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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Aug. 3, 1905 



QUEENS 



August is the time to requeen the apiary. It pays to 

 have the best possible stock. Root's Red Clover Strain is 

 famous the world over for its many points of excellence. A 

 young, vigorous queen introduced now will bring the colony 

 up to the best possible condition for wintering. Queens, 

 too, now are the cheapest, and prompt delivery is made. 



We are in an unequalled position to fill your queen 

 orders. Having eleven apiaries, approximately 900 hives, 

 with hundreds of Baby Nuclei, we are in condition to take 

 care of all orders sent. 



Table of Prices 



Reg-ular Italian Queens 



Untested queens ^ '5 



Select untested queens 1 00 



Tested queens 1 50 



Select tested queens 2 50 



Red-Clover and Other Strains of Italian Queens 

 Reared in the Root Go's Apiaries 



Untested queen $1 OO 



Select untested queen 1 25 



Tested queen 2 00 



Select tested queen 3 00 



Breeding queen 5 00 



Select breeding queens T 50 



Extra select breeding queens, 1 year old 10 00 



Imported Queens 



Fair imported queens $3 00 



Best imported queens 5 00 



Caucasian Queens 



We can spare a limited number of imported Caucasian 

 queens, received direct from the best breeders in Caucasus. 

 Prices as follows : 



Extra .select Caucasian imported queens $15 00 



Select Caucasian imported queen 10 00 



Extra select untested Caucasian-Italian queens, 

 from Caucasian mothers mated with Italian 



drones 3 00 



Select do 2 00 



Orders tilled in rotation. Delivery begins about July 15. 



Prices of Nuclei 



One-frame nucleus, without queen S2 00 



Two-frame nucleus, without queen 3 00 



Three-frame nucleus, without queen 3 50 



One colony of bees in 8-frame Dovetailed hive, no queen 7 50 



" I received my bees and queen and I am well pleased with them. 

 The queen is a beauty, and the bees easy to handle. They were to 

 worli in ten minutes after I put them in the hive." — E.T.Mills, 

 Ills., May 15, 1905. 



" I beg to acknowledge receipt of five fine queens, and, as they got 

 here in good shape, beg to thank you for prompt and successful de- 

 livery. Without further advice, I am yours truly, 



" Freuekico Somerford, Cuba, June 13, 1905." 



" I am pleased to say that the bees are doing fine. I find eggs in 

 every available cell. I also found the queen, and it is entirely satis- 

 factory."— W. H. Durst, Ohio, July 20, 1905. 



Send for complete price-list 



GASES 



Don't allow your comb honey to be sold at low prices 

 on account of poor Shipping-Cases. Put your crop into 

 Root's No-Drip Cases, and it will reach the market in per- 

 fect condition and bring the highest prices. Our cases are 

 made of selected basswood, with 2 or 3 inch glass front, 

 which shows oflf the honey to the best possible advantage. 

 Below is a condensed price-list. Complete prices and par- 

 ticulars are found in our General Catalog. Write for it. 



Shipping-Cases. 

 Name and Size of Case. 



12-ln. 4-row for 4)^ section . . . . 

 10-in. 4-row " " 



12-in. 2-row " " 



10-in. 2-row " " 



16-in. 3-row " " 



8-in. 3-row " " 



63^-in. 3row " " 

 7Jg-in. 4-row for 4x5 " 

 TJg -in. 3-row " " 



9}^-in. 4-row for 3°^x5 " 

 6Ji-in. 3-row '" " 



5-Gallon Square Cans 



These are the favorite packages for shipping Extracted 

 Honey to the market. There can be no shrinkage and con- 

 sequent leaking ; no taint to the honey from wood, as is so 

 frequently the case with kegs and barrels. The cans being 

 square economize space, and are easily handled. This 

 package is almost exclusively used in the West. They take 

 4th class freight-rate. 



PRICE LIST OF SQUARE CANS. 



No. in 

 a box. 



1 



2 



10 



12 



24 



100 



100 



100 



Capacity of each can Price of 



in gallons, in honey. , 1 box. 10 bxs. 



5-gal 



5 gal 



1-gal 



}^-gal 



1-gal 

 )s-gal, 

 34-gal 



can boxed . 



60 lbs. 



60 " 



12 " 



6 " 



3 " 



12 " 



6 " 



3 " 



$ 



55 



85 

 1 50 

 1 50 

 3 40 

 H 00 

 9 00 

 7 00 



$ 5 00 



8 00 



14 00 



14 00 



23 00 



105 00 

 85 00 

 65 00 



Wt. of 

 1 box. 



10 lbs. 



15 " 



30 " 



20 " 



35 " 



110 " 



80 " 



60 " 



" The consignment of bee-material received to-day. Your prompt- 

 ness in filling orders is remarkable, especially when the circumstances 

 are considered. I am very well satisfied with the goods and your deal- 

 ing. I take pleasure in having introduced Root's Goods into this 

 neighborhood."— Rev. Wm. Engelke, Iowa, May 5, 1905. 



" I do not want anything set up, as I would rather set the hives up 

 myself, besides it is a pleasure to put Root's hives and fixtures to- 

 gether."— John L. FoNK, Ohio, Jan. 11, 1905. 



" I desire to thank you for being so prompt in sending the sec- 

 tions I ordered from you. They came in less time than it takes to tell 

 it."— L. G. Rked, Ohio, July 10, 1905. 



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The A. I. Root ComDany 



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Ghicaoo, 14' p,. Erie St. 



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Philadelphia, 10 Vine St. 



New York, 44 Veseu St. 



