. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. For a number of years we have been sending out to bee-keepers exceptionally fine Untested Italian Queens, purely mated, and all right in every respect. Here is what a few of those who received our Queens have to say about them : George W. York & Co.:—The two queens received of you some time ago are fine They are good breeders, and the workers are showing- up fine I Introduced them among black bees, and the bees are nearly yellow now, and are doing good work, Nemaha Co , Kan , July 16. A. W. Swax. George W. York & Co.:—After importing queens fo
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. For a number of years we have been sending out to bee-keepers exceptionally fine Untested Italian Queens, purely mated, and all right in every respect. Here is what a few of those who received our Queens have to say about them : George W. York & Co.:—The two queens received of you some time ago are fine They are good breeders, and the workers are showing- up fine I Introduced them among black bees, and the bees are nearly yellow now, and are doing good work, Nemaha Co , Kan , July 16. A. W. Swax. George W. York & Co.:—After importing queens for 15 years you have sent me the best She keeps y 1-2 Langstroth frames fully oc- cupied to date, and. although I kept the hive well contracted, to force them to swarm, they have never built a queen-cell, and will put up lOU pounds of honey if the flow lasts this week. Ontario, Canada July 22. Chas. Mitchell George W. York & Co.:—The queen I bought of you has proven a good one. and has given me some of the best colonies. Washington Co., Va., July 22. N. P. Oglesbt. George W York & Co.;—The queen I received of you a few days ago came through O. K . and I want to say that she is a beauty. I im- mediately Introduced her into a colony which had been queenless for 21) days. Shi? was accepted by them, and has gone to work nicely. I am highly pleased with her and your promptness in filling my order. My father, who 13 an old bee keeper, pronounced her very fine. You win hear from me again when I am In need of something in the bee line. E. E. McColm. Marlon Co., 111., July 13. We usually begin mailing Queens in May, and con- tinue thereafter on the plan of " first come first ; The price of one of our Untested Queens alone is 90 cents, or with the old American Bee Journal for one year—both for $ Three Queens (without Journal) would be $ or 6 for $ Full instructions for in- troducing are sent with each Queen, being printed on the underside
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