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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 1 



QUEENS 



And nothing but Italians. An improved 

 superior strain is what QUIRIN-THE- 

 QUEEN- BREEDER raises. Stock is 

 Northern-bred and hardy. We winter 

 our five yards on summer stands with 

 practically no loss. Some of the largest 

 honey-producers of the west started with 

 our stock. Free circular and testimonials. 



Prices of Queens Before July 



Select queens 



Tested queens 



Select tested queens . . . 



Breeders 



Golden five-band breeders 

 Two-comb nuclei, no queen 

 Three-comb nuclei, no queen 

 Full colonies on eight frames 



$1 00 



1 50 



2 00 

 4 00 

 6 00 



2 50 



3 50 

 6 00 



$5 00 

 8 00 

 10 00 



14 00 

 20 00 

 30 00 



$ 9 00 

 15 00 

 18 00 



25 00 

 35 00 



Queens now go by Return Mail 



Safe arrival 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 

 too large, and none too small. Over twenty 

 years a queen-breeder. Address all orders to 



Quirin - the - Queen - Breeder 



Bellevue, Ohio 



CHOICE QUEENS 



Golden and Red-clover Ital- 

 ians and Gray Carniolans 



Select untested, 1, $1 00; 6, $5.00; 12, $9.00 

 Tested, . . 1, $125; 6, 6.75: 12, $12 00 

 Select tested and breeders, . $2 to $4 each 



Chas. Koeppen, - Fredericksburg, Va. 



GET . 

 YOUR 



QUEENS 



DIRECT FROM ITALY 



MAY to SEPTEMBER.— Tested, $2.50; Champion Layers, 

 $4.00. Dead queens replaced if box is returned unopened. Dis- 

 count to dealers or for quantities. Beautiful unsolicited testi- 

 monials. Honest dealing. For further particulars write to 



MALAN BROTHERS 

 Queen-breeders, . Luaerna, San Giovanni, Italy 



Warranted Queens 



$1.00; dozen, $8.00. Golden strain. Mailed 

 promptly, or order back at once if you say so. 

 Have pleased customers for 18 years, 



J. B. Case, Port Orange, Fla. 



GOLDEN - ADEL - QUEENS 



Golden Italian and Leather-colored Italian, Imported Carnio- 



lan, and Caucasian queens. A full line of bee-keepers' 



supplies. Send for price list. Address 



Cbas. Mondens, 160 Newton Av. N., Minneapolis, Minn 



%A# U I M«j|<^ '^ ^S^'° o*^ ^■'°'' ^'*^ '^i^ '^'"Q'^^^tockof 

 " ■ ■' ■ ■■«''"•» bees and queens foi the season of 1909. 

 Fine well-bred queens are his specialty; and in all the queens 

 mailed during the past 18 years there is not a displeased customer 

 that I know of. On the other hand, letters of praise come from 

 every source. Mr. Wm. Hughes, of Washington, D. C, writes 

 that he has been handling queens for the past twenty years, and 

 he has never found any that equal or please him so well as the 

 two dozen he bought of me last season. I can and do mail 

 queens every month in the year, California and Cuba taking over 

 100 in the past month of December. I will mail queens from 

 now on at the one price of $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. Breeding 

 queens, each, $5.00. Write for prices on quantity lots. Address 



W. H. LAWS, Bsevllls, Be» County, Texas. 



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Queens 



These are my specialty. Untested, $1.00 each; six, $5.00; 

 doz., $9.00. Tested, $1.50 each; tix, $8.00; doz., $15.00. 



DANIEL WURTH, N. LeverettSt., Fayetteville.Ark. 



Westwood Red clover Queens 



A New York customer writes, " I have tried queens from 



a good many breeders, but yours are far ahead of them all." 



Nui lei and full colonies a specialty. Price list on application. 



HtNRv SHAFFER. 2860 H.rrisonAve..Sta L.CIncinnatl.O 



Queens that'll Convince You 



that my famous Red-clovers and Goldens are superi- 

 or to all. Untested, 50 cts.; select untested, 75 cts. 

 tested. $1; nuclei, $1.00 per frame without queen. 

 M. A. ROSS, 1709 Upper Second Street, Evansville, Indiana 



Golden ADEL QDEENS 



Golden Adel bees and queens are famous the world over for their 

 unexcelled beauty, gentleness, hardiness, and good working 

 qualities. Go'den Adel Italians will please you if you want the 

 best strain of bees on earth. »^ L. F. Weaver, of Dexter. 

 Mo., says, " My bees are very gentle, and great hustlers." >)* 

 A Brooklyn customer wites, "The more I see of your bees the 

 better I hke them." >? 1 breed these queens in their purity, 

 using select stock obtained from Henry Alley, their originator. 

 Only natural methods are used in rearing them, giving us laige 

 and vigorous queens. Orders tilled in ro'ation. PRICKS: Select 

 queens, $1.00 each: extra select. $1.50 ; two-frame nucleus and 

 select quren, $3.25; with e>tra-select queen instead of select, 

 add 50.. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. Send orders to 



J. R. McCORKLE, WINCATE, INDIANA 



ITALIAN QUEENS 



Ktne yellow itrolitU- .'i ami f> 

 banded Italian iiuetn, unte!<t- 

 ed. only T.V; extra tine queen. 

 SI. 00; tested, $1.25; full colo- 

 nies lii8-fr. hive with queen. 

 1.5. .'JO; 3-fr. nucl. witli queen. 

 82.7.5. Safe arrival guaranteed. 

 Directions to introduce u" 

 wltii queen. Price list free. 



J. L. FAJEN, Alma, Mo. 



Carniolan,Banat,and 

 Caucasian Queens 



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

 Best strains from apiaries personally inspected by 



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



