ONE-HALF INCH SPACE ONE YEAR ON THIS PAGE, $3.00 



THE FRED W. MUTH CO., 51 Walnut 

 St., Cincinnati, Ohio. Standard Bred 

 Red Clover Three- banded Queens, Golden 

 Italians and Carniolans. Safe arrival guar- 

 antee. Send for circulars. 



SWARTHMORE APIARIES, SWARTH- 

 MORE, PA. — Our bees and queens are 

 the brightest Italians procurable. Satis- 

 faction guaranteed. We are breeding the 

 Caucasians absolutely pure from direct Im- 

 po rted stock. 



WW. CART & SON. LTONSVILL.E, 

 • MASS. — Breeders of choice Italian 

 bees and queens. Imported Leather and 

 Root's Red Clover strains. Catalogue and 

 price list FREE. 



MOORE'S LONG-TONGUED STRAIN of 

 Italians become more and more popu- 

 lar each year. Those who have tested them 

 know why. Descriptive circular free to all. 

 Write J. P. Moore, L. Box 1, Morgan, KY. 



BETTER THAN AN ISLAND — No other 

 bees within Ave miles. All fast trains 

 stop here. I consider the Banat Caucasian 

 bees the best and gentlest in the World. 

 One colony made 32 fancy sections of comb 

 honey I during September, seventy Italian 

 colonies did not make a pound. Banat 

 Caucasians bred here, other races in out 

 yards. Banat Caucasian queen $3.00. Cau- 

 casian queen $1.50. Golden Italian 75 cts. 

 Order now D. Collins, Ph. D., Emporium, 

 Pa. 



HE A. I. ROOT CO., Medina, O.— 

 Breeders of Italian bees and queens. 



QUALITY QUEENS are the best Italians 

 yet. Send for circular. H. H. JEP- 

 SON, 182 Friend street, Boston, Mass. 



•JITTINNESOTA QUEENS-Try our northern 

 •'•'■^ breed queens. Three banded and Golden 

 Italian queens.untested 75 cts.; tested 81.25, hardy 

 and prolific. VVe want your orders and guarantee 

 safe arrivaland satisfaction. Orders booked now. 

 Write for circulars to Mennie & Fenton, Pine Is- 

 land. Minn. 



■VTT J. DAVIS. 1st YOUNGSVILLE. PA. 

 »» • breeder of choice Italian Bees and 

 Queens. Quality, not quantity, is my motto. 



ITALIAN QUEENS AND BEES. E. E. 

 ■^ Mott, Glenwood, Mich. Money Order of- 

 fice, Decatur, Mich. Jan. 8. 



■DUY YOUR QUEENS from the Red Clover 

 ■•-' Apiarv. Bees gniaranteed to work on red 

 clover. Fine 3 and 5-banded untested Ital- 

 ian queens, 60 cts. Tested, 75 cts. If wanted 

 before June 25, add 15 cts to above prices. 

 J. L. Fajen, Alma, Mo. Dec. 7. 



TALIAN QUEENS before July 1st untested 

 $1.00 each; 6 $5.00 warranted. Tested 

 $1.25 each; 6, $7.00. Caucasian queens un- 

 tested, $1.20 each; 6, $6.00. Warranted test- 

 ed, $1.50 eacli ; breeders $5.00 each. Bees 

 kept in seperate yards and the best of 

 care -used in rearing same. Price of nuclej 

 and queens in quantity given on application. 

 Order now. Circular free. 

 D. J. Blocher, Pearl City, 111. 



T OHN M. DAVIS, SPRING HILL, TBNN. — 

 J Has greatly enlarged and improved his 

 queen -rearing facilities. Two unrelated 

 Carniolans and a dark leather Italian lately 

 imported. My own strains of three-band 

 and golden; "Moore's" long-tongue; DooUt- 

 tle's golden; all selects. Carniolans mated 

 to Italian drones when desired. No disease. 

 Circular frae. 



WE are now booking orders for Providence 

 Queens for spring delivery. Cull A 

 Williams. Providence. R. I. 



HOOPER BROS." Italian Queens reared 

 in' the West Indies are the most pro- 

 lific and give the best results available any 

 time of the year. Write at once for infor- 

 mation to Kingston. Jamaca, B. W. L, 

 Box 162 Nov 6 



TWrV GOLDEN ITALIAN breeding queen 

 •*■"•*• produces bees that do not know enough 

 to stay in the hive when it rains. They are 

 hustlers. Caucasians, bred from an_ imported 

 Queen. Queens mated in yards 6 miles apart. 

 Satisfaction and safe arrival guaranteed. Both 

 queens and supplies are A No. i. Agents for 

 The W. T. Falconer Mfg. Co's be supplies. 

 J. R. Rambo. Collingdale, Pa. 



TF YOU WANT BEES that winter best, build 

 ■*■ up early in the spring, the best comb-honey 

 bees. Get my Improved Carniolan Queens, They 

 do business, [Italians for those prefering them.J 

 Catalogue free. W. W. CRIM. Pekin, Ind. FebS 



ITALIAN and Carniolan Queens. One and 

 two-frame nuclei, untested either 3 or 5 banded, 

 75 cents each. Tested, $1.00 This includes Car- 

 niolans. One-frame nucleus 75 cents. Two-frame 

 nucleus, $1.25. Write for particulars. 

 C. B. BANKSTON & CO., San Antonio, Texas. 



QUEENS — SUPPLIES — By uniting swarms 

 fnm 1000 colonies I will sell queens 

 at 1 queen, 25 cents; dozen $3.00 also fol- 

 lowing supplies at one half Root's prices. 

 One thousand P. and I fences — 1000 plain 

 Section holders — 1000 4%x4% plain sections. 

 Daisy foundation fastener. 10 inch founda- 

 tion mill. 200 10-frame wood zincs, two doz- 

 en Porter escapes, 500 Hoffman frames. 

 Address R. M. Spencer, NordhofE. Cal. 



