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FOR SALE — Piiiard's quulity of Root's strain 

 of liees and queens. Virgins, 50c. Untested queens, 

 $1.25 each. Larger lots write. Circular free. After 

 July 1. lO'/o discount. A. J, Pinard, 440 N. 6th 

 St.." Sau Jose, Calif. 



BRIGHT ITALIAN QUEENS, $1.00 each, 10% 

 less in dozen lots. Pure mating, safe arrival and 

 rcasonaljle satisfaction guaranteed in U. S. and 

 Canada. Write us for prices on package bees. We 

 have them iu season. Graydon Bros., Rt. 4, Green- 

 ville, Ala. 



HEAD your colonies with Williams' Italian 

 queens of quality and get more pleasure and profit 

 from your bees. They produce bees that are gentle, 

 hardy and hustling. Descriptive circular free. Se- 

 lect "untested. 7oc each. P. M. Williams, Ft. De- 

 posit, Ala. 



MY GOLDEN ITALIAN QUEENS possess the 

 qualities which make beekeeping profitable. Mated. 

 $1.00 each, $10.00 per doz. Virgins, 50c each or 

 $4.25 per doz. Safe arrival and satisfaction guar- 

 anteed. Your orders solicited. Crenshaw County 

 Apiary (Melvin Talley, Prop.), Rutledge, Ala. 



FOR SALE — Italian queens. Prices for untested 

 in June. $1.50 each; 6. $8.25; 12, $16.00; tested, 

 $2.50 each. From Julv 1 to Oct. 1. untested. 

 $1.25 each; 6, $7.00; 12, $13.50; tested, $2.00 

 each. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 

 Ready to ship June 1 to June 10. R. B. Groiit. 

 Jamaica. Vt. 



THE ITALIAN QUEENS OF WINDMERE are 

 superior three-banded stock. Our aim is not quan- 

 tity but quality. Our first consideration is to give 

 perfect satisfaction. Untested, $1.50 each; 6 for 

 $8.00; tested, $2.00 each; select tested. $3.00 each. 

 Prof. W. A. Matheny, Ohio University, Athens. 

 Ohio. 



FOR SALE — Golden Italian queens and bees, 

 untested. 1 queen, $1.00; 1 dozen, $10.00; 100. 

 $75.00. 2-lb. package with queen, $5.00; 1-lb. 

 package with queen. $3.00; 12 or more, 5% off. 

 2-frame nucleus with queen. $5.00; 15 or more. 

 5% off. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 

 J. F. Rogers, Greenville, R. D. No. 3, Ala. 



ITALIAN QUEENS — Three-banded, select un- 

 tested, guaranteed. Queen and drone mothers are 

 chosen from colonies noted for honey production 

 hardiness, prolificness, gentleness and perfect 

 markings. Price. May and June: $1.50 each. 12 or 

 more. $1.25 each. Send for circular. J. H. Haughey 

 Co., Berrien Springs. Mich. 



PHKLPS' GOLDEN ITALIAN QUEENS com- 

 bine the qualtiies tou want. Thev are GREAT 

 HONEY-GATHERERS. BEAUTIFUL and GEN- 

 TLE. Virgins. $1.00; mated. $2.0(i ; 6 for $10.00, 

 or $18.00 per doz.; tested. $5.00. Breeders. $10.00 

 to $20. Safe arrival guaranteed only in the U. S 

 and Canada. C. W. Phelps & Son, Binghamton. 

 N. Y. 



I EXPECT to be ready to start shii)ping 3-lb- 

 packages of bees with 1 frame. 1 untested queen 

 at $6.00; 2-frame nuclei with \intested queen. 

 $4.50. about April 15. Young, tested queen. 50c 

 extra, or $1.50 each. I think I was the second 

 to ship packages of bees from this state and know 

 how to serve customers. F. M. Morgan, Hamburg. 

 La. 



FOR MAY DELIVERY — One vigorous Italian 

 queen, one frame emerging brood, one pound bees, 

 price complete. $5.00. Additionnl pound bees. 

 $1.00. Additional frame of brood. $1.00. Banat 

 mixed queens and bees 5% discount. After INJay 

 25 10% discount on all. Safe arrival guaran- 

 teed. Send 10% to book order. T. W. Living- 

 ston, Norman Park, Ga. 



BEES — Engage your qiieens from any reliable 

 dealer, and we will furnish you the bees. One-lh. 

 pkg.. $1.35 each; 2-lb. pkg.. $2.50 each; 3-lb. pkg., 

 $3.00 each. No orders accepted for I."ss than 5 lbs. 

 10% will book your order. Bees will move exact- 

 date ordered. 1500 colonies to draw from. Our api- 



aries are favoral)ly located for early breeding, 

 hence all orders filled with young, vigorous bees. 

 Never liad a case of disease in our apiaries. We 

 are experienced shipiiers. W^e give a full guaran- 

 tee safe arrival and satisfaction. Brazos Valley 

 Apiaries, H. E. Graham, Prop., Gause, Texas. 



BALANCE of season we will furnish a 2-lb. 

 jjackage of our three-banded hustlers with a select 

 untested queen for $4.75; 25 or more, $4.50 each. 

 Select untested queens from our best breeders. 

 $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz. Tested, $1.50 each; 

 $15.00 per doz. Caney Valley Apiaries, J. D. Yan-- 

 cey, Mgr., Bay City, Texas. 



FOR SALE — 200 colonies of the celebrated 

 Moore strain of leather-colored Italians. They are 

 in Langstroth hives, combs all built on wired foun- 

 dation. All have tested queens less than one year 

 old. No disease among or near them. Price in lots 

 of one to 50. $12.00 each; 50 to 100. $11.50 each; 

 100 or more. $11.00 per colony. Elmer Hvitchin- 

 sou & Son, Salt Lake City, Mich. 



FOR SALE- — 250 colonies of bees, all in 10- 

 frame hives, practically all new equipment, a 

 s7)lendid orange and sage location with an eight- 

 room house, modern, plenty of land and in one of 

 the best sections of Southern California. Will sell 

 everything, property furnished ready to move into. 

 Can give possession at once. Honey flow should 

 last until middle of August. Address C. A. Wurth. 

 R. D. No. 1. Box 167. Riverside, Calif. 



CONNECTICUT queens. Highest grade 3-banded 

 Italians readv June 1. Select untested $1.25 each: 

 6. $6.50; 12! $12.00; 50, $47.50; 100, $90. Two 

 lbs. bees with queen. $5.00; 3 lbs. with queen. 

 $7.00. Two-frame nuclei with queen, $5.50; 3- 

 frame with queen, $7.50. Select virgin queens 

 (not culls), 50c each. $45.00 per 100. No disease 

 and satisfaction guaranteed. A. E. Crandall, Ber- 

 lin, Conn. 



MAY delivery, one. two and three pound pack- 

 ages, $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00. Nuclei, $3.00, $4.25 

 and $5.50. with select untested Italian queens. Spe- 

 cial orders solicited. Select untested three-band 

 oueens, April and May, $1.25. 6 or more. $1.00 

 each. 20% books order. State health certificate. 

 Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. Address 

 Apalaehicola, Fla.. office. Tupelo Honey Co., Co- 

 lumbia. Ala. 



LARGE, HARDY. PROLIFIC QUEENS — Three- 

 band Italians and Goldens. Pure mating and safe 

 arrival guaranteed. We shin only queens that are 

 top notchers in size, prolificness and color. After 

 June 1 prices as follows: Untested. $1.25 each: 

 6 for $7 00: select untested. $150 each: 6 for 

 $8.50; select tested. $3.00 each. Special prices on 

 larger quantities. Queens clipped free on request. 

 Health certificate with each shipment. Buckeye 

 Oueens. Zoarville. Ohio. 



FOR SALE — 50 colonies of bees in 2-story. 10- 

 frame. metal-top hives, wired foundation. No dis- 

 ease. Strong colonies of goldens and three-banders 

 with young queens. W^ith above equipment is 

 included 75 comb-honey supers, 2000 sections. 25 

 lbs. foundation. 50 bee-escapes and other equip- 

 ment. Blue vine location furnished free if desired. 

 i'!400 takes all above for quick sale. S. H. Burton. 

 Washington, Ind. 



I'M offering 100 two-frame nuclei for June de- 

 livery, with young untested three-banded Italian 

 oueens, for $375.00. Each package contains one 

 and one-half pounds of bees. M-ith fine frames 

 drawn from full sheets foundation. 1 to. 10 "u- 

 clei, $3.90 each: JO or more. $3.85 each. Can 

 ship from receipt of orders. Guarantee safe deliv- 

 ery and health certificate. C. A. Mayeux. Ham- 

 burg. La. 



I HAVE nuclei and more nuclei for June de- 

 livery. 1000 2 and 3 frame nuclei with select«H 

 untested three-banded queens. These nuclei will 

 go with a large force of young b^es and extra fine 

 frames drawn from full sheets of foundation. Note 

 our prices on 10 or more:.l nucleus with queen, 

 2-frame, $4.00; 10 nuclei, with queens. 2frame, 



