GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



/"^OODS ordered now will reach you in time for your first 

 ^-^ swarms. More and more are our customers adopting the 

 plan of ordering early. 



Yes, we will ship at once, and send Root's Goods only, and 

 at their prices. Save time and freight charges by ordering at 

 Root's Headquarters in Michigan. 



M. H. Hunt & Son . . . Lansing, Mich. 



General Agents 



Opposite Lake Shore Depot 



Golden Italian Bees 



Buttercup Strain 



Queens, Nuclei, and Full Colonies 



I have kept and studied bees for fifty years; 

 have bought queens for improvement of stock 

 from the most noted breeders from Lang- 

 stroth down to the present day. 



My foundation stock, from which my im- 

 proved "Buttercup Strain" was evolved, was 

 originally from Alley and Pratt (Swarthmore) . 



They are very handsome, very gentle, very 

 hardy, and great hustlers. Wintered 75 colo- 

 nies on summer stands last winter— the hard- 

 est on record. . Made more honey per col- 

 ony last season (very poor) than ever before. 



Have no trace of disease. 



This season I shall propagate and offer for 

 sale, after June 1st, as follows: 



Price of Be«s and Quseas 



One full colonv iu 1 1-2 story 8-£rame hive, com- 

 plete $1000 



One full colony, 8 frame, one story only 8.25 



Nucleus of Bees in Light Shipping-cases after June 1 



One-frame nucleus and untested queen S 2.50 



Two-frame " " " " 3.00 



Three-frame " " " " 3.50 



Colony or nucleus with tested queen, add 1.00 



Queens after June 1 



Selected tested queen S 2.60 



Tested queen 1.60 



Untested queen 1.00 



The colonies I offer consist of eig-ht frames of bees, 

 honey, and brood, in a ten-frame Lang-stroth body. 



They -nill be securely packed and sent by express, at 

 purchaser's expense. 



For larerer quantities of bees or queens, write for 

 prices. Circulars free. 



ISAAC F. TILLINGHAST, FACTORYVILLE, PA. 



state Apiary Inspector 



To Canadian Beekeepers! 



I have the foUowinsr bee-supplies for sale at a sacrifice: 6000 

 Root's extra polished sections, plain. 4x5x13-8; 500 Danz. sec- 

 tion-holders: 500 fences for above. All aVjove never unpacked, 

 and for sale at 20 per cent off Root's list price— saving duty. 

 Have also several hundred fences and section-holders, used 

 one season: at)OUt 100 hives, supers, and other supplies, slig-ht- 

 ly used, for sale cheap. 



C. IM. VANSTONE, Box 19, Wawanesa, Man. 



1912 QUEENS OF QUALITY 



AND QUANTITY 



We are now ready to fill all orders promptly for our Three- 

 banded and Golden Italian queens. Our queens are bred 

 strictly for honey-g-athering- qualities. Untested, each. Sl.OO, 

 or six for S.5.00, or S:5.00 a dozen. Tested, Sl.26 each, or six for 

 S6..50. or S12.00 per dozen. Select tested. Sl.50 each. Breeders, 

 the very best, $5.00 each. Write for special prices on lots of 50 

 to 100 queens. Will replace all dead queens that are dead on 

 arrival, and returned in the cag'e we mailed them in. 25 years 

 a queen-breeder. Send all orders to 



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



^Swarth^rnore.o 



'^FTT 



SWARTHMORE APIARIES 



are now booking orders 

 for early delivery 



PEDIGREED 



Golden Queens 



Swarthmcre, Pennsylvania 



SUPERIOR CARNIOLAN 



QUEENS 



LI*^E BRED. 



. .ices for U. S., Canada, Mexico, and Cuba: Select 

 untested, June, July, Aus'ust, and September, Sl.OO 

 each, .S9.00 per dozen. Select tested. Sl.50; $12.00 



per dozen. Discounts in lots of .50 or more. Ask for our paper. 



■■ Superiority of the Carniolau Bee," explaining- our system of 



selection and line breeding. It's free. 



ALBERT C. HANN, Pittstown, Naw Jersey 



Scientific Quean-breeder 



MILLER'S STRAIN Red-clover ITALIAN QUEENS 



By return mail after June 6th to 10th. or money refunded. 

 Bred from mv superior breeder; for business, gentle; no bet- 

 ter hustler; bees just roll honey in; three-banded; Northern 

 bred; hardy and vigorous; winter well; not inclined to 

 swarm; bred from best leather-colored, long-tongued, red- 

 clover strains. Untested, Sl.OO; six, $.5.00; dozen, $9.00. Select 

 untested, $1.25; six, S6.00; dozen, $11.00. Satisfaction gruaran- 

 teed. . . I. F. MILLER, previously of Brookville and Rey- 

 noldsville. Pa., a queen specialist for 15 years, is agrent and 

 breeder for E. A. Miller. Send all orders to 



I. F. MILLER, Rt. 2, Oil City. Pa. 



