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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 15 





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Golden Italian and 



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Leather Colored, I 



QUEENS 



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

 every queen sent out to please you, or it niay be returned inside of BO days, and another will be sent 

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

 Long=tongued Re<l=Clover Breeders in the United States. We send out fine queens, and send them 

 promptlj'. 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 See 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 combt, from single colonies containing our queens. 



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Last winter was a severe test on Bees, 



But Quirin's Famous Leath= 

 er=coIored Italians 



wintered on their summer stands, within 

 a few miles of bleali 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. 



I 1 I 6 I 12 



Select SI 00 I J5 00 J9 CO 



Tested 160 1 8 00 15 00 



Select Tested 2 TO 10 00 18 00 



Breeders 4 00 



.Straight Five-band Breeders 6 uO 



Palestine Queens 2 00 10 00 18 00 



Two-comb Nuclei, no queen.. 2 50 14 00 I 25 10 



Full Colony on eight frames.. 6 00 30 00 I 



Four fr's brood, 4 fr's fdn.... 5 00 25 00 | 



Sppclal low prices on Queens and Nuclei In 50 and 

 100 Lots. Nuclei on L. orDanzenbaker frames. 



I Quir!n=the=Queen=Breeder, Beiievue, o. | 



^Victor's^^ 



Superior Stock 



Is recognized as such, to the extent that 

 last season I vr&s compelled to withdraw 

 my ad. to keep from being swamped 

 with orders. THIS SEASON I SHAI^I, 

 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 QueensSl.OO; 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. WHartOH, TcX 



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HONEY QUEENS 



I,AWS' ITAI^IAN .\ND HOI^Y 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? I,aws' 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 of 

 either race, $3 epch. 



W. H. Laws, Beeville, Texas. 

 Red Clover Italian Queens. 



Fine Northern bred, originated from best long- 

 tongued Red Clover breeders in United States ; three- 

 banded strain work on red clover, bred for business in 

 full colonies under swarming influence; gentleness, 

 honey-gathering, and wintering qualities are prime 

 object. Untested, $1.00; six, $5.00; tested, $2.00: six, 

 $10.00; select tested, $3.00. After July 1st deduct 25 per 

 cent. Satisfaction guaranteed. Remit by money-or- 

 der. Isaac F. Miller, Knoxdale, Pa. 



MY GOLDEN BREEDER 



gave me 400 pounds of honey last year. Her 

 daughters are 75c each ; $8 00 per dozen. 



George W. Cook. - Spring Hill, Kans. 



===Red=Clover and Italian Queens=== 



FOR SALE. 



Untested queens, 75c ; tested, $1.00 ; selected, 81.25 ; 

 breeders. 82 50 to $5.00. All queens by return mail for 

 1904. Send for circular. G. Routzah'n, Biglerviile, Pa. 



— HONEY QUEENS — 



Golden and Leather-colored Italians, tested, $1.00; un- 

 tested, 90 cts.; select tested, 81. 50. 

 H. C. TRIEJ?CH, Jr., DYER., ARK... 



