ITALIAN QUEEN BEE 81 



are known to be purely mated and are ready 

 for market as Tested Italian Queens. 



I am proud of my blood, my staying 

 qualities and my price. But my American 

 managers, by using the latest methods of 

 these clever times, raise so many Queens of 

 my steadfast Italian type, that they now 

 sell worthy descendants of Queenie for one 

 dollar each. And their households, number- 

 ing from thirty to sixty thousands each, are 

 doing more in their searches for nectar to 

 pollenize and render fruitful the orchards 

 and the garden fruits, besides corn, shrubs, 

 vegetables and grasses of different kinds, 

 than many even intelligent people have any 

 idea of. Remember this when you see them 

 on an apple, plum, or clover blossom, and 

 lay the laws of mercy and prudence down 

 to that farmer or gardener, so thoughtless 

 of his own wallet and palate, as to spray his 

 trees or blooming small fruits while they are 

 in blossom, and thus poison us by millions. 



And remember, too, that while the 

 gracious Creator has bestowed upon my 



