February, 1918 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



WANTED. — 50 colonies of bees in lOframc hivrs, 

 deliverv about May 1st. Must be free from disease. 

 G. Herrick, 12110 Parnell Ave., West Pullman, Ills. 



OLD COMBS WANTED. — Our steam wax-presses 

 will get every ounce of beeswax out of old combs, 

 cappings, or slum^m. Send for our terms and 

 our new 1918 catalog. Wo will buy your sliare of 

 the wax for cash or will work it into foundation for 

 you. Dadant & Sons, Hamilton, Illinois. 



PARTNER WANTED. — I would furnish site, 

 with large live oaks for shade and also some cash, 

 to experienced high-class beekeeper with little money 

 who is willing to act as partner in fine white-clover 

 section. No bees here, except few colonies. Write 

 quick for immediate preparations for start. Men- 

 tion qualifications, etc. 



C. M. Elfer, St. Rose, Louisiana. 



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REAL ESTATE 



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A small California farm earns more money with 

 less work. Raise the crops you know aboutr— alfalfa, 

 wheat, barley, etc. — also oranges, grapes, olives, and 

 figs. Ideal for dairying, pigs, and chickens. No 

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POULmY 



FOR SALE. — Baby chicks. Rose Comb Reds nnd 

 single comb White Leghorns, pure bred, $12.00 per 

 hundred. Book vour orders early. 



O. C. Rhodes, North Hampton, Ohio, R. D. No. 1. 



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BEES AND QUEENS 



Finest Italian cjueens. Sen i for bookie: and piice 

 li,'<t .1;.-. Smith, 1159 DeWolf St., Vin-euuos, Ind. 



BUSINESS-FIRST QUEENS.— Three banded and 

 goldens and Belgian hares. Tested queens $2.00 by 

 return mail. Send for price list. 



M. F. Perry, Bradentown, Fla. 



When it's GOLDEN it's PHELPS. Try one and 

 you vnll be convinced. O. W. Phelps Sc Son. 



Well-bred bees aad queens. Hives and svipplies. 

 J. H. M. Cook, 84 Courtland St., New York. 



FOR SALE. — Bees, queens, and honey in their 

 season. H. G. Quirin, Bellevue, O. 



Italian queens, and bees by the pound, for «8le 

 early. H. E. Graham, Gause, Texas. 



FOR SALE. — 1918 Golden Italian queens; price 

 list free. Write E. E. Lawrence, Doniphan, Mo. 



When, it's GOLDEN it's PHELPS. Try one and 

 be convinced. 



C. W. Phelps & Son, Binghamton, N. Y. 



Hardy northern-bred 3banded Italian queens. 

 June 1,' untested, $1.00 each; $9.00 per doz. 



A. E. Crandall & Son, Berlin, Conn. 



Vigorous prolific Italian queens, $1 ; 6, $5, June 

 1. My circular gives bast methods of introducing. 

 A. V. Small, 2.302 Agency Road, St. Joseph, Mo. 



Tested leather-colored queens, $2.00; after Jvne 

 1, $1.50; untested, $1.00; $10.00 per dozen, return 

 mail. A. W. Yates, 3 Chapman St., Hartford, Conn. 



Ti-y ALEXANDER'S Italian queens for resuhs. 

 Untested, each, 75 cts. ; 6 for $4.25; $8 per dozen. 

 Bees by the pound. C. F. Alexander, Campbell, Cal. 



Write for prices on bees and queens in pound 

 pkgs. : also 2-fr. nuclei. 



Mrs. T. H. Carruth, Big Bend, La. 



"SHE SUIT ME" Italian queens; $1.00 from 

 May 15th to Oct. 15th. 



Allen Latham, Norwichtown, Conn. 



FOR SALE.— Pine Italian queens at 90 cts. 

 each; $9.00 per doz. Ready April 15, safe arrival 

 guaranteed. T. J. Talley, Rt. 3, Greenville, Ala. 



Italian queens, THE HONEY GATHERERS. 

 Price one dollar each, nine dollars a dozen. Edith 

 M. Phelps, 259 Robinson St., Binghamton, N. Y. 



We have several hundred pounds of bees and 3- 

 banded Italian queens for sale, April 1st delivery; 

 safe arrival guaranteed. Write for prices. J. A. 

 Jones & Son, Hope Hull, Montgomery Co.. Ala. 



My bright Italian queens will be ready to ship 



April 1 at $1.25 each; virgin queens, 50 cts. Send 



for price list of queens, bees by the pound and 



nucleus. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 



M. Bates, Rt. 4, Greenville, Ala. 



Golden and 3-banded Italian queens will be our 

 specialty. We can also furnish Carniolans. Te6t?d, 

 $1.00 each; untested, 75 cts. each. Bees per lb., 

 $1.50; nuclei, per frame, $1.50. Send your order 

 for bees early. 



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



TENNESSEE-BRED QUEENS. — My three-band 

 strain that has given such universal satisfaction for 

 over 40 years. Orders filled promptly or money re- 

 funded bv first mail. 1000 nuclei in use. Tested, 

 in June $1.75; untested, $1.00; in July, $1.50 and 

 75 cts. Postal brings circular. 



John M. Davis, Spring Hill, Tenn. 



THREE B.ANDED ITALIANS ONLY; queens, 

 packages and nucleus, iintested queens each, $1.00; 

 6, $4.25; 12, $8.25. Write for prices in larger 

 lots, also nucleus and pkgs. Booking orders now. 

 If you consider quality, pure mating and low pric«, 

 I am vour queen-breeder. 



H. G. Dunn, The Willows, San Jose, Calif. 



I can spare several hundred pounds Italian bees 

 with fine young Italian queens, in one or two 

 pound packages, delivery in June anfl loxderB 

 booked now, no deposit required. Safe arrival C7iar- 

 anteed. Price: One lib. pkg. and queen, $3.00; 

 ten or more, $2.80 each. One 2-lb. pkg. and queen, 

 $4.50 ; ten or more, $4.20. 



J. B. Hollopeter, Rockton, Pa. 



