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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 1 



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ITALIAN_QUEENS 



Either GOLDEN or HONEY QUEENS 



Our Golderis will come up to any other Golden strain. 

 Our Honey Queens are what some term " Red-clover 

 Queens." We always call them honey queens. ::: 

 Before July 1. 1 6 12 



Untested $100 $5 00 $9 00 



Warranted Tested 1 25 7 00 13 00 



Tested 1 50 



Select Tested 2 00 



Breeders 5 00 and up. 



Two-frame Nucleus (no queen) 2 50 14 00 25 00 



When queens are wanted with nuclei, add price of 

 any queen wanted. We guarantee pafe arrival of all 

 queens and nuclei. Our breeders may be returned after 

 30 days, if satisfaction is not given. Cash must come 

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 personal checks unless you add ten cents for collection. 



D. J. Blocher, = Pearl City, III. 



Bees, Queens, 

 and Nuclei 



From the best stock. We carry a 

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PURE ITALIAN BEES! 



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

 being long-tongued, best honey-gatherers. Prizes 

 —VI. Swiss Agricultural Exhibitimi, Berne, 1895; Swiss 

 National Exhibition, Geneva, 1896; Bee-keeping E.xposi- 

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

 Louis, U. S. A., 1904. THe Hig^hest >V-war<l. 

 Extra select breeding queen, $3 00; six. $16.00; dozen, 

 $30.00. Selected queen (young tested), $2.00; six, $11.00; 

 dozen, $20.00. Special prices for 50 and 100 queens. 

 The addresses 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 certifi- 

 cate, and another queen will be sent gratis. Address 



A.ivtKony Biaf^^i. 

 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. In wi-iting, mention Gleanings. 



fXAI^IAN QUEENS. -Fine, northern-bred; 

 •* originated from best long-tongued "Red-clover" 

 breeders in the United States; work on red clover; bred 

 in full colonies; under swarming influence; noted for 

 their excellent honey-gathering, wintering qualities, 

 and gentleness. Untested, $1.00; six, $5 00. Tested, 

 $2.00; six, $10.00. After July 1st: 75c, $4.00, $1.50, $8.00. 

 Satisfaction guaranteed. Write for full descriptive list. 

 Isaac F. Miller, R. F. D. No. 2, Brookville, Pa. 



Italian Qtieens! j^ j^ 



Carniolans mated to Italian drones. Select un- 

 tested, 75c; 3 for $2.00. Tested, $1.00; 6 for $5.00. 

 George W. Barnes, 138 N. Pleasant St., Norwalk, Ohio. 



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