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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Apr. 15 



GOLDEN ITALIAN QUEENS 



Bred from straight five-band and select Golden mothers, mated to select Golden 



drones, 3]4 miles from three-band yard. These queens are large, vigorous, and 



prolific; the bees gentle and hustlers. Purity of mating, safe arrival, satisfaction 



guaranteed. No bee-disease of any kind. 



Untested... April 15 to July 1, One, 11.00; six, | 5.00; twelve. 8 9.00 



Selected Untested "* " " 1.25: " 6.50; "' 12.00 



Tested March 1 " " 1.75; " 9.00; " 17.00 



Select Tested " " " 2.50; " 13.50; " 25.00 



BREEDERS— Straight five-band, 810.00; Select Golden, S4.00 and up. 



NOTE— For three-band queens at above prices, write J. M. Davis, Spring Hill, Tenn. 



BEN G. DAVIS, SPRING HILL, TENNESSEE 



F. J. Warden 



Queen-Breeder Specialist 



Uhrichsville, Ohio, U. S. A. 



" The Best is None too Good " 



Italian Queens Only 



My Credentials 



AFTER a quarter of a century's experience, 

 many of which as manager of The A. I. 

 Root Company's bee-breeding yards, I 

 ought to have acquired a very fair knowledge 

 of the work of a bee-breeder, and what the 

 public requires of him. It seems to me that 

 nobody will therefore dispute my claim to be 

 an expert at the business. Also I have man- 

 aged to get together an apiary of the very 

 best bees obtainable. I do not mean, by this, 

 highly colored bees, but bees which combine 

 gentleness and industry. The practical man 

 is looking for bees which give practical results 

 — and this is the trade 1 am prepared to cater 

 to. My bees are not homely-looking— on the 

 contrary, they are handsome; but every thing 

 has not been sacrificed for color. Permit me 

 to say, my bees are the best obtainable. 



My Business 



Is TO satisfy customers, but it is never my 

 intention to cater to a cheap trade. My 

 poor queens are killed as soon as found. 

 Many would sell such queens rather than kill 

 them, but I do not propose to compete with 

 any in that line. 



If, however, you are on the lookout for 

 something good in the way of an extra fine 

 queen for breeding-purposes let me have your 

 order, and I will guarantee satisfaction. This 

 is the line I have always followed and always 

 intend to. For reference you may apply to 

 The A. I. Root Company. They ought to 

 know me; and thousands of their customers 

 would be glad to add their testimony in my 

 favor as a queen-breeder tried and true of 

 many years' standing. 



Price List of Italian Queens 



Untested Queen 

 Selected Untested Queen . 

 Tested Queen .... 

 Select Tested Queen . 

 Breeding Queens 

 Select Breeding Queens 

 Extra Select B'd'g-queens, 1 yr. old 

 No untested queens sent before May 15; but to secure your queens early in the sea- 

 son it is necessary to order now. Absolutely all orders filled in rotation. 



r. J. WardeU, 



Uliriclisville, Oliio 





QUEENS— 248 lbs. of comb honey was taken 

 from a single colony. Queens of this col- 

 ony, untested, 75 cents; tested. 81.00. We make 

 and sell bee-goode. Kl^ht-frame Dovetailed 

 hive, $1.35 complete. Send for c rcular. 



Cbeslnul Hill Apiary, Biglervllle, Pa. 



Our Famous RED-CLOVER and GOLDEN QUEENS 



Ready after May 1. Untested. 50c; select untested, 



7.oc; tested, 81.00. Nuclei, 81.00 per frame. 

 Evansville Bee and Honey Co., Evan$ville, Indian^ 



