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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 1 



«l^4l 



ENS 



Golden Italian and 



Si 



Leather Colored, 



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

 every (jucen sent out to please you, or it may be returned inside of f>0 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. t,. Gandy, of Humboldt, Neb., 

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



Last winter was a severe test on Bees, 



ButQuirin'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 



Prices after July 1. 



1 I 6 I 12 



Select 



Tested 



Select '.ested 



Breeders 



Straight five-band breeders ... 



Palestine queens 



Two-comb nuclei, no queen... 

 Full colony on eight frames... 

 Four fr's brood, cSc 4 fr's f'd'n 



$ 7.5 I 4 00 I 7 00 



1 00 

 1 50 

 3 00 

 .5 00 



1 oO 



2 25 



5 00 

 8 00 

 15 00 



8 00 

 12 00 



5 00 25 00 

 4 00 22 00 



9 00 

 15 00 



15 00 



22 00 



Special low prices on Queens and Nuclei in 50 and 

 100 Lots. Nuclei on L. or Danzenbaker frames. 



9 ——'—9 ^ 



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=Victor's= 



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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 

 ser\'ice. 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. 

 V 



Wharton, Tex 



HONEY QUEENS 



I^AWS' ITAI.IAN .AND HOI,Y LAND QUEENS. 

 Plenty 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, Beevllle, Texas. 



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 Three and Five 

 Banded Queens. 



Untested, (i5 cts.; J7 per doz. 

 Fine tested queens, 81.00 each. 

 Four-frame nuclei, fine queen, in 

 painted hive, $3 25. Remember 

 ■ we guarantee our queens to work 

 red clover as well as white clo- 

 ver. (*,et my circular. Queens 

 sent promptly Fifty and one hundred specia Iprices. 

 Q. ROUTZAHN, BIQLERViLLE. ROUTE 3, PENNA. 



Virginia Queens 



Italian queens secured by a cross, and years of careful 

 selection. From red-clover queens and Superior stock 

 obtained from W. Z. Hutchinson. I can furnish large 

 vigorous untested queens 75 cts. ; after June loth, 60 cts. ; 

 tested queens, $1.00; after June 15th, 75 cents. 

 Write for discount on large orders. 



CHAS. KOEPPEN, 

 FredericKsbtirg, - Virginia. 



