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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



299 



Golden Italian & 

 Leather Colored 



QUEENS 



WarraTilol to give ,'atisfaclion, tliose are the kind reared by Qiririn=the=Oueen=Breeder. We guarantee 

 every queen sent out to please you. or it may be returned inside of 00 days and another w 11 be sent 

 "gratis" Our business was established in 1H8S. our stock originated from the best and highest-priced 

 Long-tongued Red=clover Breeders in the U. S. We send out fine queens, and send them promptly. 

 We guaranter safe delivery to any State, contintntal island, or European Country. 



The .A. I. Root Co. tells us that our stock is extra fine, while the editor of the American Bee Journal 

 says that he has good reports from our stock, from time to time. Dr. J. L,. Gandy. of Humboldt, Nebr., 

 says that he secured over -ICX) pounds of honey (mostly comb), from single colonies containing our queens. 



A FEW TESTinONIALS. 



P. F. Meritt. of No. Li Breckenridge St., Lex- 

 ington. Ky.. writes: The bees sent me last July 

 did splendidly. Each colony has at least 75 lbs. 

 of honey — pretty good for two-frame nuclei. 



Mr. J.'Roorda. of Demotte, Ind.. writes: Send 

 me six more queens, the 48 sent nie last spring 

 are hustlers. 



Mr. Wm. Smiley, of Glasgow, Pa , writes: 

 Your bees beat all the rest, now send me a breed- 

 er of the same kind. 



A Norton, Monterey. Calif., writes: Your stock 



excels the strain of Jlr. , which is said to 



oiitstrip all others. Your stock excels in profit- 

 able results as well as in beauty. 



Queen-rearing is our specialty; we give it our u 

 more) as any breeder in the North. No order is 

 to mail. Send all orders to 



Price of Queens Before July First. 



Add the price of whatever queen is wanted to that 

 of nuclei. Our nuclei build up fast, and if not pur- 

 chased too late will make some surplus. 



ndivided attention, and rear as many queens (perhaps 

 too large for us, as we keep 300 to 500 on hand ready 



Quirin=the=Queen=Breeder, 



Parkert^^wn, 



OHIO. 



Carniolans and 



'W A "% • CKoice Qtieei\s 



Italians* a specialty. ><»'<» 



Having added extensively to our queen- rearing 



plants in the North and the South we can furnish any 



number of queens on short notice. 



Carrkiolans. Very prolific, hardy, gentlest bees 

 known. Great comb-builders. Sealed combs of a 

 snowy whiteness. A worker on red clover. 



Italiai^S. Gentle, prolific, swarm very little, fine 

 workers, and a red-clover strain. 



THe Carniolan-Italian Cross. A cross 

 giving the combined qualities of each race, are 

 hustling workers, the coming bee for comb honey. 

 1 untested queen, $1.00: 6 for S.5.«); 12 for J9.(X). Test- 

 ed. $1.50. Best breeder, $:?.00. Best imported breeder, 

 $5.00. For full colonies, one or two frame nuclei, large 

 orders for qiieens. send for descriptive price list. 

 Orders booked now will be filled when desired. 



F. A. IvOcKHart CSi, Co.,Cal dwell, N.Y. 



Leather-colored Italians 

 For Sale. 



flMy bees were awa-^ded 1st premium at the Minne- 

 sota State Fair in 1902 and 1901. Queens guaranteed 

 in quality and transportation. In standard S or 9 

 ftarae hives, $5 00 each on car. A reduction on lots-of 

 20 and over. Ready for shipment April 10. 



W. R. ANSELL, Mille Lacs Apiaries, 

 Milaca, Minnesota. 



Laws' Leather=colored Queens. 



Laws' Improved Golden Queens. 



Laws' Holy Land Queens. 



iV. H. Laws: — Your queens have proved to be excel- 

 lent. My apiary stocked with your Z^aM^r queens are 

 a sight to behold during a honey-flow, and the Goldens 

 are bej-ond description in the line of beauty. N ours 

 are the best for comb Intiey I evrr saw. I want more 

 this spring — E. A. Kibble, Roxton, Tex., Feb ig. igoj. 



W. H. Laws: — The 75 queens (Leather) from you are 

 dandies. I introduced one into a weak nucleus in 

 May, and in September I took 285 lbs of h ney, leav- 

 ing 48 lbs for winter My crop of honej' last'season 

 was 48,000 lbs. I write yo'u for prices on 50 nuclei and 

 150 L,eafher c\\.x&ens.— Joseph Farnswort/i, Idaho Falls. 

 Idaho. Feb. i6. igoj. 



Prices of Queens: Each. 81 00; 12, $10.00 Breeders, 

 extra fine, guaranteed, each ^'lO. Send for price list. 



W. H. Laws, Beeville, Texas. 



You Require 

 Supply 



PERFECT ftUEENS 



I'ntil further notice, to keep up with orders for 

 Golden queens from old customers who find them to 

 be splendid workers. I shall di.scontinue the other 

 yards. I can send Holy I<ands and Carniolans mated 

 in this yard at the .same prices These are good cross- 

 es. Untested queens, 81 00 each ; tested, 81.25. A few 

 choice breeders, $2.50 each. 



GEO. J. VANDE VORD, Daytona, Fla. 



Root's Goods in Central MichiganI "TKi« fnr Thai 



Sold at their orices. Present eiven with each * Imlo 1 vl M 11(1>( 



Sold at their prices. Present given with each 

 order amounting to 82 or over. I.,ist sent free. 



W. D. Soper, Rural Route No. 3, Jackson Michigan. 



99Trade anythlBf 

 you hare for 

 anything jroa 



want. Get our figantic r»l'<r which prints thousand! of ex- 

 cbnnre advertisements. Six months' trial luhscription. 10 eta. 

 •TUU FUR TIUT" Pl'B. CO.. \H1 Star Bldg., CUICAOO. 



