GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



.Ii'LV, 1921. 



QUEENS 



FROM SELECT BREEDING 



21 Years of Experimenting. We have 

 nothing but the very best. 



3-BAND ONLY 



Price Cash With Order. 



Before July 1st. 



Untested $^1.50 



Selected 2.25 



Tested 3.00 



Selected 3.50 



Orders filled in rotation. 



Write for prices in larf/e, 



quavtitie.i. 



Did you get what you were looking 

 for when you bought your last year's 

 Queens? If not, try one that will 

 please you. My queens are reared on 

 a new system, large and prolific, sur- 

 passed by none but superior to many. 

 No complaint last year. 



F. M. RUSSELL 



IMPOBTER 

 ROXBURY, OHIO R. F. D. No. 2 



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QUEENS s BEES 



We have one of the most modem 

 queen-rearing outfits in the United 

 States, and are breeding from new im- 

 ported Italian blood. We produce 

 QUALITY instead of QUANTITY 



A limited number of orders for spring 

 delivery will be accepted at the fol- 

 lowing prices: 



Quantity 1 6 12 24 



Untested $2.00 $11.40 $21.60 $40.80 



Sel. Untested. . 2.25 12.80 24.30 45.90 



Special price of $1.50 each on 

 untested queens for June deliv- 

 ery in lots of 12 or more, if 

 booked in advance. 



We are also prepared to furnish full 

 colonies, nuclei, and pound packages. 

 Write today for prices 



The A. I. Root Co. of Texas 



p. o. Box 765, 



SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. 



Major's Queens 

 Are Selected 



Bright three-banded Italian queens. 

 They are northern-bred; they are 

 hardy and will see you next 

 spring. 



Having bred up my bees during 

 the past eighteen j'ears from the 

 very best breeders obtainable 

 thruout the United States, I now 

 have a strain surpassed by none. 

 They are the kind that clean up 

 European foul brood and add to 

 your banking account. 



Pure mating, safe arrival an<l 

 satisfaction guaranteed. Order.s 

 filled by return mail. Queens " 

 wings clipped according to your 

 directions. 



Price: $1.50 each, or $15 per doz. 

 Tested, $3.00 each; virgins, 50c 

 each. 



H. N. MAJOR 



SOUTH WALES, N. Y. 



Take Notice, Beekeepers 



We have for June delivery 500 pack- 

 ages bees with untested queens at re- 

 duced prices. When you buy bees from 

 us you know they wiU arrive in good 

 condition. This is our eleventh suc- 

 cessful year in shipping bees to all 

 parts of U. S. and Canada. Remember 

 you take no chances. We stand good 

 the loss. One and two lb. packages are 

 shipped on a standard Root-Hoffman 

 brood-frame with brood and honey, 

 which insures safe arrival. 



One pound bees and queen .... $4.00 



Two pounds bees and queen 5.00 



Two-frame Nucleus and queen . . . 4.75 

 Three-frame Nucleus and queen. 5.50 

 Untested queen without bees, ea. 1.25 



12 for 12.00 



Selected Tested, each 1.75 



The above stock is three-banded only. 

 We ship by express only. We guar- 

 antee no disease and safe delivery. 



Where satisfaction comes from. 



OSCAR MAYEUX 



Lock Box No. 15. 

 HAMBURG, LA. 



