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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 1 



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Golden Italian and 

 Leather Colored, 



QUEENS 



Warranted to give satisfaction, those are the kind reared by Quirin-the=Queen=Breeder. We guarantee 

 everv queen sent out to please vou, or it may be returned inside of 60 days, and another will be sent 

 "gratis." Our business was established in 1888, our stock originated from the best and highest-priced 

 Long=tongued Red=Ciover Breeders in the United States. We send out fine queens, and send them 

 promptly. We guarantee safe delivery to any State, continental island, or European Country. 



The A.. I. Root Co. tells us that our stock is extra fine, while the editor of the American Bee Journal 

 says that he has good reports from our .stock, from time to time. Dr. J. I,. Gandy, of Humboldt, Neb., 

 says that he secured over 400 pounds of honey (mostly comb), from single colonies containing our queens. 



We have files of unsolicited testimonials, but 

 space forbids giving any here. 



We employ 400 swarms in queen-rearing, the 

 business is a specialty with us. We expect to 

 keep tiOOto 1200queenson hand. Parkeriown, O., 

 was our postoffice. but we have changed to Belle- 

 vue which has 13 mails each way daily. (No 

 more of our queens will be jerked from a crane.) 

 Our new circular now ready to mail. 



Queens, now Ready to go by Return Mail. 



ADDRESS ALL ORDERS TO 



Price of Queens Before July First. 



I 1 I 6 I 12 



Select 



Tested 



Select Tested 



Breeders 



Straight Five-band Breeders 



Palestine Queens 



Two-comb Nuclei, no queen.. 

 Full Colony on eight frames.. 

 Four fr's brood, 4 fr's fdn.... 



81 00 I J5 10 I $9 ( 



1 50 I 8 00 I 15 00 



2 rO 10 00 I 18 00 



4 00 

 6 00 

 2 00 

 2 50 

 6 00 



5 00 



10 00 I 18 00 

 14 00 I 25 10 

 30 00 I 

 25 00 



Specia' '"^ orlce on Queens and 



Nuclei in 50 and 100 Lo's. 



I Quirin=the=Queen=Breeder, Beiievue, o. 



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=Victor's= 



Superior Stock 



Is recognized as such, to the extent that 

 last season I was compelled to withdraw 

 my ad. to keep from being swamped 

 with orders. THIS SEASON I SHAI,!, 

 RUN MY 



Thirteen Hundred Colonies Exdu= 

 sively for Bees and Queens 



— and will therefore soon be able to — 



Have 2000 to 2200 



Colonies and Nuclei in Operation 



which warrants nie in promising prompt 

 service. Untested Queens SI. 00; select un- 

 tested |1.25; tested 81,50; select tested |2.50; 

 breeders $4.00 to $7.00. 

 Illustrated price list free for the asking. 



W. 0. VICTOR, 



Queen Specialist. WHartOn, TcX. 



Choice Queens for 1904- 



We are again offering queens of the best stock ob- 

 tainable. All breeding-queens are selected, first, for 

 superior honey production, and pleased customers are 

 constantly sending in reports like the following: 



Georgiana, Fla., Jan. 29, 1904. 

 The untested queen I got of you last March was a 

 dandy. I raised about all ray queens from her, and 

 they are all far ahead of the common run. 



ICELAND Baldwin. 

 Toronto Can., April 8, J903. 

 I am well pleased with your stock, my ordering 

 again is proof of their qualities. They proved gen- 

 tle and were good workers. Hoping that you can fill 

 my order, I am yours truly, Thos. Aikins. 



Untested queens of Golden or I,eather colored 

 Italians, deliveied in good order at your postofiice, 

 75c each; S7.50 per doz.; tested, ;?1 00 each; |10 per doz. 



GEORGE J, VANDE VORD, Daytona, Fla, 

 HONEY QUEENS 



LAWS' ITALIAN AND HOLY LAND QUEENS. 

 Plenty of fine queer s of the best strains on earth, and 

 witn these I am catering to a satisfied trade. Are 

 you in it? Or are you interested? Laws' Leather 

 and Golden Italians. Laws' Holy Lands. These three, 

 no more. The following prices areas low as consist- 

 ent with good queens : Untested, 90c; per dozen, |8 00- 

 tested. |1; per dozen, |10. Breeders, the very best of 

 either race, $3 esch. 



W. H. Laws, Beeville, Texas. 



PRINTING 



1000 Note-heads 9X.SO 



1000 Envelopes. XXX, 61-2 X.V 3 



250 of either, $1.00, postpaid. Samples and estimatesF bee 



