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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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QUEENS 



Golden Italian & 

 Leather Colored 



Wai raiiteii to give satisfaction, those are the kind reared by Qulrin=the=Oueen=Breeder. We guarantee 

 every queen sent out to pleas^e you, or it may be returned inside of (iO days and another wll be sent 

 "gratis" Our business was established in 1S8S, our stock originated from the best and highest-priced 

 Long;-tong:ued Red-clover breeders in the U. S. We send out fine queens, and send them promptly. 

 We guarante safe delivery to any State, con'inental island, or European Country. 



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

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

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



A FEW TESTinONIALS. 



V. \' . Merilt, of No. 13 Breckenridge St., I^ex- 



ington, Kv.. writes: The bees sent tne last July 

 did splendidly. Rach 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 me last spring 

 are hustlers. 



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

 Your bets 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 



outstrip all others. Your stork excels in profit- 

 able results as well as in beauty. 



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. 



Queen-rearing is our specialty: we give it our undivided attention, and rear as many queens (perhaps 

 morel as any 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, 



Parkertown, 



OHIO. 



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 might be able 

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

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

 not tested your stock personally, I thought I knew 

 pretty well, from general reputation, its character. A 

 bee-keeper 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, 75c 

 each; six, J4 00; dozen, 87.50. Select untested, $1.00 

 each; six. Jo 00; dozen, $5).0O. Safe arrival and satis- 

 faction guaranteed Send for descriptive circular. 



My 2:5-100 breeder was awarded a S2-J.00 prize by The 

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

 tongue-reach on record. Competition was open to the 

 whole world. 



I am now filling orders by return mail, and shall 

 probably be able to do so till the clo.■^e of the sea.son. 



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



Pendleton County. 



QUEENS for BUSINESS and PROFIT 



These are to be had of Will Atchley. He is now 

 prepared to fill all orders promptly, and breeds six 

 different races in their purity. You must remember 

 that all of the PURE Holylands that now exist in the 

 U. S. originated from the Atchley apiaries, and they 

 have the only imported mothers known to the United 

 States. Untested queens from these races, 3 and 5 

 banded Italians, Cyprians, Albinos, Holylands, and 

 Carniolans, bred in their purity, from 5 to 35 miles 

 apart, February and March, $1.00 each, or f 9 00 per 

 dozen. All other months, 75c each, $4 25 for six, or 

 $8.00 per dozen. Tested queens of either race, from 

 $1.50 to |3.00 each. Breeders from S3. 50 to $10.00 each. 

 1, 2, and 3 frame nuclei and bees by the pound a spe- 

 cialty. Prices quoted on application. Safe arrival and 

 perfect satisfaction guaranteed. A trial order will 

 convince you. Price list free. WILL ATCHLEY, 



P. 0. Box 79, Beevllle. Bee County, Texas. 



Laws' Leather-colored Queens. 



Laws' Improved Goidea Queens. 



Laws' Holy Land Queens. 



IV. H. Laivs: — Your queens have proved to be excel- 

 lent. My apiary stocked with your /.^aZ/K-r queens are 

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

 are bej'ond description in the line of beauty, \ours 

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

 this spring— .£. A. Ribhle'. Roxton, Tex., Feb. /?, 1^03. 



IV. H. Laws:—'X\\t 75 queens (I.eather) from you are 

 dandies. I introduced one into a weak nucleus in 

 May. and in September I took 285 lbs. of honey, leav- 

 ing 48 lbs for winter. My crop of honey last season 

 was 4S,000 lbs. I write you for prices on 50 nuclei and 

 150 Leather queens.— yojr/A Farnsworth, Idaho Falls, 

 Idaho. Feb. 16. 1903. 



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

 extra fine, guaranteed, each $:?.t0. Send for price list. 



W. H. Laws, Beeville, Texas. 



