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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



May, 1922 



Bees & Queens 



'Mr. Beekeeper: Buy a 

 ;ood queen while you are 

 buying. TRY NORMAN 

 BROS.' pure 3-banded 

 Italian bees and queens. 

 We have the stock, equip- 

 ment and experience. Our 

 output will be 1000 or 

 more queens per month, our prices are right, 

 our queens are equal to any. Hundreds of 

 America's greatest honey producers o.der 

 from us. Follow their example. You risk not 

 a penny; after you have given our queens a 

 fair test and you are not satisiied, just re- 

 turn them and we will replace or refund 

 your money. Isn't this a fair proposition to 

 any one that wishes to purchase queens? 

 Our bees are hardy, gentle, prolific, disease- 

 resisting and honey gatherers. Orders filled 

 by return mail or your money refunded. 



PRICES — 1 6 12 100 



Untested queens $1.00 $5.50 $10.00 $72.00 

 Select Untested.. 1.20 6.50 12.00 90.00 

 Tested queens... 2.00 11.00 21.00 

 Select Tested . . . 2.50 each 

 One 2-lb. package bees, $3.75; 12 or more, 

 $3.50 each. Add prices of queens wanted. 

 Guarantee pure mating safe arrivr.l and 

 perfect satisfaction in U. S. A. and Canada. 



NORMAN BROS.' APIARIES. NAFTEL. ALA. 



I Pay Transportation 

 Ciiarges on Package Bees 



1 l-lb. pkg., including young 3-banded queen $4.50 

 i 2-lb. pkg., including young 3-banded queen 6.00 

 : 3-lb. pkg., including young 3-banded queen 7.50 



25 cents per package 

 less for twelve or 

 more packages. Deliv- 

 ered to your address 

 via parcel post. In 

 comparing my prices 

 with others, take in 

 consideration you have 

 no express charges to 

 pay. Parcel post ship- 

 ments go through 

 quicker. 



\ PRICES OF QUEENS AFTER MAY 15: 



1 Select Untested $1.00 



5 Select Untested 4.75 



10 Select Untested 8.50 



25 Select Untested, 75c each 



Orders filled by return mail. Pure mating and 

 ; satigfaction guaranteed. It is left with cus- 

 : tomer to say what is satisfaction. No disease. 



JASPER KNIGHT, HaynevJIle, Ala. 



Collier's Bees & Queens 



'breeding Queens Imported from Italy. 



Three-Banded Italians Only. 



Shipped When You Want Them. 



Let me have your order for the 1922 season. My queens are bred by men 

 who know how. Every order given my personal attention. All queens 

 reared in strong two-story, ten-frame hives, under natural conditions. 

 Improve your weak, run-down colonies by using young, vigorous, three- 

 handed Italian Queens from my imported stock. 



You take no risk buying from Collier. If you are not satisfied I will re- 

 place or refund your money. Safe delivery guaranteed. 



Untested, one to twenty-flve, $1.00 each; twenty-five to fifty, $0.90; fifty to one hundred, 

 $0.80. Select Untested, one to twenty-five, $1.25. Tested, $2.00 or $20.00 per dozen. Select 

 Te'ited, $3.00 or $30.00 per dozen. Pound packages with select untested queens: l-lb. pack- 

 ages, 1 to 12. $3.75 each; 12 or more. $3.50 each. 2-lb. packages. 1 to 12. $5.00 each; 12 

 or more, $4.75 each. 



