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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



February, 1918 



Bright Italian queens, ready April 15th, $1.00 

 each. Safe arrival guaranteed. Write for prices 

 of larger quantities. 



W. W. Talley, Greenville, Ala., Rt. 4. 



QUEENS. — Golden Italians, Imported Blue Rib- 

 bon strain — the kind that gets results, $1.00 each, 

 ready May 10th. Delivery guaranteed. 



J. W. Rice, Ft. Smith, Ark. 



Now is the time (not tomorrow^) to place your 

 order for bees and queens. A postal brings you the 

 story of a pound package of bees and a queen. 



J. B. Marshall & Son, Rosedale Apiaries, Big 

 Bend, La. 



Golden Italian queens that produce golden bees; 

 the highest kind, gentle, and as good honev-gatherers 

 as can be found; each $1.00; 6, $5.00; tested, 

 $2.00; breeders, $5.00 to $10.00. 



J. B. Brockvs^ell, Barnetts, Va. 



FOR SALE. — Three-band Italian queens from 

 best honev-gathering strains obtainable. Untested 

 queens, 75 cts. ; 6, $4.25; 12, $8.00. Safe arrival 

 and satisfaction guaranteed. 



W. T. Perdue, Ft. Deposit, Ala. 



GOLDENS THAT ARE TRUE TO NAME. — Queen 

 nucleus and bees by the pound. We receive hun- 

 dreds of testimonials annually, write for list. Un- 

 tested queens each, $1.00; 6, $4.25; 12, $8.25, write 

 for prices in lots. We are now booking orders for 

 early delivery. 



Garden City Apiaries, San Jose, Calif. 



FOR SALE. — April the 15th is the date on which 

 we can ship you the best three-banded bees and 

 queens on the market; we have been in the bee 

 business continually for twenty-four years and have 

 been striving to secure the best three-banded bees 

 which money could buy and skill produce, all these 

 years. Judging from the many letters we have 

 received from satisfied customers, we have suc- 

 ceeded in our efforts. We believe we can furnish 

 you with the best honey-gatherers to be found any- 

 where. You will find our nuclei better filled with 

 bees and brood than any other nuclei you can buy. 

 All our bees are on standard, vrired, Hoffman 

 frames : full sheets of foundation. File your orders 

 now, sending money M'hen you want the bees shipped. 

 Satisfaction and safe arrival guaranteed. We quote 

 you without queen, as follows : Thi-ee-frame nuclei, 

 $2.50; two-frame nuclei, $2.00; one-frame nuclei, 

 $1.50; three pounds bees, $3.50; two pounds bees, 

 $2.50; one pound bees, $1.75. If queen is wanted 

 with bees add price of queen wanted. Young, un- 

 tested queens, $75 cts: young, tested queens, $1.00. 

 The Hyde Bee Company, Ploresville, Texas. 



HELP WANTED 



WANTED. — Experienced bee-man for next sea- 

 son. State terms. R. S. Becktell, Rifle, Colorado. 



WANTED. — Man to take care of bees and work 

 on small farm. P. J. Rettig, Wabash, Ind. 



WANTED. — Experienced and inexperienced help 

 for bee and queen yards. 



The Stover Apiaries, Mayhew, Miss. 



WA.NTEp.— Experienced, capable bee-man. Per- 

 manent position. Give reference, state wages. 



W. J. Stahmaiui, Clint, Tex., El Paso Co. 



WANTED. — Middle-aged man with some experi- 

 ence to work in bees, season 1918. State age, wages 

 and experience in first letter. 



Prank Alexander, Delanson, N. Y. 



WANTED. — A good reliable man to work on farm 

 and help in bees. State wages and qualifications in 

 first letter. Address 



E. G. Shearing, Buhl, Idaho, Route 4. 



WANTED. — Position by young man, age 24, 

 in nearby or southern states as student helper in 

 large apiaries. Have had snine experience with 

 bees. Please state wages in first letter. 



Henry JJggers, Eau Olaire, Wis., R. P. D. 1. 



^V.-VNTED. — .V practical beekeeper to care far 400 

 colonies of tees; ri n for comb hone}', season of 

 1918. State wages wanted, experience, etc. 



Wm. Ijindenmeier, Jr., Box 464, Ft. Collins, Colo. 



WANTED. — Good temiierate man to work with bees 

 or poultry, 100 feet house-apiary. Shares or salary. 

 Good place for man who can make it pay. 



Wm. Robinson, 206 No. 9th St., LaPayette, Ind. 



Two experienced men wanted for comb-honey pro- 

 duction. Give age, experience and wages with ref 

 ereuces. Work for entire season. 



B. P. Smith, Jr., Fromberg, Mont. 



WANTED. — Man of good habits, to assis't with 

 1000 colonies of bees and small farm. Good chance 

 to learn. State age, experience, and wages expect- 

 ed. N. L. Stevens, Venice Center, N. Y. 



WANTED.- — Young man to assist in caring for 

 600 colonies run for extracted honey ; must have 

 some experience; board and room furnished. State 

 age and wages. 



B. B. Coggshall, Groton, N. Y., Rt. 12. 



WANTED. — Pior the honey season of 1918, two 

 students of good clean habits, willing and able to 

 work. Board given, and more if conditions are 

 favorable. 



R. P. Holtermann, Brantford, Ontario, Canada. 



HELP WANTED. — A good reliable man to work 

 on a small farm and help take care of 400 swarms 

 of bees. Would lease the complete outfit to re- 

 sponsible party. Good locations for all the tees. 

 Address S. R. Stewart, Newcastle, Colo. 



WANTED. — Industrious young man, fast worker, 

 as a student helper in our large bee business for 

 1918 season. Truck used for out-yards and haul- 

 ing. Apiaries located near summer resorts. Will 

 give results of long experience and board and 

 small wages. Give age, weight, experience, and 

 wages in first letter. 



W. A. Latshaw Co., Clarion, Mich. 



WANTED. — Young men of energjr and character, 

 of clean habits, not eligible for military duty, as 

 helpers in our extensive liee-business. Fine chance 

 to learn. Write immediately, giving wages, age, 

 height, weight, experiences, and references all in first 

 letter, or expect no answer. 



E. F. Atwater, Meridian, Idaho. 



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TRADE NOTES 



BEESWAX. 



The beeswax market during recent weeks warrants 

 our raising the price. We will pay for average qual- 

 ity dulivevfd at Mediup. 38 cents I'ash, 40 cents 

 trade. We will pay 1 to 2 cents extra for choice yel- 

 low. Price at Calif, branches will be 2 cents per 

 pound less; at other branches 1 cent per pound 

 less to cover cost ol transportation to Medina. Be 

 sure your shipment is in double sacks and bearins 

 your name and address as shipper so we can identi- 

 fy it on arrival. Be prepared for delays in delivery 

 as shipments ai'e moving slowly and are frequently 

 held up by eml;argoes. The A. I. Root Co. 



D9D SEEDS 



GOOD AS CAN BE GROWN 

 Prices Below All Others 



I will give a lot of new 

 sorts free with every order 

 I fill. Buy and test. Return 

 If not O. K. — money refunded. 



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 and your neigrhbors' addresses. 

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