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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



April 



QUEENS AND PACKAGE BEES 



We advise our prospective customers to place their orders as soon as they can determine what they will 

 need and thus avoid being disappointed in getting queens or bees when desired. 



By our improved methods of shopping, you will be assured of receiving queens and bees in first-class condi- 

 tion. 



Every Queen is reared by me personally, and I assure you that all queens sent out will be the product of 

 my very best efforts. If any should fail to measure up to what a good queen should be, she will be re- 

 placed at your request. 



Health Certificate: "The State Inspector of Apiaries has this day examined the bees belonging to Jay 

 Smith and found no evidence of any bee disease." Signed, Ross B. Scott, Deputy Inspector. Date, May 28, 1919. 



the best we ever had, bar none." — Klabuhn 



OPINIONS OF OTHERS: 



"Queens we got of you are 

 Brothers, Conneaut, Ohio. 



"The four 2-pound packages of bees I bought ot you built up into rousing 

 colonies and gave some surplus." — J. Strathdee, V^innipeg, Canada. 



"My fifty colonies averaged one hundred pounds surplus. The queen I 

 got of you made two hundred pounds." — Wm, Potter, Chandler, Indiana. 



"If I were asked who has the best Italian queens I would say, 'Jay Smith.' 

 In 1918 I had several colonies that produced three hundred pounds of ex- 

 tracted honey each. They were headed with queens that I raised from a 

 queen I got from you in 1916." — F. R. Smythe, AmfeHa, Ohio. 



"The strongest colony of bees I have seen this year was headed by a Jay 

 Smith queen." — D. W. Erbaugh, Onward, Indiana, former State Inspector 

 of Indiana. 



Price List 

 Select Untested Queens — May 16 to July 1 — 



One to four, inclusive - $2.50 each 



Five to nine, inclusive 2.45 each 



Ten or more 2.40 each 



July 1 to November 1 — • 



One to four, inclusive 2.00 each 



Five to nine, inclusive 1.95 etch 



Ten or more 1.90 each 



Bees by the pound — After May 15 — 



One pound $4.00 



Two pounds 7.00 



In lots of ten or more packages, 5 per cent discount. 



Write for our booklet and complete price list. 



Safe arrival, pure mating and entire satisfaction is our guarantee. 



JAY SMITH, Route 3, Vincennes, Ind. 



HIVES, SMOKERS, FOUNDATION 



MR. BEEKEEPER 



HIVES — You can't buy any Ijetter hives than these we manufacture. Genuine Root goods. You will need 

 new hives this year to take care of your increase. You may need them soon. 



SMOKERS — You know the Root Company is the leader in the manufacture of Smokers. We admit there are 

 no better smokers made than Root Smokers. 



FOUNDATION — We have the Foundation. New process, but good old Root quality. You cannot start your 

 season right without foundation. Spring is here and you must use some new foundation. 



Get Busy, Send Your Order Now 



Everything considered it pays to buy the best. 

 So buy Root Goods 



THE A. I. ROOT CO. OF IOWA 



COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA 



