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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



April, ld22 



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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 niotlier of 

 tliis strain from 

 L a n g s t r oth 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 



April 15 to June 30 — 



1 to 9. 

 Untested ..$2.00ea, 

 Sel. Untested 2.50 ea, 



Tested 3.00 ea 



Sel. Tested. 3.50 ea 

 July 1 to November 1 - 



1 to 9. 

 Untested ...$1.50 ea 

 Sel. Untested 2.00 ea, 



Tested 2.50 ea 



Sel. Tested.. 3.00 ea 



ROOT QUALITY QUEENS. 



10 to 24. 

 $1.80 ea. 



2.25 ea. 



2.70 ea. 



3.15 ea. 



10 to 24. 



$1.40 ea. 

 1.90 ea. 

 2.35 ea. 



2.85 ea. 



25 to 49. 

 $1.70 ea. 



2.10 ea. 



2.55 ea. 



3.00 ea. 



25 to 49. 

 $1.35 ea. 



1.80 ea. 



2.25 ea. 



2.70 ea. 



50 to 99. 

 $1.60 ea. 

 2.00 ea. 

 2.40 ea. 

 2.80 ea. 



50 to 99. 

 $1.25 ea. 

 1.70 ea. 

 2.10 ea. 

 2.55 ea. 



lOOorover. 



$1.50 ea. 

 1.85 ea. 

 2.25 ea. 

 2.60 ea. 



lOOorover. 

 $1.15 ea. 



1.60 ea. 



2.00 ea. 



2.40 ea. 



PRICES OF BEES IN COMBLESS PACKAGES 

 BY EXPRESS. 

 April 15 to September 1 — 



C310700— 1-pound package. .$3.00; 25 or more. .$2.85 ea. 

 C310800 — 2-pound package.. 5.00; 25 or more.. 4.75 ea. 

 C310801— 3-pound package.. 7.00; 25 or more.. 6.60 ea. 

 Add price of queen wanted to package price given above. 

 Early deliveries will be made from our Alabama apiaries. 



! 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 f 



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 

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



I THE STOVER APIARIES, MAYHEW, MISSISSIPPI 



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