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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Oct. 1 



SUPERIOR QUEENS BY RETURN MAIL 



QUEENS from the famous Red Clover stock, originated by me. Handsome three- 

 banded Italians. If there is honey to be had they will gather it. Something 

 better than the ordinary, at the same price you would pay for common stock. No 

 poor or indifferent queens are sent out at any price. I have devoted myself to queen- 

 rearing for so long, that I know every requirement of the business, and you may be 

 sure that my stock is the best in every particular. My bees are gentle as well as- 

 handsome. Queens sent out now will begin to lay immediately, and will stock up 

 your hives with vigorous young bees for winter. Now is the time to buy and have 

 something extra fine to begin next season. My bees are exceptionally hardy, and 

 will winter well if given oi'dinary attention. Untested, $1; select untested, $1.25. 

 While present stock lasts will make the following discounts for quantities : 5 per 

 cent for 6, 10 per cent for 12, 20 per cent for 24, 25 per cent for 50. 



A FEW COMMENTs'fROM CUSTOMERS: 



Friend Wardell:—1h& queen re- 

 ceived. She is a beauty; her es- 

 corts all living, and fine as silk. 

 Fraternally yours, 



F. DANZENBAKER. 

 Noriolk, Va., April 14, 1909. 



Mr. F. J. Wardell, Uhrichsville, 



Ohio. 



Dear Sir: — I have been wanting 

 to tell you something- for some 

 time. You remember I got a queen 

 bee of you late last fall. Well, 

 when I got her she had not much 

 chance to show her blood; but I 



tell you, sir, that she is a dandy, 

 and I would not take any money 

 for her. I placed her in a ten- 

 frame hive, and she was the first 

 one to show up; the prettiest little 

 vellow Italians vou ever saw. 



Box 222. Yours truly, 



Jacob Heck. 



Gnadenhutten, O., June, 1909. 



550 W. Walnut St., Lancaster, Pa. 

 Mr. F. J. Wardell, Uhrichsville, 



Ohio. 



Dear S/r;— Enclosed you will 



find Si. 50 in P. 0. money order, 

 for which send me at your earliest 

 convenience a select untested 

 queen. I received a queen from 

 you last year and am well pleased 

 with her. I like their gentle na- 

 ture. Should this one be her 

 equal I will have nothing but the 

 Wardell brand. 



Very respectfully, 



J H Seitz 



Prof. Math. Boys' High School, 

 Lancaster, Pa. 



May 25, 1909. 



Send now and get some of this fine stock before 

 It is too late. You can't help being pleased with it 



F. J. WARDELL, Uhrichsville, Ohio 



A Fifty-Cent Bee-Book, Bound in Cloth, and 

 Gleanings for one Year, for $1.25. 



WE have made special arrangements with the publishers of the Farm 

 Journal by which we are able to supply our customers with a 

 very neat, cloth-bound, beautifully printed, and illustrated in half- 

 tone, copy of the Biggie bee-book. It is only 5>2x4 in., by r<^ in. thick — 

 just right to carry in the pocket. We have carefully gone over this little 

 work, and consider it orthodox in its teachings throughout. It is just the 

 thing for the busy man who would like to get a bird's-eye view of bee- 

 keeping, and who has not the time to read the more comprehensive works. 

 The book is, in fact, bee-keeping in a nutshell, boiled down, containing 

 only the best practices known to the profession. 



IT IS A LITTLE GEM 



Beginners especially will find it very helpful; and as a companion to our 

 more comprehensive work, the ABC and X Y Z of Bee Culture, nothing 

 could be better. A reading of the little book will give one a brief and 

 comprehensive idea of the business as a whole. The larger work will 

 give the details. 



We will include the ABC and the Biggie book both at $1.75. The regular list 

 price of the two is S2.00. 



Or we will include Gleanings, ABC, and the Biggie book for $2.50. 



The A. I. ROOT CO., Medina, Ohio 



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