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Gleanings in Bee Culture 



CALIFORNIA 

 QUEENS. . . . 



From The A. I. Root Co. S12.00 Ureeder and J. U. 

 Davis Select Stock. . We offer 1000 select untest- 

 ed queens (three-banded Italians) in lots of twelve 

 and upward at a^O.OO per dozen; 870.00 per hundred, 

 cash with order. . All queens reared in full colo- 

 nies, above queen-excluder, and mated in large 

 nuclei. . Fifteen years' exijerience in queen-rear- 

 ing and honey production. . . . Address 



H. L. WEEMS, WASCO, CALIFORNIA 



Supt. Bee Dept., Kern County Land Co. 



Miller's Strain 



Red-clover 



Italian Queens 



By Return Mail or Money Refunded 



Bred from my superior breeder for business; gentle; 

 no better hustlers; bees just roll honey in; three- 

 banded; northern bred; hardy and vigorous; winter 

 well; not Inclined to swarm; bred from best leather- 

 colored, long-tongued, red-clover strains. Untest- 

 ed. 75c; six, S400; dozen, $'7.50. Select untested, 

 II.OO; six, $5.C0; dozen, $9.00. Circular free. Satis- 

 faction guaranteed. Isaac F. Miller, of Reynolds- 

 ville. Pa., a queen-specialist, is my apiarist and 

 manager, who has been before you quite a number 

 of years. J. S. MILLER, Rt 2, Brookville, Pa 



Queens of MOORE'S 

 STRAIN of ITALIANS 



Produce workers that fill the supers, and are 

 not inclined to swarm. They have won a 

 world-wide reputation for honey-gathering, 

 hardiness, gentleness, etc. My queens are all 

 bred from my best long-tongued, three-band- 

 ed, red-clover stock (no other race bred in my 

 apiaries) , and the cells are built in strong col- 

 onies well supplied with young bees. 



PRICES—Untested, $1.00; six, $5.00: 12, S9.00. Select 

 untested. $1.2.5; six, $6.00; 12. $11.00. Select tested. $2.00. 

 Extra select tested. $3.00. Safe arrival and satisfaction 

 guaranteed. Descriptive circular free. 



I am now filling- orders by return mail, and shall prob- 

 ably be able to do so until the close of the season. 



J. P. Moore, Queen-breeder. Rt. 1. MOrgBH, Ky. 



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QUEENS for QUALITY 



GUARANTEED TO PLEASE 



or will replace free. Light-colored Italian: easy to 

 handle; good breeders, and great honey-makers. 

 No transaction is considered complete until my 

 customer is satisfied. Don't go into winter quar- 

 ters with poor queens. It is money in your pocket 

 to buy really good ones, especially if there is foul 

 brood in your locality. One select queen, 81; fi for 

 «5.00. E. W. BROWN, Box 171. Willow Springs, Ills. 



CHAS. ISRAEL & BROS. 



488-490 Canal Street, NEW YORK 



Wholesale Dealers and Commission Merchants in 



Honey, Beeswax, Maple Sugar and Syrup, etc. 



Consignments solicited. Established 1875. 



Goldens that are Goldens 



It has taken 20 years to perfect this race 

 of "My (ioldens," and they will winter 

 anywhere, produce as much honey, and 

 almost stingless. Try them and you will 

 be satisfied. . . Untested, Sl.OO; twelve, 

 §10.00. Tested, $3.00. Send for price list 

 and circular. . . NO CHEAP GOODS. 



GEO. M. STEELE, 30 So. 40th St., Philadelphia, Pa 



Queens .^_. Queens 



200 to 300 per month. Untested, Sl.OO; 

 tested, $1.25; select tested, S2.00; breeders, 

 83.00. Nuclei, full colonies, bees by the 

 pound. Have letter from the State certi- 

 fying my bees are free from foul brood. 



Frank M. Keith, 83^ Florence Si, Worcester, Mass. 



GOLDEN ITALIAN QUEENS, 75 cts. 



Six for 84.00; twelve for 87.50. After as bad 

 a spring as I have ever known, conditions 

 have improved, and we've finequeens now. 



J. B. CASE, PORT ORANGE, FLORIDA 



IMPERIAL-ROYAL AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION 



Ljubljana, Carniola (Krain). Austria 



Exports only pure Carniolan Alpine bees. Write foi- booklet 

 and price list. 



