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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 15 



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



CHOICEST 



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

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

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

 public a higher erade 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 st'ikes 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," I hey are warranted to pro- 

 duce uniformly marked three-ban^ed bees of superior honey-gathering qualities. Piice, after Ju^e l,iiniested, 

 $1.00 each; 5, $5.00; 12, $9.00; tested, $1 50; f>, $8.00; 12, $15.00. Breeder, tested for queen-rearing, $5 00. Val- 

 uable intormation free. Serd for it to-day. 



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



Handsome, Gentle Bees 



Red- clover Strain of Hustlers 



Buy from the Originator of this Famous 

 Strain: F. J. WARDELL, Uhrichsville, O. 



When you are looking around for 

 something better than the ordinary, try 

 my celebrated strain of long-tongued 

 red-clover Italians. They are the result 

 of careful breeding for 25 years. No 

 other strain of bees ever achieved the 

 same popularity this has. I have them 

 pure, yet charge no more than others do 

 for ordinary stock. Send for my circular. 



In regard to their merits I get many 

 testimonials. Here is a sample one: 



Dr. Reginald Miinson 



Office and Residence 3101 P St., N.W. 



Washinprton, D. C. Jan. 17, 1909. 

 Mr. F. J. Warden, Uhrichsville, O. 



Dear Sir.— The queen sent me is handsome, and 

 the bees are gentle. I received her too late in 

 the season to form much of an idea of the honey- 

 gathering quality of her bees, but observe that 

 they are uniform in color and of good size, and 

 believe the colony will distinguish itself next 

 season. I shall be glad to let you know the re- 

 sult. Yours very truly, 



Reginald Munson. 



June to October 



Untested $1.00 



Select Untested 1 .25 



Tested 2.00 



Select Tested 3.00 



Breeding Queens 3.50 



Select Breeding Queens 7.50 



Extra-select Breeding Queens 10.00 



Please send for my circular. My address is 

 F. J. WARDELL. Uhrichsville. Ohio 



for 



909 



Taylor's Queens 



J. W. Taylof & Son have made a specialty of breeding for the 

 belt honey-gatherers. Our three-banded Italiani can't be beat, 

 or haven't been, ai honey-gatherers. Untested, 75c each, or 

 $8.00 a dozen; tested queens, $1.00 each, or six for $5.00. 

 Select tested qoeeni, $1.50 each; breeden, the very best, $3.00 

 to $5.00 each. Send all orderf to 

 J. W. TAYLOR * SON, BEEVILLE, BEE COUNTY, TEXAS 



Golden and 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. All orders 

 filled in rotation. 



No nuclei or colonies for sale this season. 

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



Queens 



by return 

 mail. 



Do You Need Any P 



Queens bred for business from our well-known strain 

 of three-band Italians, unexcelled as honey-githpre:s. 

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



Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. Send for 

 P'ice list. 



J. W. K, SHAW & CO . Loreauville, La., Iberia Pa. 



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IMPROVE your STOCK 



by introducing some of our Famous Long-tongued 

 Italian Red-clover Honey-queens. We have been 

 breeders for 23 years, and have developed a strain 

 of bees that some seasons produce nearly 100 lbs. 

 of surplus per colony from red-clover alone. 



Untested queens from June to October, 75 cts. 

 each; tested, $1.25 each; fine breeders, $10.00 

 each. S itisfaction guaranteed in every respect. 



FRED LEININGER & SON. - DELPHOS. OHIO 



ITALIAN QUEENS 



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

 prompl 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 GOLDENS 



took flrct prize at three exhibits In 11107. We also breed Carnl- 

 olaDB, three banded Italians, and Cautaslaiis, bred in separate 

 yards and from the best breeders obtainable; jruarantee safe 

 delivery and fair treatment. Untested. II; tested. 11.25, AdrtrHss 



New Century Cueen-rearing Co., Berealr.Tei. John W. Pharr, Prop 



