1903 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



647 



QUEENS 



Golden Italian & 

 Leather Colored 



Warranted to ^'we satisfaction, those are the kind reared by Qulrin=the=Oueen=Breeder. We guarantee 

 cvcrv 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 18SS, our stock originated from the best and highest-priced 

 Lonff-tongued Red=clover Breeders in the U, 5. We send out fine queens, and send them promptly. 

 We guarantee safe delivery to any State, continental island, or European Country. 



i'he 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. 1,. Gandy, of Humboldt, Nebr., 

 savs that he secured over 4(K) pounds of honey (mostly comb), from single colonies containing our queens. 



A FEW TESTinOMALS. 



P. V. Meritt, of No. !:> Breckenridge St., I.,ex- 

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

 did splendidly. Kach 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 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 y\x. , which is said to 



outstrip all others. Your stock excels in profit- 

 able results as well as in beauty. 



Price of Queens After 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. 



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

 more) 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 Bent'n, of Washington, D. C, whose 

 name is familiar to all progressive apiarists, says : 



"I have several tinres, in the conr 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 ati 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. l^anphear, of Vienna, 

 Va. — who got some queens of you on my reconjmen- 

 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 whv inv business has grown so fast. 



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

 winner, and other choice breeders : Untested, 7oc 

 each: six, f 4 00; dozen, 87.50. Select unte.s'ed, $1.C0 

 each; six, J.') (10; dozen, $9.00. ^afe arrival and satis- 

 faction guaranteed Send for descriptive circular. 



My 2:M0O breeder was awarded a $i").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 close of the season. 



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 S9 00 per 

 dozen. All other months, 7.5c each, $4 25 for six, or 

 |S 00 per dozen. Tested queens of either race, from 

 $1.50 to p,SXS each. Breeders from S3 59 to 810.00 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, Beeville, Bee County, Texas. 



Laws' Leatber-^colored Queens. 



Laws' Improved Golden Queens. 



Laws' Holy Land Queens. 



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

 lent. Mv apiary stocked with your leather queens are 

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

 are bevond description in the line of beauty. Vours 

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

 this spring—^. A. Ribble', Roxton, Tex., Feb. /?, 1903. 



IV. H. iMTvs.—The 75 queens (I.,eather) from you are 

 dandies. I introduced one into a weak nucleus in 

 Mav, and in September I took 28.5 lbs. of h'iney, leav- 

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

 was 4.S,(X)0 lbs. I write you for prices on 50 nuclei and 

 1-50 I,eather queens.— Jose/ih Farnsworth, Idaho Falls, 

 Idaho. Feb. 16. igo^. 



Prices of Queens: Each, 81.00; 12, $10.00 Breeders, 

 extra fine, guaranteed, each $;5.10. Send for price list. 



W. H. Laws, Beeville, Texas. 



