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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Queens == 1903 == Queens. 



We have ten different yards five to twenty miles 

 apart, where Italians, Cj'prians, Holylands, Carnio- 

 lans, and Albinos, are bred for business. Tested 

 queens, |1 50; SS.OO for (i; $15.00 per dozen. Untested, 

 $1 00 each: $.5.00 for ti ; 89.00 per dozen. Our best and 

 finest breeders, $5.00 each. One and two frame nuclei 

 a specialty. Bees and Queens in any quantitv to suit 

 purchaser. Safe arrival and reasonable satisfaction 

 guaranteed. ORDER "The Southland Queen," $1.00 

 per year. Send for sample copy and our UIOIS catalog; 

 tells how to raise queens and keep bees for profit. 

 Root's Supplies. 



The Jennie Atchley Co., Box 18, Beeville, Tex. 



Readers ^Gleanings 



desiring to know the results of my forty years' expe- 

 rience in rearing queen-bees, and to learn of my new 

 process of producins; queens, can do so by purchasing 

 a copy of IMPRO'VED QUEEN - REARING. The 

 book and a valuable Adel breeder sent by mail for 

 |2. Pr< spectus and catalog ready. Adel bees have a 

 world-wide reputation. 



Henry Alley, Wenham, Mass. 



DURING SEPTEMBER, 1901, 



the United .States Department of Agriculture imported 

 a lot of queens from the Province of Bergamo. Italy, 

 one of which was sent to me to be tested For prohf- 

 icness and industry she and her offspring are second 

 to none, and I am now prepared to fill orders prompt- 

 ly with her daughters or the best golden queens at 

 $1.00 each or $9 00 per dozen. M. O. office, Warrenton. 

 W. H. Pridgen, Creek, Warren Co., N. C. 



100 = Mounted = Queen=cells 



and one sample of the Stanley Cell protector 



or Introducing-cage, for 70 cents postpaid. 



-A.x-tl»x».i- S-tanlesT^, X3i3Koxa, Xllinois. 



ITALIAN tSEES FOR SALE ! 



Full colonies, $1.00; three frames, with queen, 8;2.25; 

 two frames with queen, %l 00; one frame, SI. 50; queen, 

 81-00. Mrs. A. A. Simpson, Swarts, Pa. 



Pure Italian Queens in State of Washington ! 



Untested. $1.00; tested, $1..50; after June, 25c less for 

 either. Queens are reared by the swarming process. 

 Mismating will be rare if ever. I keep only pure 

 stock. Robt. Mirring, Dryad, Lewis Co., Wash. 



The World's Recnrd '^°'^ ^^^^^ yields of hon- 



1 lie TT Ul lU a IVCCUI U ey my ^ees have stood 

 the test for 30 years Italian queen mo hers a special- 

 ty. If you want to see the best and most novel queen- 

 cage ever invented for introducing safely. Send for a 

 queen and you will get one. Circular free. 



F. Boomhower, Gallupville, N. Y. 



Bred for Work Jribe?t T^a dsfacul^; 



bred from selected stock; 

 best of workers: very gentle, and fine color. Untested 

 75c each: six, *4 25; twelve, $8.00. Tested, 81.00; six,' 

 85.00: dozen, $9.50. 



Harold Hornor, Terrace Apiaries, Mt. Holly, N. J. 



HONEY=QUEENS, GOLDEN ITALIAN 



are hustlers, and their bees are gentle and can not 

 be excelled gathering honev. Untested, 90c; tested, 

 $1.00; breeder, extia fine. $i.0O, none better. 



H. C. IRIESCH, Jr., Dyer, Ark. 



RED-CLOVER ITALIAN QUEENS, guaranteed to 

 work on red clover; bred for business, in full col- 

 onies; honev gathering and winteiing qtialities are 

 prime object. Unteste<l, $1 00; tested, $2.00 to $4.50. 

 After July 1, untested, 75c; tested, $1.50 to $3.50. Send 

 for circular list. I. F. Miller, Knox Dale, Pa. 



Carniolans arid 



T4 <^ 1 « <^ ir> Ci CHoice Qtieei\s 



liaiiails^* 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. 



ItaliaTkS. Gentle, prolific, swarm very little, fine 

 workers, and a red-clover strain. 



THe Camiolan»Italian Cross. A cross 

 giving the combined qualities of each race, are 

 hustling workers, the coming bee for comb honey. 

 One untested queen, $1; 6 for $5; 12 for $9. Tested, 

 $1 50. Best breeder, $.3. Best imported breeder, $5. 

 For full colonies, one or two frame nuclei, large or- 

 ders for queens, send for descriptive price list. Orders 

 booked now will be filled when desired. 



F. A. LocKHart (Sb Co., Caldwell, N. Y. 



You Require 

 I Supply 



PERFECT ftUEENS 



Norristown, Pa., March 14, 1903. 

 Dear Sir. — Find inclosed $1.00 for one untested Gold- 

 en queen. ... I wish you would send a queen just 

 like I bought of you last spring. It is one of the best 

 and prettiest queens I ever had. At present my apiary 

 numbers 35 colonies. Yours truly. 



Henry A. Markley. 

 These queens are giving general satisfaction. Try 

 some. Address 



GEO. J. VANDE VORD, Daytona, Fla. 



When you need Queens 



and want your order filled at once with the best queens 

 that money can buy, we can serve you and guarantee 

 satisfaction. We have a fine strain of Italians that can 

 not be excelled as honej'-gatherers. We can furnish 

 queens from either imported or home-bred mothers. 

 Choice tested, $1.00 each. Untested, 75c; $8.00 per doz. 



J. W. K. Shaw & Co., Loreauville, La. 



HERE'S IHE place 



FOR GOOD QUEENS PROflPTLY. 



We are too busy raising queens to write big ads. Our 

 customers like our queens, and we think you would 

 too. We rear by best methods from best stock, and 

 guarantee good queens. Our prices for select, 81.00; 

 six, as they run, 84.50 ; twelve, $8.00. Free circular. 



J. B. CASE, Port Orange, Fla. 



Do You Know that you could come nearer getting what 

 you want, and when you want it, from the New Cen- 

 tury Queen-Rearing Co. (John W Pharr & C. B. Banks- 

 ton), than anywhere in the United States? Untested, 

 50c.; tested. 3 and 5 band, 75c: all other races, 81.00. 

 Send for circular. Berclair, Goliad Co., Texas. 



"Dollar Italian Queens" 



Ready for delivery May 10. Send for price list. 



E. E. Lawrence, : Doniphan, Missouri. 



QUEENS DIRECT FROIV! ITALY 



Fine, reliable. Bnglish price list sent on application. 

 Beautiful results obtained last year. OUR MOTTO — 

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

 ye even so to them. " Address 



MALAN BROTHERS, Luserna. San G-iovanni, ITALY. 



piNE QUEENS FROH THE BLACK HILL APIARIES 



■ Golden and Uong-tongue. Write for price list. 

 Reference, G. F. Davidson & Son. 



Carver & Mathis, Props., Verdi, Texas. 



