1909 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



15 



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



CHOICEST QUEENS 



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

 lects, includiuE some valuahlt imfrovements of his own — in short, a system through which the highest queen develop- 

 ment is reached by comet and scientific principles, which means that he is now in position to offer to the bee-keeping 

 public a higher eratle of quttns than is usually offend in the common utitility classes, owing toscientific methods which 

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

 method of cljssi.iyine 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," They are warranted to pro- 

 duce uniformly marked three-oanded b'^es of superior honey-gathering qualities. Price, after June 1, untested, 

 SI.UO each; 6, $5.00; 12, $9.00; tested, $1 50; 6, $8.00; 12, $15.00. Breeder, tested for queen-rearing, $5.00. Val- 

 u:ib'e inrormation free. Setd for it to-day. 



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



Doolittle & Clark Golden and Red-clover 



are now sendinsi out clioice ITALIAN QUEENS 

 at the followintr prices: Untested, SI. 00 each; 

 three. 82.50; 12. §().(X). Tested, .<2.00 each; three, 

 $o.n(); 12. S18.00. Breeders, S2.50. S5.00, §10.00. 



Borodino - Onondaga Co. - New York 



Swarthmore's Pedigreed Goldens 



Swart more Apiaries, Swarthmore, Pa. 



. . . . Italian .... 

 Tested Selected Queens 



P'inest Quality 



Safe Arrival Guaranteed. 



L. SIMONI, Livorno Leghorn . Italy 



.Successor of Bianconcini. 



Taylor's Queens ii; 



.1. \V. Taylor & Son have made a specialty of breed- 

 intrfor the best honey-eratherers. Our three-banded 

 Italians can't be beat, or haven't been, as honey-j^ather- 

 ers. Untested. 75 c each, orSS.OOa dozen; tested queens. 

 $1.00 each, or six for $5.00. Select tested queens, SI. 50 

 each; breeders, the ver>' best, $3.00 to $5.00 each. Send 

 all orders to 



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



If You Need a Nice Yellow Italian Queen 



at once, send to C. J. F.AJEN. Blackburn, 

 Mo. Untested, only 65c; tested, $1.25; 

 3-fr. nuclei with fine queen, $2.75; full 

 colonies in 8-fr. hive, $5.50 with queen. 



Westwood Red clover Queens 



A N>w York customer writes, " I have tried queens (rom 



igood many breeders, but yours are (ar ahead of them all." 



.Nuclei and (ull colonies a specialty. Price list on application. 



HENRYSHAFFER ?R60Hnrrlson Ave <:ta I Clnclnnaii.O 



-QUEENS 



DIRECT FROM ITALY 



MAY to SEPTEMBER.— Tested, $27.0; Champion Layfts, 

 S4.00. 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 



NIALAN BROTHERS 

 Quoen-breedars, Luserna, San Giovanni, Italy 



Italian Queens 



My queens are lartre and prolific. Their workers are 

 hardy and f^ood honey-gratherers. Give them a trial. 

 Untested, one, Si. 00; six, S5.00. 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. 



CALIFORNIA : : : : 



We have combined our forces and enertries, and arc 

 ready to mail queens from our stock which has pro- 

 duced results in recent honey-flow. Now is an excel- 

 lent time to overhaul and requeen your bees. 

 Untested queens . . . $1.00; six, $5.00; dozen, .S9.00 

 Tested queens . . . $2.00; six, §10.00; dozen, $18.00 

 We raise both strains of Italians. Our race of Gold- 

 ens are unsurpassed for beauty, trentleness, and pro- 

 ductiveness. Years of experience in honey-produc- 

 tion and queen-rearing, combined with all the latest 

 improved methods, warrants our assertions. Send 

 for circular. 



MERCER & WURTH, VENTURA. CALIF. 

 Queen Specialists 



IMPROVE your STOCK 



by introducing some of our Famous L' ng-tongued 

 Italian Red clover Hotiey-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. 



Unt.-sted queens from June to October, 75 cts. 

 each; tosted, $125 eath; fine breeders, $10.00 

 each. Sitif faction guaranteed in every respect. 



FRED LEININGER & SON, - DELPHOS, 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. Satislaction.or money back. 



S. F. TREGO. 



SWEDONA, ILL. 



PHARR'S GOLDENS 



took tlrht I>rl7.e at three exhibits In 19U7. vVe also breed Cariil- 

 olanu. thret-ljande'l Italians, and Caucasians, bred In separate 

 yards and from the best breeders obtainable; t;uarantee safe 

 dellrpry and fairtreatment. Untested.il; tested. 11.25. Address 



New Ceatur* Qtjeen-rea'ing Co.. Berealr.Tei. John W Pbarr, Trop 



Swarthmore's Pedigreed Goldens 



Swarthmore Apiaries, Swarthmore, Pa 



