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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



August, 1921 



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3-BANDED Highest Quality of Italian Queens GOLDEN 



Tiventy-ji've years of Select Breeding from the Best 



After 25 years of select breeding, not all of the time in a commercial way, but as large honey prak- 

 ducers, therefore rearing a great number of queens for our own use, we have strains of pure Italian 

 bees which we believe are unexcelled for honey production, disease-resisting qualities, beauty, and 

 gentleness. Owning about 1,500 colonies of 1 ees wliich we run for honey, gives us ample opportun- 

 ity to test them out in every way. As our apiary interests e.xtend as far north as northern Ontario, 

 we test them not only for honey production but also from a climatic standpoint. We lind that our 

 bees stand the long winters there with very satisfactory results. They are very hardy and long- 

 lived. Listen what others say about them : 



"M. C. Berry & Co., Hayneville, Ala. : The queens I got from you have all the others 



skinned! They are very gentle, best of workers, and stand the long winters here finely. Other 



queens coming from a shorter distance do not hold a candle to them." — Gilbert Plains, M:in., 

 Canada. (Name on request.) 



"M. C. Berry & Co.: I wish to inform you that one of your queens made the most honey of 

 any in the yard. It made 250 pounds honey against an average of 103 pounds for the yard. All 

 of your queens made good. I never have had a queen from you that did not return a big per 

 cent on the investment." — Marion, Ind. (Name on request.) 



"M. C. Berry & Co.: One of your queens built up from a nucleus and made 360 pounds of 

 surplus honey. Enclosed find $75.00 for 50 queens. I want these for requeening European foul 

 brood colonies as I find your stock resistant." — Troy, Pa. (Name on request.) 



PRICE LIST OF OUR QUEENS. 



Untested $1.10 ea. ; 6 to 50, $1.00 ea. ; 50 to 100 and up, $0.90 ea. 



Select Untested 1.25 ea.; 6 to 50, 1.10 ea.; 50 to 100 and up, 1.00 ea. 



Tested 2.25 ea. ; 6 to 50, 2.10 ea.; 50 to 100 and up, 2.00 ea. 



Select Tested 2.50 ea. ; 6 to 50, 2.35 ea. ; 50 to 100 and up, 2.25 ea. 



Breeders $25.00 to $35.00 each. 



Queens' wings clipped free of charge. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 



M. C. BERRY & CO., HAYNEVILLE, ALABAMA, U.S.A. 



Make Your Bees Pay! 



If you want bigger honey profits, get the best queens you can buy. 

 This is the secret of successful bee-raisers. Hundreds of Amer- 

 ica's greatest honey producers order Forehand's 3-banded Italian 

 Queens. Follow their example. Order from Forehand and be sure 

 of satisfactory results. Backed by 28 years' successful experience 

 in queen-breeding and honey production. Take no chances. Ex- 

 perimenting is costly. So certain am I that my queens wnll satisfy 

 you, that I will gladly replace unsatisfactory queens delivered 

 in IT. S. or Canada, or refund your money. You be the judge and 

 jury. Can anything be fairer? 



Prices August 1st to Nov. 1st. 



Untested $].U0 



Selected Untested 1.25 



Tested 2.50 



Selected Tested. 3.00 



Bees in two-pound packages: 1 pack- 

 age, $6.00; 25 or over, $5.80; 50 or 

 over, $5.40; 100 or over, $5.00, with- 

 out queens. 



Place your order now. Prices low, 

 quality considered. Write for cir- 

 cular and discount on large or- 

 ders. 



N. Forehand 



Ranter, Alabama 



Breeder of 3-banded Italian 

 Queens Exclusively. 



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