March, 1922 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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ROOT QUALITY QUEENS 



SOMETHING 

 ABOUT 

 THEM. 



Fifty years of 

 continuous breed- 

 ing up to the pres- 

 ent Eoot Quality 

 Queens and Bees. 

 A. I. Eoot bought 

 the first mother of 

 this strain from 

 L a n g s t roth 55 

 years ago. No ex- 

 pense or pains has 

 been spared to de- 

 velop this strain 

 of improved three- 

 banded leather- 

 colored Italians. 



PRICES OF ROOT QUALITY QUEENS. 



April 15 to June 30 — - 



\ 1 to 9. 



Untested . ..1^13.00 ea. 

 Sel. Untested 2.50 ea. 



Tested . 3.00 ea. 



Sel. Tested. 3.50 ea. 

 July 1 to November 1 - 



1 to 9. 

 Untested ...$1.50ea. 

 Sel. Untested 2.00 ea. 



Tested 2.50 ea. 



Sel. Tested.. 3.00 ea. 



10 to 24. 25 to 49. 50 to 99. lOOorover. 



$1.80 ea. .$1.70 ea. $1.G0 ea. $1.-50 ea. 



2.25 ea. 2.10 ea. 2.00 ea. 1.85 ea. 



2.70 ea. 2.55 ea. 2.40 ea. 2.25 ea. 



3.15 ea. 3.00 ea. 2.80 ea. 2.60 ea. 



10 to 24. 25 to 49. 50 to 99. lOOorover. 



$1.40 ea. $1.35 ea. $1.25 ea. $1.15 ea. 



1.90 ea. 1.80 ea. 1.70 ea. 1.60 ea. 



2.35 ea. 2.25 ea. 2.10 ea. 2.00 ea. 



2.85 ea. 2.70 ea. 2.55 ea. 2.40 ea. 



PRICES OF BEES IN COMBLESS PACKAGES 

 BY EXPRESS. 



April 15 to September 1 — 



C310700 — 1-pound package. .$3.00; 25 

 C310800— 2-pound package.. 5.00; 25 

 C310801— 3-pound package.. 7.00; 25 

 Add price of queen wanted to package price given above 

 Early deliveries will be made from our Alabama apiaries, 



or more. .$2.85 ea. 

 or more. . 4.75 ea. 

 or more. . 6.60 ea. 



THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY, MEDINA, OHIO, U. S. A. 



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SUPERIOR ITALIAN 



BEES AND QUEENS 



With this guarantee, that is, if they are not 

 entirely satisfactory, we want to replace them. 



Untested queens to June 15: 1, $1.25; 10 or more, $10.00 

 Tested queens to June 15: 1, $2.00; 10 or more, $17.00 



SPECIAL 



For orders received this month for shipment from May 10 

 to June 1 we will make a special price on good, strong 

 three-frame nuclei with queens. 



PACKAGE BEES 



One pound, with queen - - $4.00; 10 or more, $3.50 

 Two pounds, with queen - - 5.50; 10 or more, 5.00 



THE STOVER APIARIES, MAYHEW, MISSISSIPPI 



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