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WE ARE NOW BOOKING ORDERS FOR 



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for the season of 1920 and will be pleased to place your order on our E 



list for early shipment S, 



Every queen we send out is reared by me, personally, and I prom- E 

 ise you the very best stock I am capable of producing. 



Safe arrival, pure mating and entire satisfaction is our guarantee. E 



"Queens received. If their bees are as good as the queens, they E 

 will be 'Hum Dingers.' " — A. P. Berryman, McHenry, Kentucky. 



"Thank you very much for the excellent quality of queens you = 



sent and for the fine treatment you have given me." — Dr. L. E. Moore, = 



Gary, Indiana. E 



"Using no smoke or veil, I looked thru the hive containing your 5 



queen, which was as large as any I ever saw. Her ten frames of brood C 



completely covered with yellow bees was as pretty a sight as one cou--. S 



ever expect to see."— D. L. Shoaff, Shelbyville, Illino* E 



"Your bees are the best that 1 ever handle in my fifteen years of = 



beekeeping." — Percy Saunders, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. = 



"Your queens are the most beautiful of any I have ever seen." — E 



Kenneth L. Carlock, Baylis Illinois. E 



"The queen you sent me is such a beauty that I can hardly get her 3 

 off my mind." — F. J. Rettig, Wabash, Indiana. 



"The first lot of bees I got from you were fine, but the last were = 



better yet." — J. H. Warren, Elliott, Iowa. 2 



"The bees I got from you are the finest lot I ever saw and they = 

 don't try to sting." — Jacob Williamson, Riverton, Illinois. 



"The queen I got of you a year ago was the only one in my yard =. 



that gave a surplus " — Albert Hass, Louisville, Kentucky. E 



"The queen I got of you is sure some worker. Her bees have a 



made about three times as much honey as the others I have." — Henry = 



Fromberg, Crandall, South Dakota. 3 



"Your bees certainly are good stock." — H. L. Buchanan, Logans- E 

 port, Indiana. 



"You will be pleased to know the queen arrived in good shape and C 



is laying well." — E. A. Palmer, Empire Post Office, Panama Canal Zone. E 



JAY SMITH, Route 3. Vincennes, Ind. | 



= PRICE LIST— Select Untested Queens 



May 15 to July 1 



= One to four, inclusive $2.60 each 



D Five to nine, inclusive . 2.45 each 



= Ten or more 2.40 each 



July 1 to November 1. 



3 One to four, .inclusive 2.00 each 



= Five to nine, inclusive 1.95 each 



= Ten or more 1.90 each 



Bees by the Pound — After May 15. 



= One pound $4.00 



= Two pounds 7.00 



In lots of ten or more pounds, 5 per 

 booklet and complete price list. 



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BOOKS FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS 



Our Backdoor Neighbors, by Frank C. Pellett. An interesting account of the author's ex- 

 perience with wild creatures, $1.50. 



Langstroth on the Honeybee, revised by Dadant. The most complete book on beekeep- 

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1000 Answers to Beekeeping Questions, by Dr. Miller, $1.25. 



First Lessons in Beekeeping, by C. P. Dadant, $1.00. 



Beginner's Bee Book, by Frank C. Pellett, $1.25. 



Productive Beekeeping, by Frank C. Pellett, $2.50. 



Practical Queen Rearing, by Frank C. Pellett, $1.00. 



Life of the Bee, Maeterlinck. A wonderful story of the life within the hive. Not a text- 

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Honey Makers, by Margaret Morley. An interesting account of the part the bee has 

 played in the world's literature, $1.50. 



Flower and the Bee, by Lovell. An exhaustive account of the part played by the bees in 

 plant pollenation, $2.00. 



Embryology of the Honeybee, by Dr. Nelson. A technical account of the development of 

 the bee from the egg, $2.00. 



How to Keep Bees, by Anna Comstock, $1.20. 



Beekeeping, by E. F. Phillips. A comprehensive book, $2.00. 



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