-fine condition. I am well 

 pleased, and will remember you when I send for 

 another. Respectfully yours. Lew Henrv. 



P. S. — 1 believe you are right by having the best 

 red-clover long-tongued stock. L. H. 



That is the way I please all my custom- 

 ers. This strain of red-clover bees gives 

 universal satisfaction. The " quality " is 

 there. They are handsome three-banded 

 bees; gentle, and great honey-gatherers. 

 I have bred them for years. In fact, I 

 originated them. Careful breeding for a 

 quarter of a century has done it. 



You owe it to yourself to give them a 

 trial. My circular sent for the asking. 



April and May. June to Oct. 



Untested $1.25 $1.00 



Select untested 1.50 1.25 



Tested 2.50 2 00 



Select tested 3.50 3.00 



Breeding queens 5.00' 3.50 



Select breeding queens 9.00 7.50 



Extra-select breeding queens 12.00 10.00 



F. J. WARDELL, Queen Specialist, 

 Uhrichsville, Ohio. 



ITALIAN QUEENS 



Good leather-colored queens bred for business — no disease; 

 prompt shipment, extra good stock. June, 90c; six for $4.75; 

 20 or more at 60c each , later less. Satisfaction ,or money back. 



S. F. TRECO. 



SWEDONA, ILL. 



PHARR'S GOLDKNS 



took first prize at three exhibits In 1907. We also breed Carnl- 

 olans. three-ljaiulod ItJiUaiis, and Caucasians, lirt-d In separate 

 yards and from the best breeders obtainable; j,'uarantee safe 

 delivery and falrtreatinent. Untested, 81 ; tested, tl.a.'i. Address 



New Century ttueen-reanng Co., Bercalr.Tex. John W. Pharr, Prop 



Golden :h: Red-Clover 

 Italian Queens 



My queens are large and prolific. Their workers are 

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

 Untested, one, $1.00; 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. 



Queens 



by return 

 mail. 



Do You Need AnyP 



Queens bred for business from our well-known strain 

 of three-band Italians, unexcelled as honey-gatherers. 

 Tested, $1 each; untested, 75c; $8 doz. 



Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. Send for 

 price list. 



J. W. K. SHAW Sl CO.. Loremville, La.. Iberia Pa. 



Not Cheap Queens, but Queens Glieap 



DON'T BUY QUEENS UNTIL YOU SEE MY 



FREE OFFER 



Red-clover three-band queens as follows: Untested, 1, 76c; 6, 

 t4.20; tested, 1. 81.00; 6,85.70; select breeder. «5 00 



Nuclei with untested queen, one-frame. 81.75; two frame, 12.25; 

 with tested queen, one-frame, 82.00; two-frame, 82.50. 



Five-band or golden queens as follows: Untested, 1, 81.00; 

 6, 85.70; tested. 1, 81. 50; 6, 88.70. Breeders, 1, 810.00. 



If queens are wanted In large quantity, write for prices. 



Directions for building up weak colonies. 10 cts. 

 W. J. LITTLEFIELD, LITTLE ROCK, ARK., RT. 3. 



HARDY COLDENS WON! 



Oct. 24, T'OS. — To Whom it may Concern: — This is to cer- 

 tify that I purchased a Golden Italian queen of Mr. Chas. O. 

 Fluhaity on July 15, 1908, and am well pleased with the queen 

 and her progeny I also took the first premium at New York 

 State Fair over three other competitors, and received six dollars 

 premiums on her swarm. Respectfully yours, 



Edward Rhddout, Baldwinsville, N. Y. 



[Mr. Reddout is an expert on bees and queens, and his word is 

 double assurance of merit when be approves of a strain of bees.] 



" The Golden queen which you sent us hai come in, and it 

 appears to be very good stock indeed." — The A. 1. Root Co. 



Tested queen, $2.00; untested, $1.00; fine clover queen, $1.00. 

 Chas. Oscar Fluharty, Rt. 2. New Martinsville, W.Va 



