Southern Headquarters for 3-band Italian Queens 



Photo of part of Achord's queen-yard, taken April 15, 1916, sliowine; where neither labor nor money 

 is spared to produce the very best queens that can be liad. We pay special attention to honey-gathering 

 qualities, but do not forget gentleness, beauty, etc. Having several hundred colonies in outyards to select 

 our breeders from, we are sure we offer you something good, as hundreds of our old customers testify to same 



June and .Tnly August and later 



Untested Queens 1 for 60 cts. ; 12 for $ 7.00 1 for 55 ets. ; 12 for $ 6.00 



Tested Queens 1 for $1.05; 12 for $12.00 1 for $1.00; 12 for $10.75 



Select Tested Queens 1 for $1.75 ; 12 for $19.25 1 for $1.65 ; 12 for $18.00 



Very best queens for breeding, $3.00. 1 lb bees in packatre, $1.25; 2 llis. in package, $2.00. 

 ,\(li! juice of queen. If any of our untested queenis should prove to be mismated we are willing to replace 

 them free of charge. No foul brood has ever beeii in our vicinity. I fin:nanfco siifc arrival on all I send out. 



W. D. ACHORD, FITZPATRICK, ALABAMA 



I EUROPEAN FOUL BROOD | 



I is spreading in various parts of the | 



I country. The first step in its cure | 



I is a vigorous strain of ITALIANS. 1 



I The Root Strain of Bees have shown | 

 I Themselves to be Highly Resistant | 



g While we do not claim their introduction will alone cure European Foul M 



M Brood, or that it will not make a start in their colonies, we have reports B 



M of where they have, with a little help, fought themselves nearly clean of = 



g lluropean Foul Brood which was all around them in hlack and hybrid M 



= clonics. M 



g These queens will be ready for delivery about June 1. Orders will be = 



g filled in rotation. Later in the season we will make delivery promptly. g 



g PRICES. — Our regular price is $1.50 in June and $1.00 after July 1 for | 



g untested queens; but we will club them with Gleanings in Bee Culture g 



g for one year and a queen for $1.50, provided we can fill orders for queens g 



g when we have a surplus of them. This will probably be July and August. = 



I The A. L Root Company . . . Medina, Ohio | 



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