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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 1 



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Golden Italian and 

 Leather Colored, 



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QUEENS 



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

 every queen sent out to please you, 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=Clover 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. L. Gandy, of Humboldt, Neb., 

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



Last winter was a severe test on Bees, 



But Quirin's Famous Leath= 

 er=colored Italians 



wintered on their summer stands, within 

 a few miles of bleak Lake Erie. . . . 

 Queens now Ready to go by Return Mail. 



Our new circular now ready to mail. 



ADDRESS ALL ORDERS TO 



Price of Queens Before July First. -Ji 



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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 $.5 10 I $9 (0 

 1 50 I 8 00 I 15 00 



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4 00 



6 00 



1 00 



2 50 



10 00 



10 00 



18 00 



18 00 



6 00 I .SO 00 

 5 00 I 25 00 I 



14 00 I 25 10 •** 



Special low prices on Queens and Nuclei in 50 and 

 100 Lots. Nuclei on L. orDanzenbaker frames. 



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 Exclu= 

 sively for Bees and Queens 



— and will therefore soon be able to — 



Have 2000 to 2200 



Colonies and Nuclei in Operation 



which warrants me in promising prompt 

 service. Untested Queens Sl.OO; select un- 

 tested |1 .25; tested 61.50; select tested |2.50; 

 breeders $4.00 to $7.00. 

 Illustrated price list free for the asking. 



W. 0. VICTOR, 



Wharton, Tex. 



Queen Specialist 



Italian Queens that Please. 



Iowa City, May 9, 1904. 

 A year ago I bought an untested queen of you; she 

 proved to be purely mated and one of the best breed- 

 ers I ever owned. A. E. Ault. 

 Untested queens, 75c each; $7.50 per dozen. 

 Tested queens, tfl.OO each; 510.00 per dozen. 



GEORGE J. VAHDE VOBD, Daytona, Fia, 

 HONEY QUEENS 



LAWS' ITALIAN AND HOLY LAND QUEENS. 

 Plentj' of fine queer s of the best strains on earth, and 

 with 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 are as low as consist- 

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

 tested, $1; per dozen, $10. Breeders, the very best oi 

 either race, $3 epch. 



W. H. Laws, Beeville, Texas. 

 — HONEY QUEENS — 



Golden and Leather-colored Italians, tested, $1.25; un- 

 tested, 81 00. 

 H. C. TR1E5CH, Jr., DYE.R., AR.K. 



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TRY J. W. TAYLOR'S record-breakers. They are three- 

 * banded leather-colored Italians. They have broken all 

 records as honey-gatherers. I have made a gpecialty of 

 queen-breeding for ten years to secure the best bees, and 

 now I have them. , _, r. 



Untested, 75 cts., or |*.00 a dozen; tested, $1.25 each; select 

 tested, $1.75; each. Breeders, the best, $4.00 each. 



I have three yards, and can till all orders by return mail. 

 I guarantee safe arrival and satisfaction. J. E. Atchley 

 says the finest queen he ever owned he bought from me. 

 Try one. J. W. TAYLOR, Ozan. Ari<. 



