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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 15 



Now is the Time to Plan 



for the coming season, and you are bound to need queens to replace those that are 

 old and worn out. Many of my customers have written me that the queens bought 

 of me were the only ones that gave any surplus the past poor season. You had bet- 

 ter plan to aupply yourself with a lot of those fine young queens from the Laws 

 apiaries, and double your crop of honey. 



I AM BREEDING THE LEATHER AND GOLDEN ITALIANS, 



also the Holy Lands. So many calls have come for Carniolans that I have added this splendid race to my 

 list, and there is no doubt that the Carniolan, or tlie Carni-Italian cross, will cap their honey whiter than 

 any of the Eastern races. I am not only prepared to furnish you with the best bees and queens in existence, 

 but in any quantities, large or small, from one to a thousand queens. Nuclei and full colonies in season. 

 I also offer another car of bees the coming season. , 



PRICES: Queens, each, $1.00; six for $5.00. Breeders, each, $3.00. Write for quantity lots. 



W. H. LAWS, BEEVILLE, BEE CO., TEXAS. 



Caucasian- and -Italian - Queens 



j^ j^ j^ j^ j^ j^ from California 



Prices: CAUCASIAN- One tested, $3.00; one best breeding, $6.00; one imported from Caucasus, 

 $7.00. ITALIAN— One untested, $1.00, six for $5.50, 12 for $10.00: one tested, $1.50; one best breed- 

 ing, $5.00. Caucasians bred from the best imported breeding queens. Italians bred from breeding 

 queens we procure from principal breeders of this country who have the best honey-gatherers. 

 Nuclei an«^. full colonies of bees. Send for particulars, and see our adv. in Gleanings, February 1st. 



A. £^. Titoff, loaxnosa, San Bernardino Co., California 



CAUCASIAN QUEENS! 



For beginners, the timid, and the city bee-keeper. 

 Not stingless, but gentle. With this race many will 

 master the art of handling bees I breed High-grade 

 Italian Queens also. The demand for these queens is 

 great; the supply is limited. Write for particulars to- 

 day. Address 



Robert B. McCain, Yorkville, Ills. R. F. D. 



Otir Q\ieens Won't 

 Cost You. Money ! 



They- •WxW Save It ! 



They are bred from pure Italian stock, red-clover 



strain; hardy Northern grown. Prompt shipments at 



these prices: 



Untested. $1.00; $5.00 for six 



Select tested 1.50; $7.50 for six 



For prices in larger numbers and breeders write us. 

 Orders for delivery after May 15th now being booked. 

 Get your order in early. 

 Handsome booklet mailed free upon request. 



B. C. Terry- Co., Hinsdale, 111. 



Superior Stock 



I make a specialty of long-tongue 

 Italian, Carniolan, and Caucasian, 



Rearing only from best stock obtain- 

 able. My Italian queens are unexcel- 

 led; my Carniolans and Caucasians from 

 best imported queens. All races bred 

 in separate yards to insure purity A 

 postal will bring my price list for 1906. 



CHARLES KOEPPEN 



Fredericksburg, Va. 



PURE ITALIAN BEES! 



The "most beautiful, gentle, prolific, best working, and 

 being long-tongued, best honey-gatherers. Prizes — 

 VI. Swiss Agricultural Exhibition, Berne, 1895; Swiss 

 National Exhibition, Geneva, 1896; Bee-keeping Exposi- 

 tion, Liege, Belgium, 1895; Universal Exposition. St. 

 Louis, U. S. A , 1904. The Hi^Kest A'ward. 

 Extra select breeding Queen, $.3.00; six, $16.00; dozen, 

 $30.00. Selected Queen, $2.00; six, $11.00; dozen, $20.00. 

 Young fertilized queen, tested, $1.50; six, $9.00: dozen, 

 $16.00. Special prices for 50 and 100 queens. The ad- 

 dresses must be clear; payments by postal money orders. 

 If by chance a queen dies upon the journey she is to be 

 returned immediately, with a postal certificate, and an- 

 other queen will be sent gratis. Address 



Ax^ttxoxx-y Bia^^if 



Pedeville, near Bellinzona. Italian Switzerland. 



This country is politically the Switzerland Republic, 

 but lies geographically in Italy, and possesses the best 

 kind of bees known. Bee-keepers of the Far West can 

 give their orders to my brother Stefano (Stephen) 

 Biaggi, farmer, resident at Wash, Plumas Co., Cali- 

 fornia, who will kindly collect orders. In writing, men- 

 tion Gleanings. 



Italian and Caucasian Queens 

 and Bees 



Choice homebred and imported 



stock. All queens reared in full 



colonies. 



PRICES FOR APRIL 



!*' ITALIANS 



One tested queen $1.65 



One select tested 2.20 



One breederqueen 3.30 



One comb nucleus, no queen-.. 1.50 

 Untested queens in May. Safe 

 arrival guaranteed. For prices on 

 quantities, and description of each grade, send for free 

 catalog. 



J. L. Strong, Clarinda, Iowa, U. S. A. 



204 East Logan Street 



1906 Italian and Caucasian Queens. Price list now 

 ready. Write E. E.LAWRENCE, Doniphan, Mo. 



