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Right noAV is the liinc to Ix'gin your plans for securing the maximum crop 

 of honey next season. 



Requeening witli young, prolific queens of a Ivuown, lioney-gathering 

 strain is one of the most important factors in being a successful honey producer. 

 Young, prolific queens introduced now will mean two things: First, strong colonies to 

 go into winter quarters. Second, strong colonies to gather next season's crop of honey. 



For more than 50 years we have been breeding up to the Root Quality 

 Queens and Bees. We do not believe that better bees or queens are reared anywhere 

 in the world today. What we try to do, is to rear THE BEST. 



We breed queens with special view to the honey-gathering quality of 

 their bees. We have had this one chief purpose in breeding constantly in mind all 

 these years. We have it uppermost in our minds today. 



THE DIFFERENT GRADES OF QUEENS. 



Italian queens are distinguished from blacks by three yellow bands on 

 the upper part of the abdomen. Leather-colored Italians show three stripes of dark- 

 yellow leather color. 



An untested queen is one which is sold after she is found to be laying, 



not having been previously tested. 



A tested leather-colored queen is one which has been examined by the 



breeder and her bees found to be uniformly marked with at least three dark-yellow 

 bands. 



Select queens of any of the grades are those which show better color, 

 size, shape, etc. Frequently select untested queens develop into fine breeding queens. 



PRICE OF QUEENS— Up to October 1. 



1 to 9. 10 to 24. 25 to 49 50 to 99. 100 or more. 



C312000— Untested $1.50 each. $1.40 each. $1.35 each. $1.25 each. $1.15 each. 



C313000— Select Untested. .. 2.00 each. 1.90 each. 1.80 each. 1.70 each. 1.60 each. 



C314000 — Tested 2.50 each. 2.35 each. 2.25 each. 2.10 each. 2.00 each. 



C315000— Select Tested 3.00 each. 2.85 each. 2.70 each. 2.25 each. 2.40 each. 



Note the large saving to be made by taking advantage of our low prices on quantity lots. 



OUR GUARANTEE ON QUEENS. — We guarantee safe arrival of queens sent in mailing cages. 

 We agree to refund the money or replace the queen if the one first sent arrives dead; provided 

 the beekeeper receiving the dead or unfit queen returns her at once and in her own shipping 

 cage, properly marked with name and address of sender. No delay in returning the queen can 

 be permitted. This guarantee applies only on queens sent to customers in the United States 

 and Canada. 



PRICES OF BEES IN COMBLESS PACKAGES BY EXPRESS. 



Up to August 15. 



CS10700 — 1-pound package $3.00; 25 or more packages, $2.85 each. 



C310800 — 2-pound package 5.00; 25 or more packages, 4.75 each. 



C310801 — 3-pound package 7.00; 25 or more packages, 6.60 each. 



Add price of queen wanted to package price given above. 



OUR GUARANTEE ON BEES SHIPPED BY EXPRESS. — We agree to make good any loss to 

 bees in t»'ansit, provided consignee secures such notation as will cover any apparent damage done 

 while in transit, on ex3)ress delivery receipt, signed in full by express agent, receipt to be mailed 

 to us at once with letter giving full particulars, on receipt of whieli replacement will be made 

 immediately. The guarantee does not apply on bees shipped to foreign countries. 



Mail all queen and bee orders direct to Medina or to our nearest branch office. 



THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY 



WEST SIDE STATION MEDINA, OHIO, U. S. A. 



