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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 15 



3-BANDED ITALIAN BEES. 



The best all-round bees on earth. My stock is 

 composed of selections from my own strain of 

 3-banded Italians that were awarded diploma at 

 the Pan-American Exposition, and The A. I. 

 Root Co. clover stock. , 



Tested queens, $1.50: select tested queens, $2.00; 

 fair breeding queens, $3.00; extra select breeders, 

 $5.00 — ready to go promptly. Untested 1907 

 queens, $1.00; select untested queens, $1.25— ready 

 early in March. Yours for a prosperous 1907. 



W. O. VICTOR, 



Queen Specialist, Hondo, Texas. 



QUEENS o/ 



MOORE'S STRAIN OF ITALIANS 



Produce workers that fill the supers, and are not in- 

 clined to swarm. They have won a world-wide repu- 

 tation for honey-gatheringr, hardiness, gentleness, etc. 

 Mr. W. Z. Hutchinson, editor of the Bee-keepers' i?c- 

 ?)««(«, Plint.Mich., says: "As workers, I have never seen 

 them equaled. They seem possessed of a steady, quiet 

 determination that enables them to lay up surplus 

 ahead of others. Easier bees to handle I have never 



My queens are all bred from my best long-tongued 

 three-banded red-clover stock (no other race bred in 

 my apiaries), and the cells are built in strong colonies 

 well supplied with young bees. 



PRICES: Untested queens, $1 each; six, $5; doz., $9. 

 Select, untested, $1.25 each; six, $6; doz., $11. 



Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 



Descriptive circular free. Address 



J. P. Moore, Queen-breeder, Rt. 1, Morgan, Ky. 



ITALIAN 

 QUEENS 



Bred from the best stock 

 this country can pro- 

 duce. Bright golden 

 and 3-banded queens; 



ready May 20th. I am 



now booking orders, which will be filed and filled in 

 rotation. After May 20th, all orders will receive 

 prompt attention. Untested queens, 60cts.; six for 

 $3.35., or $6 50 per doz. Tested, $1.00, or six for $5.50. 

 Two-frame nuclei (Danzenbaker or Hoffman frame), 

 with young queen, after June 1st, $2.00. 

 Geo. W. Barnes, Box 340, Nor-walK, O. 



Itsilic3^i\ Queens ^ ^ >^ 



Golden, Three-banded, or Leather-colored. Write for 

 circular to-day. . Prices right. . Queens all right. 

 Robt B. McCain, Rt. 1, Os'we^o, 111. 



Queens from G5 Cents XJp ! 



Bred from Root's Imported Italians. 

 Write for prices, stating wants. . . 

 C. M. CKtxrcH, Arnold. Pa. 



MILLER'S Red-Clover Italian QUEENS 



From IDEAL and GBEEN VALLEY Apiaries. 

 Guaranteed to please or money refunded; bees roll 

 the honey in; no better hustlers. 10 per cent discount 

 on all orders. Write for circular and price list. 

 I. F. MILLER, . REYNOLDSVILLE, PA. 



Golden and 3-band Italians, C^a 

 Honey-getters -one for .. . wUw 



$6.00 per dozen. Twenty years 

 a c)ueen-breeder. Safe arrival. 

 W. J. FOREHAND, Fort Deposit, Ala. 



ITALIAN QUEENS 



Golden or dark; untested, $1.00; tested. $1.50. 

 C. D. BENTON, AKIN, N. Y. 



MOTT'S LONG-TONGUED 



IMPORTED QUEENS! 



Also Goldens. Nuclei a specialty. Untested, 75 cts.; 

 tested, $1.25. Write for prices. Postal-orders drawn 

 on Decatur, Mich. E. E. MOTT, Glenwood, Mich. 



QUEENS! and NUCLEI! 



Circulars free. D. J. BLOCKER, Pearl City, 111. 



DEWEY AUTOMATIC FOUNDATION FASTENER. 



•' Your automatk' starter-fastener is all you claim for 

 it— the best on tlie market."'— DooLiTTLE & Clark. 

 $5.00 reward. I will pay the person securing the greatest num- 

 ber of starters, in 15 minutes, this reward to establish a record. 

 Write for particulars and testimonials. 



E. H. DEWEY. Great Harrington, Mass. 



NEW IMPROVED BEE-SUPPLIES. 



Hives, L. size; improved covers, adjustable slide at 

 entrance; can be put on any standard hive. Supers 

 can use five different-size sections; brood-frame — use 

 comb for starters; smoker— no valve, central draft; 

 feeder — used on anv kind of hive or box. Send for 

 catalog. L. RIEBEL, Chariton, Iowa. 



AMERICAN POULTRYMAN 



Most Practical Poultry Journal Published. 

 Devoted to Profitable Farm, Poultry, and 

 the allied Interests of the Farmer and 

 Ruralist, their wives and children. 



26th year. Beautifully printed and illustrated. 

 Up-to-date and helpful. Best known writers; 

 show how to succeed. Specially edited for women 

 and children. SO cents per year. Special intro= 

 duction offer to new annual subscribers until 

 Sept. 1, 1907. Only 25 cents, or for 30 cents we 

 will include a large illustrated poultry book in- 

 valuable to every one interested. Stamps ac- 

 cepted. Sample copy free. Don't miss this offer. 



AMERICAN POULTRYMAN, 

 Department B. C. Springfield, Ohio. 



METAL MOTHERS. 



Complete fireproof Hatching 

 and Brooding plant for $7.50; 2 

 qts. oil will hatch and brood the 

 chicks. Our nest system is the 

 latest discovery. Full line poul- 

 try supplies. Lowest priqes. 

 Free catalog. Write to-day. 

 CYCLE HATCHER CO. 

 Box 223. Flmlra, N. Y. 



