GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



June, 192^ 



QUEENS 



OUR OLD RELIABLE THREE-BANDED 



ITALIANS ARE HONEY GETTERS. 



They are gentle, prolific, and very resistant to 



foul brood. Orders booked for one-fourth cash. 



Safe arrival guaranteed. Circular free. 



PRICES 



1 



Untested $1.00 



Select Untested 1.25 



Tested 2.25 



Select Tested $3.00 each 



See our Dee. and Jan. Advertisement. 



JOHN G. MILLER 



723 C Street, Corpus Christi, Texas. 



Let us tell you about the California 



Gold iMedal Queens 



The Queens 'with the '■Pedigree. 



Our hardy, immune, prolific strain of 3- 

 banded leather-colored Italians. Developed 

 from the world's best strains by careful selec- 

 tion and tested under California conditions 

 for five years, with excellent results. My spe- 

 cialty will be breeding stock and every queen 

 produced will receive my personal care and 

 inspection. Now receiving orders for the sea- 

 son of 1922, which will be filled in the order 

 of their receipt. "Write for catalog and prices. 



THE COLEMAN APIARIES 



GEO. A. COLEMAN, Prop., 

 2649 Russell St., Berkeley, California. 



O-U-E-E-N-S 



Select th roe-banded Italians that will please. 

 Our bees are unexcelled for gentleness, disease- 

 resisting qualities and honey production. Pure 

 mating and satisfaction guaranteed. 



1 6 12 



TTptpslod $1.25 $ 7.00 $13.00 



SMect Unte.sted l.-'^O 8 00 14 00 



Tested 2.50 13.00 25.00 



Splpct Tested 3.00 16.00 30.00 



Select Tested Ereedern $5.00 



Day-old queens 40c eacli 



Qneens ready to ship by return mail. Queens' 

 wings clipped free of charge. Write for descrip- 

 tive cireulrir and prices jier hundred. 



HARDIN S. FOSTER 



COLUMBIA - - - - TENNESSEE 



MOTT'S 



NORTHERN -BRED 



ITALIAN QUEENS 



All are selected queens this season. 



Select Untested, .+1.50 encli, ,^5.00 per doz. 

 Sel. Guaranteed pure mated, or replace free, 

 $1.75 each, .$18.00 per doz. Sel. Tested, $2.50. 

 Virgins (not mated), 75c each, $8.00 per doz. 

 After June 1st, 10% off to the Canadian 

 trade to lielp out on exchange. 



Plans "How to Introduce Queens" aiid 

 "Increase," 25c. 



E. E. MOTT 



GLENWOOD, MICHIGAN. 



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I Pay Transportation 

 Charges on Package Bees 



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



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



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



THREE „_ , , 



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 

 BANDED 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 

 satisfaction guaranteed. It is left with cus- 

 tomer to say what is satisfaction. No disease. 



JASPER KNIGHT, Hayneville, Ala. 



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QUIGLEY QUALITY 



Italian Queens and Bees are produced by 

 double grafting, producing queens of supe- 

 rior quality and long-lived bees, filling your 

 big hives with bees. Hustlers, hardy, win- 

 tering on summer stands. No disease; 36 

 years in this location. Purity and satisfac- 

 tion guaranteed. 



Unte-ted. June SI. 50; 6, $7. .50; 12, $14.00. 



Tested, June, $3.00. Fine Breeders, $10.00. 



3-frame Nuclei, tested queen, $7.50. 



Send for circular. 



E. F QUIGLEY & SON 



UNIONVILLE, MISSOUEI. 



Quality Bees 



Prom the apiaries of K. U. King, formerly Dep- 

 uty State Insjioctor of Apiaries in Ohio, later in 

 charce of Apiculture at Cornell University. 



JUNE JULY 

 Full colony in 1-story 10-fr. hive 



with tested queen $14.50 $12.00 



Two-frame nucleus with untested 



queen 5.50 4.00 



2-lb. package of bees with untest- 



queen 4.75 4.00 



Untested Italian queen 1.25 1.00 



First shipments can be made about May 15. 



20 per cent payal>le with order, remainder at 



shipment. Price ri'ducfions for (luniitity orders. 



KING'S APIARIES, 



McARTHUR, OHIO. 



