W :uiaiitiil to Rive satisfaction, those are the kind reared by QuIrin-the-Queen-Breeder. We guarantee 

 every queen sent out to please you, or it may be returned inside of (io days and another will be sent 

 "gratis." Our business was established in 1S>SS, 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 g'larantce safe delivery to any State, continental island, or European Country. 

 I The A. I. Root Co. tells us tha"t our stock is extra fine, while the editor of the A tnfrjcan Bfe Jour-nal 



.says that he has pood reports from our stock, from time to time. Br. J. I^. Candy, of Humboldt, Nebr., 

 says that he secured over J(K) pounds of honey (mostly comb), fiora single colonies containing our queens.' 



1903 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



511 



QUEENS 



Golden Italian & 

 Leather Colored 



A FEW TESTinONIAL5. 



r. F. Merilt, of No. 13 Breckenridge St., I<ex- 

 ington, Kv.. 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 -18 sent me 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 ^Ir. , which is said to 



outst;ipall oth'^rs. Your sto-k excels in profit- 

 able results as well as in beauty. 



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. 



Queer-rearing is our specialty; we give it our undivided attention, and rear as manv queens (perhaps 

 more) as anj- breeder in the North. No order is too large for us, as we keep 300 to 500 on hand ready 

 to mail. Send all orders to 



Quirin=the=Queen=Breeder, ''^'^S.^"' 



Strong Testimony in Favor of 



Moore's Strain of Italians 



Prof. Frank Benton, of Washington, D. C, whose 

 name is familiar to all progressive apiarists, says : 



"I have several times, in the cour'e of correspon- 

 dence, and in conversing with bee keepers, had occa- 

 sion to answer the question : ' Where can the best Ital- 

 ians be got ? ' It is, perhaps, not an easy thing to say, 

 with certainty, but at least I have felt I niight be able 

 to tell where GOOD ones could be obtained. A num- 

 ber have been referred to you, for, although I have 

 not tested your stock personally, I thought I knew 

 pretty well, from general reputation, its character. A 

 Dee-keepcr near here— Geo. A. Lanphear, of Vienna, 

 Va — who got some queens of you on my recommen- 

 dation is .so well pleased with them — in fact, gives 

 your bees such a good recommendation to me for 

 gentleness and working qualities, particularly their 

 working on red clover, that I thought I would like to 

 try some myself." 



I was not aware that Prof. Benton was recommend- 

 ing my stock until I received the above letter. Such 

 testimony as this certainly has great weight, and 

 shows why my business has' grown .so fast. 



Prices for daughters of my 23-100 breeder, the prize- 

 winner, and other choice breeders : Untested, 81 <X) 

 each; .six, }5 n(J; dozen. Sil.fO. .Select untested, $1.25 

 each; six. jii CO; dozen, $11. (Ml. Safe arrival and satis- 

 faction guaranteed .Send for de.scriptive circular. 



My 2;VI00 breeder was awarded a $ti").0() prize by The 

 A. I. Root Co. for producing bees .showing the longest 

 tongue-reach on record. Competition was open to the 

 whole world. 



My specialty is queen-rearing 

 I rear two strains only — L,ong- 

 I tongue Red-clover Three-banded 

 and the Golden Five - banders 

 that work red clover as well as 

 the three-banders. These two 

 strains are the best bees in this 

 country, all things considered. 

 I furnish more dealers with 

 queens than any other breei'er 

 in this country. Why? Becnuse 

 the queens give their customers 

 the liest satisfaction. I insure all to l)e purelv matf d. 

 Untested, 75c each; tested, in April, 81 25 -after April, 

 $1 0) each. My former address was Caryville, Teun., 

 but my queen trade has doubled for several years and 

 I have moved to Texas. Remit by postal money order 

 to Daniel Wurth, Karnes City, l<arnes Co.. Texas. 



J. P. Moore, L. Box I.Morgan, Kentucky. 



Pendleton County. 



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 /^nM^'r queens are 

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

 are beyond description in the line of beauty. S ours 

 are the best for comb honey I ever saw. I want more 

 this spring — E. A. Ribble, Ro.xton, Tex., Feb. i<). igoj. 



/K. H. /.azvs: — The 75 queens (L,eather) from you are 

 dandies. I introduced one into a weak nucleus in 

 May, and in September I took 285 lbs. of h ney, lea%'- 

 ing is lbs for winter. My crop of honey last sen.soti 

 was 4K.(XX) lbs. I write you for prices on 50 nuclei and 

 150 Leather queens.— yoi<'/A Farns-vorth, Idaho Falls. 

 Idaho. Feb. i6. i<)0^. 



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

 e.\tra fine, guaranteed, each $:!.t0. Send for price list. 



W. H. Laws, Beeville, 1 exas. 



