Southern Headquarters for 3-band Italian Queens 



Photo of part of Achord s qneen-yard, taken April 15, 1910, showuiir whore neither labor nor money 

 is spared to produce the very best queens that can be had. We pay special atteJitiion 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. 



August and later 

 1 for .5.5 cts. ; 12 for $ 6.00 

 1 for $1.00; 12 for $10.75 

 1 for $1.65: 12 for $18.00 

 $1.25;; 2 lbs. in package, $2.00. 



•lune and Julv 



Select Tested Queens . . . .1 for $1.75; 12 for $19.25 



Tested Queens 1 for $1.05; 12 for $12.00 



Pntested Queens 1 for 60 cts.; 12 for $ 7.00 



Very best queens for breeding, $3.00. I lb. bees in package. 

 Add price of queen. If any of our un,tested queens should prove to be mimsated we are willing to replace 

 them free of charge. No foul brood has ever been in our vicinity. I guarantee safe arrival on all I send out. 



W. D. ACHORD, FITZPATRICK, ALABAMA 



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I EUROPEAN FOUL BROOD | 



I is spreading in various parts of the I 



I country. The first step in its cure ■ 



I is a vigorous strain of ITALIANS. | 



I The Root Strain of Bees have shown | 



I Themselves to be Highly Resistant | 



M While we do not claim their introduction will alone cure European Foul 3 



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



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



= European Foul Brood which was all around them in black and hybrid M 



M colonies. M 



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



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



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



M untested queens ; but we vdll club them with Gleanings in Bee Culture M 



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



J 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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