May, 1913. 



lo-frame self spacing hive is properly made. 

 it will contain a properly made dummy, as 

 may be seen on page i?7 of Dr. Miller's book. 

 " Fifty Years .■\mong the Bees " The impor 

 tant feature of this dummy is that both sides 

 are smooth, with no raised parts or cleats to 

 destroy the beespace. I suggest that we 

 adopt a hive-body i6,'2X2o inches, outside 

 measure, as a standard for self-spacing 

 frames. But if Dr. Miller and others say it 

 requires Vz inch more. I gladly agree. 



The bees appear to he wintering nicely 

 here. I have never lost a colony from bad 

 wintering yet. I use sealed covers and no 

 upward ventilation. Did you ever try a hose 

 to test your colonies in winter? Just put 

 one end to the entrance, the other to your 

 ear and thump lightly. Why. it sounds as if 

 a large planing mill was in operation within 

 that little hive. W. L. Si'INK. 



Varysburg. N. Y. 



Bee-Keeping in Louisiana 



The question has been asked by some 

 northern man if bees couldn't be bought in 

 the South cheaper than they could be win- 

 tered in the N'orth ? 



I think the South can furnish the North 

 with bees after Feb. i. I looked in several 

 hives in two of my yards, and found 4 and s 

 frames of brood, young bees and drones. 



The black bees in this country are very 

 good honey-gatherers, and gentle. They are 

 not as good as the Italians, but they are all 

 right to start with. We also have what we 

 call the //V//t- ^/rti-zt bee. I have been among 



them but once, and don't care to try them 

 again. 



Since tlie pound-package is a success, bees 

 can be sent by express very cheaply. Fruit- 

 trees are in bloom, willow has budded out. 

 and will soon be helping the bees. Then 

 tupelo gum will come in: that is a good 

 honey-producer here. F. M. Morgan. 



Hamburg. La.. Feb. 2^. 



Wintering Bees Packed on the Summer 

 Stands 



Every colony wintered without loss, and 

 in fine condition. 



Twenty-two years ago sugar was very dear 

 in our country and honey was cheap I left 

 all supers on until all were sealed. In Sep- 

 tember I took off the supers and took all 

 combs out of the brood-chambers except 

 five and six combs of sealed honey. In early 

 spring t took out the division-board and 

 filled out the hives with combs of honev. As 

 soon as sugar got cheaper I extracted the 

 honey, and fed all colonies sugar syrup. 

 My hive has nine frames: plenty large 

 enough lo suit me. Wm. McEvoY. 



Woodburn. Ont.. March n. 



Shipping Bees Out of Monterey Co., Calif. 



Almost all of the bee keepers out here 

 were very much discouraged up to the pres- 

 ent rain storm, which tends to better the 

 prospects of a honey crop, although it will 

 take a great amount of rain to bring the 

 moisture down deep enough to last and be 



of any benefit to the sage flow, which we all 

 depend upon for surplus About three car- 

 loads of bees were shipped out of this 

 county during the last few months to avoid 

 the dry weather and the prevailing conta- 

 ginusdiseases. Wm Hackman.v. 



Salinas City. Calif . March r.. 



Wintered 4+ Colonies Without Loss 



I started a year ago with n colonies of 

 bees, and secured 3707 pounds of honey; 

 most of it in sections. I sold most of it at 

 n cents to the stores, and 12!^ cents for ex- 

 tracted. 



I have 41 colonies in the cellar. I may sell 

 about half of them, as I am in my 75th year, 

 and am too stiff to climb trees for swarms. I 

 have no trouble wintering in the cellar. My 

 cellar is dry I never had better honey than 

 this year. If I were ^o years youne I could 

 make money with my bees, as I learn some- 

 thing every year. Wm. Ci.earv. 



Algona. Iowa. March 11. 



No Winter Loss 



Bees have wintered well again. This is 

 now the 40th winter that I have wintered 

 without loss. In 187 :-72 I was cleaned out. I 

 then invented the chaff hive, which 1 long 

 ago discarded for something better. This 

 year I wintered 4 nuclei, but so far I have no 

 need for an extra queen. It is well, how- 

 ever, always to have extra queens on hand 

 in early spring. H. H. Flick. 



Murraysville, Pa.. March 10. 



Classified Department 



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 be inserted at 15 cents per line, with no dis- 

 counts of any kind . Notices here cannot be 

 less than two lines. If wanted in this de- 

 partment, you must say so when ordering. 



BEES AJVD QUEENS. 



Nutmeg Italian Queens, leather color. 

 After June I, $1.00. A.W.Yates. 



Hartford. Conn. 



Golden Queens that produce 5 andbband 

 bees Untested. $1.00; 'I'ested. $3-oo. 

 lAot Robert Inghram. Sycamore, Pa. 



For Sale— Pure Italian Queens, by return 

 mail; no disease. C. M. Scott & Co. 



1004 Wash. St.. Indianapolis. Ind. 



Bees and Queens from my New Jersey 

 apiary. J. H. M. Cook. 



i.\tf 70 Cortland St.. New York City. 



Improved golden-yellow Italian queens for 

 1913: beautiful, hustling, gentle workers 

 Send for price list. E. E. Lawrence. 



iA8t Doniphan. Mo. 



For Sale — Golden untested queens Bo cts. 

 each, or S3. 00 a dozen. Safe arrival guaran- 

 teed. D. F". Talley. R.F.D. 4. Greenville, Ala. 



For Sale.— Bees by the pound, i lb., ti.25: 

 M lb.. 75c. Italian Queens. Ji.oo each. 



J. B. Marshall. Big Bend. La. 

 Rosedale .Apiaries 



Select Mated Howe strain Queens. Send 

 for circular. One untested. Sr.oo; six for 

 $4.50; $8.50 per 12. Ready about June 10. 



D. G. Little. Hartley. Iowa. 



Queens — Improved red-clover Italians, 

 bred for business; June i to Nov. 15. Un- 

 tested queens. 75c; select. $1.00: tested. $1.25 

 each. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaran- 

 teed. lAiy H. C. Clemons. Boyd. Ky. 



Italian QuEENs-sband bred from the 

 best stock procurable for honey-gathering 

 qualities. Untested. June. Si. 00; after, 75c. 

 Tested. $1.50; select tested. S2.00 5.\4f 



R. A. Shults. R. F. D. 3. Cosby. Tenn. 



Golden Queens that produce Golden 

 Workers of the brightest kind. I will chal- 

 lenge the world on my Goldens and their 

 honey-getting qualities. Price. Si. 00 each; 



Tested, $2.00: Breeders. Ss-oo and Sio.oo. 

 2Atf J. B. Brockwell, Barnetts, Va. 



Golden Italian Queens, of best strain. 

 All cells built in strong colonies. No foul 

 brood or other disease. Untested. $1.00; 

 tested. Si.w. Cash with order. Booking or- 

 ders now. Delivery about .-April 15. 



4A3t Ben Robinson. Taylor. Tex. 



Golden and 3-band Italians, also gray Car- 

 niolan queens. Tested. $1 00 each; 3 or more 

 00c each. Untested. 73c each; 3to 6. 70c each; 

 6 or more, 65c each. Bees per lb. Si. 25: nu- 

 clei per frame. $1.50. A discount on orders 

 booked 30 days before shipment. lAtf 



Bankston & Lyon. Buffalo. Leon Co., Tex. 



QuiRiN's famous improved Italian queens, 

 nuclei, colonies, and bees by the pound, 

 ready in May. Our stock is northern-bred 

 and hardy; fiveyards wintered on summer 

 stands in itjoB and 1500 without a single loss. 

 F^or prices, send for circular. 

 Quirin-the-Queen-Breeder. Bellevue. Ohio. 



Golden and 3-band Italians, also gray Car- 

 nlolan queens. Tested. Si ooeach; 3 or more 

 00c each. Untested. 75c each; 3 to 6. 70c each; 

 t> or more. 65c each. Bees per lb. Si. 25; nu- 

 clei per frame. Si. 50. A discount on orders 

 booked 30 days before shipment 3Atf 



C. B. Bankston, Buffalo. Leon Co., Tex. 



For Sale— Choice Golden Queens that 

 produce Golden bees equal to any. 



Wm. S. Harnett. Harnett's, Virginia. 



Moore's Strain and Golden Italian Queens. 

 Untested, $1 00; six, $5.00; twelve. So 00. Car- 

 niolan. Banat and Caucasian Queens, select. 

 $1-25; six. S&oo; twelve. Sio.oo. Tested, any 

 kind. Si. 50; six. S8 00 Choice breeders. S3 00. 

 Circular free. W. H. Rails. Orange, Calif. 



Three-Banded Italian Queens— Noth- 

 ing but the Leather Colored Bees bred by 

 me. if you want supers of honey, use my 

 Queens. Perfect Queens of Quality or money 

 refunded. Si 00 each, or S" 00 per dozen. 



>;.-\2t C. S. Engle, Beeville. Tex. 



One of our customers J. \. Carnes, M. D.. 

 Mt. Carmel. Pa writes: "Your bees are 

 evenly marked; all golden but the tip. They 

 are the most GENTLE bees I ever handled." 

 Untested queens. Si 00 each. Send for whole- 

 sale prices. C. W. Phelps ^; Son. 



3 Wilcox. St.. Binghamton. N. Y. 



Three-Banbed Italian Queens and Bees. 

 Untested queen. 75c each; six, S4.25; twelve. 

 S8.00. Tested. $1.25 each: six. S/ 00: twelve. 

 St2.oo. For select queens add 25c each to the 

 above prices. Nuclei without queens, i- 



frame Si. 75: 2-frame. Ss 00; 3-frame. $3.50 For 

 nuclei in quantity lots, and bees by the lb., 

 write for prices and circular. 5.A6t 



Robert B. Spicer. Wharton, N. J. 



We will requeen all our 2000 colonies this 

 spring with young queens bred from our 

 best home and imported Italian stock. We 

 offer the one-year old queens removed from 

 these hives at 40c each; untested queens, 

 this year's breeding. 00c each. Special re- 

 duced prices for 100 or more, either old or 

 young. We breed for business, not looks. 

 No disease; delivery guaranteed. Book or- 

 ders now to insure early delivery. 



Spencer .\piaries Co.. Nordhoff, Calif. 



Three-Hand Italian Queens. Untested. 

 $1.00; tested. Si.5o; 2-frame nucleus. S2 50. with 

 the price of queen added, isyears a breeder. 

 Full colony in lo-frame dovetailed Danz. 

 hive. Descriptive circular free. 5A2t. 



J. W. Leib. Ohio Ave.. Columbus. Ohio. 



For Good Queens and Quick Service. 

 you can't do better than place your order 

 with me. I am prepared to handle any size 

 of order at the following prices Carniolan. 

 3-band Italian and Golden : One untested 

 queen. Si 00; six for $540; twelve for $0.60. 

 One tested queen. $150; six for $3.40; twelve 

 for $15.60 One-frame nuclei, untested queen. 

 $2.50: six i-frame. $1500; one-frame nuclei, 

 tested queen. $3.00; six i-frame. $1740. Full 

 colonies, one for $7.50; two for $14.00. If more 

 frames are wanted than are listed, add $1.00 

 each for as many frames as are wanted with 

 nuclei. No disease, and satisfaction guaran- 

 teed. W. J. Littlefield. 



1015 W. 7th St.. Little Rock. .-\rk. 



Choice Queens from June to Sept. i at 

 $1.00 each; six for $5.00. Place orders now, 

 and have them filled in rotation. sAtf 



D.J. Blocher. Pearl City. III. 



HOXEY AND BEESWAX 



"Null's F.-\mous Melilot's Honev." 

 Sample for stamp. Null Co.. Demopolis. Ala. 



Wanted— Comb and extracted honey, and 

 beeswax. Write us. Hildreth & Segelken. 

 265 Greenwich St. New York City. 



Wanted — Comb, extracted honey, andj 

 beeswax. R. A. Burnett & Co.. 



6Ai2t 173 S. Water St.. Chicago, III. 



Wanted—'-! pound packages of Bees fo^ 

 15 prize winning S. C. Black Minorca Eggr 

 or $1.00. J. G. Burtis, Marietta. N. Y. 



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