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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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Potatoes 500 Bbis. s^f^r.!i^s^re'^- 



i UIUIUUU n^jiH, !f,^.5 PIT barrel : Wilson's First 

 CliDice, American Wonder, Maggie Murphy, Green 

 Mountain, Iritth Daisy, Monroe Seedling. Victor, 

 Rose, Late Puritan, and Rural, tl.lK) per barrel; Car- 

 man Nil. 1. $1.50 per bari'el. New Craig free if you 

 remit 5c for postage, or any of the above for 15 days. 

 Circular free. Send draft or P. O. order. A. I. Root, 

 Medina, Ohio, publisher of Gleanings in Bee Cul- 

 ture, is one of my many customers who wrote, in 

 1893: " Friend Smith :— Your potatoes are really ex- 

 extra nice, was the wa.v in which we came to give 

 you $1.26 per bushel right straight through. Yours 

 respectfully, A. I. Root." 

 Bank refr-rences. S. J. SMITH, 



Seed and Stock Farm, Padelsfords, N. Y. 

 flease mention this papei' 



FOR SALE. — "M 



Pure Maple Syrup in 1-gallon tin cans, 80 

 cents; 5 or more, 75 cents each. 



Send for my free price list of Italian 

 Bees and White and Brown Ferrets. 

 N. A. KNAPP, Rochester, Ohio. 



FULL COLONIES OF ITALIAN BEES FOR $4.00. 



Are worth twice the money. Queens bred from 

 fine imported mother. Langstroth frames; 10- 

 frame hives. All combs built on foundation in 

 ■wired frames, and perfect. Send lor circular. 



T. M. KLOER, 426 Willow St., Terre Haute, Ind. 



Red=cIover Italians. 



My Italians gathered a big crop of honey from red 

 clover lust year. If you want large beautiful bees 

 for business, try them. One untested queen, 65c, 2 

 for SI. 25: 1 warranted 80c, 2 for SI 50: 1 tested, SI. 25; 

 1 select, S3. 00. Queens furnished in season, and sat- 

 isfaction guaranteed. 



C. M. HICKS, 

 HICKSVILUE, WASH. CO., MD. 

 Please mention thi.-< paper 



Fine Italian Bees and Queens. =:= 



Full colonies of bees, - - $5 00. 



Select tested queens, - - - 2 00. 



Untested queens, - - - 1.00. 



Virgin Italian queens. - - - .50. 



Hybrid queens, - - - ..50. 

 Safe arrival guaranteed. 

 Blackmer & Shearouse, Citra, Fla. 



r* HEAP for cash. Italian bees in 10- frame L. hive, 

 ^ $4.00; Italian queens, $1.00. Root's supplies fur- 

 nished on shnrt notice. Address 

 OTTO KLEINOW, 122 Military Ave, Detroit, Mich. 



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Prices reduced on 

 Dovetailed hives and 

 sections. A full line 

 of apiarian supplies in 

 stock to fill orders 

 promptl}', at lowest 

 prices for best goods. 

 Iiand. 3()-page catalog 



Japanese buckwheat seed on 

 free. , 



JOHN NEBEL & SON, High Hill, Mo. 



Please mention this paper 



Black and Hybrid Queens For Sale. 



I have a few mismated and hybrid queens to sell 

 at 20 to 30 cts. each. 



F. C. Morrow, Wallaceburg, Ark. 



I have 5 or 6 hybrid queens— younn, whose work- 

 ers are unexcelled, that i will deliver at once, for 50 

 cts. each. Safe delivery. 



Abbott L. Swinson, Goldsboro, N. C. Box 478. 



Wanted.— 40 mismated queens, daughters of im- 

 ported mothers, all of last season's rearing, i)erfect 

 and prolific; no golden Italian blood. State when 

 you can ship, and lowest price. 



Address Bee, 12 Oak St., Glens Falls, N. Y. 



in good new eight-frame L. hives, good 

 full swarms, W.OO; 3-frame nuclei, with 



WM. H. STANLEY^ Dixon, Lee Co., Illinois. 



OF EIGHTY COLONIES FOR SALE.-ltal- 



ians and hybrids, in new Dovetailed 

 hives: everything ready for business; 

 hives and fixtures to increase to 120 colonies; good 

 location. Purchaser can have use of honey-house 

 and yard this year. Write for terms. 



J. W. Caldwell, Steamboat Rock, Iowa. 



Wants and Exchange Department. 



Notices will be inserted under tliis head at one-half our usual 

 rate. Advertisements intended for this department must not 

 exceed five lines, and you must say .you want your adv't in this 

 department, or we will not be responsible for errors. You can 

 have the notice as many lines as you please; but all over five 

 lines will cost you according to our regular rates. This depart- 

 ment is intended only for bona-flde exchanges. Exchanges for 

 cash or for price lists, or notices offering articles for sale, can 

 not be inserted under this head. For such our regular rates of 

 20 c. a line will be charged and they will he put with the regu- 

 lar advertisements. We can not he responsible for dissatisfac- 

 tion arising from these " swaps." 



WANTED.— To exchange 300 three-frame breeding- 

 hives put together and painted, worth 50c, for 

 honey or beeswax. Wm. A. Selser. 



10 Vine St., Philadelphia. 



WANTED.— To exchange eggs, L. Brahmas, B. 

 Rocks, W. Blk. Buff Leghorns, for wax or 

 Fay's currant. J. Hallenbeck, Altamont, N. Y. 



WANTED.— One hur dred Simplicity ten-frame 

 Hat-bottom hive-bodies, and 1000 good brood 

 combs in exchange for honey, high-grade wheel 

 from factory (weight 23 lbs.) Send description with 

 price. W. L. Coggshall, West Groton, N. Y. 



WANTED.- To exchange safety bicycles, and an 

 Odell typewriter, for honey, beeswax, or gas- 

 oline or kerosene engine. J. A. Green, Ottawa, 111. 



WANTED.— To exchange 200 colonies of bees for 

 anything useful on plantation. 



Anthony Opp, Helena, Ark. 



WANTED.— To exchange raspberry and blackber- 

 ry plants, valued at 3^4.00 per 1000, and Japan- 

 ese buckwheat, for beeswax. 

 5-8 A. P. Lawrence, Hickory Corners, Mich. 



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ANTED.— To exchange Monarch feed-mill, good 

 as new, valued at $15.00, for offers. 



James P. Hall, Wyanet, Bureau Co., 111. 



WANTED.— To exchange second-hand hives, hives 

 in the flat, for any thing useful. Send for list. 

 J. F. Michael, Greenville, O. 



WANTED.— To exchange one bicycle, pneumatic 

 tire, single-tube, for grandfather 8-day clock; 

 machine run only about two months. 



L. L. ESENHOWER, Reading, Pa. 



ANTED.— Tested Italian queen.s, for Golden Wy- 

 jindotte Eggs. E. T. Abbott, St. Joseph, Mo. 



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WANTED —To exchange or sell a twenty-inch 

 pony planer. 



The Geo. Rall Mfg. Co., Galesville, Wis. 



IVANTRD— A position in apiary; age 23; single; 

 VV will work for $20.00 per month and board. No 

 objection to other woi-k in connection. Write at 

 once. P VV. Stahlman, Millfleld, Ohio. 



WANTED.— To exchange a 100-egg incubator, new, 

 or a World typewiiter, l)oth in perfect condi- 

 tion, for a power turning-latlie. 



C. W. Costellow, Waterboro, York Co., Me. 



WANTED.— To exchange Erie and Minewaska 

 blackberry; Turner, Hansell, Palmer, and Sou- 

 hegan raspberry-plants, or fine extracted honey, 

 for Japan plum, Dutchess and Bartlett pear, and 

 apple trees, or Warfleld, Haverland, and Lovet 

 strawberries. S. A. Jackson, Fort Wayne, Ind. 



