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two unrelated strains of pure Italians are of a bright 
golden color, extremely large, very vigorous and prolific, 
and very much superior in all respects to queens of either 
parent strain. 
Breeding Queen No. 2, is an imported queen from 
Italy selected by Signor Penna as a breeding queen. This 
is one of the finest pure Italians obtainable and produces 
— large and prolific queens of a dark brownish golden 
color. 
Breeding Queen No.3. This is an American three- 
banded golden queen imported from Jay Smith, of 
Vincennes, Indiana, one of the greatest queen breeders in 
the United States. 
Bees of this strain are exceptionally good honey 
producers, working well in sections and capping these 
even and white. The queens are large, very prolific, and 
of a bright golden color. 
Breeding Queen No. 4. A Ben Davis American 
five-banded golden queen imported from U.S. A. This 
queen is not the parent of the queens to be used for drone 
production in 1922: direct inbreeding will therefore not 
be practised. 
Queens raised from No. 1 Breeder will be available 
at all times from May 15th to September and will be sent 
unless definite orders to the contrary are received. 
In order to ensure prompt delivery of queens of the 
other strains orders must be placed well in advance. 
All queens are raised under the most ideal conditions, 
during the honey flow, in the strongest possible 20 to 30 
frame stocks under the supersedure impulse, the number 
of queen cells in each stock being strictly limited, in order 
to produce the finest queens it is possible to obtain. A 
far larger number could be produced if this method were 
not adopted, but this would be at the expense of quality. 
For full details of methods employed see Bee World, 1921. 
As the greatest care is taleen during the whole 
development from the egg until the queen is mated, and 
