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I> E A N I N f i S I N B E E C U I- T IT R R 



40 PER CENT DISCOUNT 



ON PRICES OF 



ROOT QUALITY BEES AND QUEENS 



The kind that is better. Over fifty years' experience in raising hees and ctueens. 

 Thousands of satisfied customers in every part of the globe are using our bees. 



ROOT QUALITY QUEENS 



Now is your opportunity to roqueen your colonies with the famous Root Quality 

 Three-Banded Leather-colored Italian Queens at a very small expense. No doubt 

 you have been thinking of doing this for some time but you did not feel that you 

 could do so at former prices. 



One of the most practical beekeepers that ever lived made the following state- 

 nu^L't: "Upon no other one thing does the honey part of the apiary depend so 

 n.uch as it does upon the queen." 



DEDUCT 40% FROM THESE PRICES. July-Oct. 



jn^^p" Untested queens $2.0U 



laP^ Selected untested 2.50 



Our Guarantee on Queens. 

 We guarantee safe arrival of queens sent in mailing eages. We agree to replace the 

 queen if the one lirst sent arrives dead or is so feeble that she dies before she can 

 be introduced, provided the beekeeper receiving the dead or unfit queen returns 

 her at once and in her own sliipping cage. This guarantee aj)plies only on queens 

 sent to customers in U. S. and Canada. 



ROOT QUALITY BEES 



There is a growing demand for bees in modern up-to-date hives. To meet this de- 

 numd we are prepared to furnish full colonies of bees on Ploffman frames, wired, 

 witli combs drawn from full sheets worker foundation in new single-walled 8-or 

 10-frame hives and double-walled Buckeye hives. 



DEDUCT 40% FROM THESE PRICES. wt. .July-Oct. 



Colony in new 1-story t<-frame hive 55-65 lbs. $18.50 



Colony in new 1-story 10-frame hive 65-75 lbs. 20.00 



Colony in new 1-story Buckeye hive 75-85 lbs. 22.50 



No queens furnished at the above prices. If queen is wanted, make a selection 

 and add her price to the above. 



NUCLEI. 



Our nuclei are shipped by express in light wooden boxes with wire screen top and 

 bottom. It is necessary to have on hand hives into which to transfer the nuclei 

 on arrival and then add franu\s containing full sheets of foundation to the nuclei 

 as they increase in strength. 



DEDUCT 40% FROM THESE PRICES. wt. .July Oct. 



1-f rame Nucleus without queen 4- 7 lbs. $3.50 



2-franie Nucleus without queen 9-12 lbs. 5.50 



."> frame Nucleus without queen 12-16 lbs. 7.50 



5-f rame Nucleus without queen 22-27 lbs. 10.50 



DEDUCT 40% FROM THESE PRICES. wt. July-Sept. 



1-lb jiackage of bees without combs 3 lbs. $3.50 



2-1d. package of bees without combs 5 lbs. 5.50 



3-lb. package of bees without combs 7 lbs. 7.50 



No queen is supplied at these prices. If queen is wanted, make a selection and 

 add her price to the above. 



NOTE: — No one should buy bees in pound packages unless he has hives with 

 combs or frames with full sheets of foundation in readiness. 



THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY, MEDINA, OHIO 



WEST SIDE STATION 



