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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 1 



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. 



Superior Queens ! ! ! I 



—Before June 15- 

 Italian and Carniolan 

 Untested 75c; $8.00 per doz. 



Tested.. 

 Select Tested. 

 Caucasian 



Untested 



Tested 



Select Tested. 



.00; 11.00 per doz. 

 . 1.25: 12.00 per doz. 



$1.00; $11.00 per doz. 

 . 1.50; 16.00 per doz. 

 . 2.00; 20.00 per doz. 



-After June 15- 



60c; $6.50 per doz. 

 75c; 8 00 per doz. 

 1.00; 11.00 per doz. 



75c; 

 1.00; 

 1.25: 



$8.00 per doz. 

 11.00 per doz. 

 12.00 per doz. 



Write me a postal card for my circular. 



Chas. Koeppen, Fredericksburg. Virginia 

 QUEENS OF 



MOORE'S - STRAIN - OF - ITALIANS 



produce workers that fill the supers 

 and are not inclined to swarm. . . . 



Stewart Smillie, Blutvale, Ont., Can., says: 

 They till the supers and are not so much inclined to 

 swarm as others. 1 have been buying queens for fif- 

 teen years, and your stock was the only one that was 

 any good to gather honey." 



Untested queens, 75c each; six, $4.00: dozen, $7 50. 

 Select untested, $100 each; six. $5.00; dozen, $9.00. 

 Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 

 Descriptive circular free. 



1 am now filling orders by return mail, and shall prob- 

 ably be able to do so until the close of the season. 



J. P. MOORE, Morgan, Pendleton Co.. Ky. 



QUEENS DIRECT 

 FROM ITALY 



Fine, reliable. English price list sent on application. 

 Beautiful results obtained last year. OUR MOTTO- 

 " Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do 



MALAN BROTHERS, Luserna. San Giovanni, Italy. 



Red-clover Italian Queens Exclusively ! ! 



No better honey- gatherers in existence. Select untest- 

 ed, 75c; tested, $1.00; three-frame nucleus with queen, 

 $2.00. To prove the quality of my stock I will send two 

 trial queens for a $1 bill. F. M. Mayberry, Obelisk, Pa. 



Queens - Italian - Queens 



and bees from Root's Red-clover stock and 

 Golden Italian queens. Better than ever. 



Untested 60c each; six, $3.50 



Selected untested 75c " " 4.00 



Tested $1.00 '\ " 5.00 



Selected tested 1.25 



Two-frame nuclei with untested queen. .2.00 



Orders filled in rotation. . Send orders to 



£. A, iSimmockSt Greeiwille, Ala. 



From Long-tongued Imported Italians. 



Untested, 75c; $7.50 per dozen. Tested, $1.25; 

 $12.00 per dozen. Breeders, $2.00 to $3.00. 

 Postal orders drawn on Decatur, Michigan. 



E. E. MOTT, Clenwood, Mich. 



Orders Filled Promptly 



by Rettirix Mail 



Queens from our fine strain of three-band Italians will 

 not disappoint you. Bees are gentle, and the best of 

 honey-gatherers. Queens are large and prolific, and 

 every one guaranteed. Untested, 50c; $6.00 per dozen. 

 Tested, $1.00. 



J. 'W. K. SHA.'W (Q. CO. 



L>or«auville, Iberia Par.. L>otiisiana 



DOOLITTLE & CLARK 



are booking orders for their famous 

 Italian queens. Now is the time to 

 order breeders. Send for circular. 



Grade. One Three Twelve 



Untested $1.00 $2.50 $9.00 



Select Tested 1.50 4.00 14.00 



Tested (1905 rearing) 2.50 



Select Breeding 5.00 



Extra Select Breeding 10.00 



Two-frame Nuclei 2.50 7.00 25.00 



DOOLITTLE & CLARK 

 Borodino, Onondaga Co., New York 



I^ose - IvStAvii - Qtieems 



$25.00 IN PRIZES. 



For the largest number of sections No 1 comb honey 

 produced by a colony headed by one of our " Pure 

 Gold " queens before September 15th, 1906, $10 00 cash. 

 For the second largest. $7. 50 cash. For the third larg- 

 est, $5.00 cash. For the fourth largest, $2.50 cash. In 

 addition to the above offer we will pay 20 cts. per 

 pound for all prize honey for f xhibition purposes. 



Select untested "Pure Gold" queens, $1.00. Select 

 tested " Pure Gold " queens, $2.00. Select breeding 

 queens, $6 00. Our very finest extra select tested breed- 

 ers, in 2-fr. nucleus, f. o. b., Lincoln, Neb., $10 00. We 

 ship in June, 200 " Pure Gold " meens to one customer. 

 Caucasians j^ Camiolans j^ Red Clover Italians 

 Rose Lawn Apiaries, Station C, Lincoln, Nebr. 



The Best Stock 



Nice three-banded Italians that are guaranteed to 

 please, or money refunded. The Robey queens now go 

 to nearly all parts of the globe. They are being used by 

 many of the largest honey-producers of this and other 

 countries, who pronounce them to be very superior 

 strain of bees. I have spent 21 years in building up 

 this strain of bees. Warranted purely mated, in any 

 quantity, 60 cts. each; selected warranted, 75 cts. each. 

 L. H. Robey. Worthin^ton, "W. Va. 



Unitested Queens ! 



Golden Italian 



75 cts. each; six for $4.00; an extra 

 fine one for $1.00. Warranted pure- 

 ly mated and good queens. . . . 



J. B. Case, Port Orange, Fla. 



Red-clover Queens from Westwood Apiary 



will convince you of their superiority over all others. 

 One, two, and three frame nuclei a specialty; also full 

 colonies. Price list sent on application. 

 Henry Shaffer .... Westwood, Ohio 



Queens ! 



tested only. 



Balance of this season at 20 per cent 



discount: three or five banded; un- 



R. O. COX, Rt. 4. Greenville. Ala. 



1906 Italian and Caucasian Queens. Price list now 

 ready. Write E. E. LAAAOIENGE, Doniphan, Mo. 



