February, 1916. 



American ^ee Journal 



Queens from my honey-eathering stock 

 i and 5 band Italians. Bred in separate 

 yards. Queens the rest of the season— one, 

 750 ; six. $4.00; 12. $700; 25, $i.?. Safe arrival 

 and satisfaction euarannteed 



D. E. Brothers, Attalla, Ala. 



Phelps' Golden Italian Queens combine 

 the Qualities you want. They are great 

 honey gatherers, beautiful and gentle. 

 Mated, $1.00: six, $5.00; Tested, $300; Breed- 

 ers, $5.00 and Jio. C.W. Phelps & Son, 



3 Wilcox St., Binghamton, N. Y. 



Good Italian Queens, prompt service, 

 by a new advertiser, but an old Queen 

 breeder. Queens mailed to purchaser in a 

 new style introducing cage that is safe, sim- 

 ple and sure. Write for price list on queens 

 nuclei or full colonies. Queens and nuclei 

 ready June 1. J. F. Diemer, Liberty. Mo. 



Queens — Early Queens, Golden or 

 Leather-Colored Italians, one select un- 

 tested, $1.00. b.U^S: 12. JSoo. Tested, Ji. 25. 

 Best breeder, $5 00. Early Swarms of Young 

 Bees in light screen cage a specialty. One i- 

 Ib. package. $1 25; one 2-lb., $2.25, queen ex- 

 tra. For ten or more write for price; also 

 nuclei and full colonies. Orders booked 

 now for bees and queens, both ready for de- 

 livery March 15 and after. Safe arrival, 

 prompt service and satisfaction guaranteed. 

 Circular free. J. E. Wing. 



155 Schiele Ave., San Jose, Calif. 



Largest Apiaries in the southwest for 

 sale in lots to suit purchaser up to 1300 colo- 

 nies. Nine good locations. Up-to-date equip- 

 ment. Located in heart of large alfalfa 

 region of southern New Mexico. Assured of 

 perpetual water supply climate. Bees win- 

 ter well out-of-doors. No spring dwindling. 

 Three miles from State Agricultural Col- 

 lege and town of 5000. Owners have other 

 interests and can't devote time to bees, so 

 will sacrifice them for quick sale. Corres- 

 pondence solicited. 



Metcalf & Parks. Mesilla, New Mexico. 



.Bees and Queens — Doolittle's Italian 

 stock speaks for itself. They are gentle, re- 

 sist disease, and are fine honey gatherers. 

 We breed this stock only. Untested queens 

 75c each; JS.oo per dozen; $60 per hundred. 

 Tested queens, $1.25 each; $r2 per dozen; 

 $85 per hundred. Three frame nuclei, J2 25 

 each; $200 per hundred. Bees !4-lb. pkgs.. 

 75c each; $tio per hundred; lib. pkgs, {100 

 each, $85 per hundred. Add price of queens 

 to above pkgs. Complete catalog free on 

 application. Spencer Apiaries Co., 



Nordhoff, Calif. 



HONEY AND BEESWAX 



For Sale— Finest white clover extracted 

 honey in 60-pound cans. 



Henry Hettel, Marine, 111. 



Wanted— Comb, extracted honey, and 

 beeswax. R. A. Burnett & Co., 



6Ai2t 173 S. Water St., Chicago, 111. 



For Sale— 3 bbls. of No. i white clover 

 honey. Barrels thoroughly paraffined. 7 cts. 

 f. o. b. cars. H. L. Rouse, 



New Hampton, Iowa. 



For Sale— Light extracted honey, clover 

 and basswood blend, in any style packages. 

 Write for prices. Sample. 10 cents, which 

 may apply on order. M. C. Silsbee, 



R. F. D. 3. Cohocton, N. Y. 



For Sale— Extra good light amber mes- 

 quite and alfalfa honey. Two 60-pound cans 

 to case, 5c a pound; sand lo pound friction- 

 top pails, 8c per pound per hundred weight. 

 Cash with order on board of cars here. 



B. A. Hadsell, Buckeye, Ariz, 



For SALE~Car honey, half extra fine 

 comb, half extracted, alfalfa, or car extract- 

 ed. Small lots at $8 00 per case of two 5 gal. 

 cans; case of six. 10 lb. pails. $5.00; 12, 5 lb. 

 pails, $5.40. All f. o. b. here. 



E. F. Atwater Co., Meridian, Idaho. 



For Sale — Amber extracted honey well 

 ripened, 6c per pound. For baking or bee 

 food we can furnish honey-dew honey at 

 50 by case or 4>ic in ten case lots, and 4C per 

 pound in lots of 25 cases, all above is two 60- 

 pound cans to cage. H. G. Quirin. 



Bellevue, Ohio, 



For Sale — 10,000 pounds amber honey in 

 00-lb. cans or friction-top pails. Best qual- 

 ity; prices right; sample. 



E. S. Miller, Valparaiso, Ind, 



For Sale — Water-white alfalfa, white 

 clover, amber alfalfa, and amber fall honey 

 in 60-lb. cans or smaller packages. Amber 

 fall honey is of our own extracting, and can 

 also be furnished in barrels. Write for 

 sample of kind desired and state quantity 

 you can use. Dadant & Sons, Hamilton. 111. 



HONEY LABELS 



Honey Labels— Liberty Labels will tempt 

 the buyer to purchase your honey. Neat, 

 attractive labels at right prices. Samples 

 free. Liberty Pub. Co , 



Sta. D. Box 4H, Cleveland, Ohio. 



SITUATIONS. 



Wanted Iby young man) a position for 1916 

 in an apiary Have five years' experience 

 with a small apiary. Completed a course in 

 apiculture. Age 10 years. 



Chas B. Saunders, Merom, Ind. 



Wanted— A position in a large apiary run 

 fop comb or extracted honey, or as an assis- 

 tant in queen-rearing apiary. Best of refer- 

 ences of long experience in bee culture. 

 Readv at any time— a call may come. 

 Gen. Del. S. B. Barden, Philadelphia. Pa. 



Wanted— A young man to work on fruit 

 farm and in apiaries all of 1916, Must have 

 a clean moral character, use no liquor or 

 tobacco, and be an industrious intelligent 

 worker, able to do well what he undertakes. 

 Board and washing and good wages will be 

 paid to the man who can fill the bill, and a 

 chance to learn the business from one who 

 has had 40 years' experience, and has made 

 good. Emil J. Baxter, Nauvoo, III. 



FOR SALE 



California farms for sale. Terms, write 

 E. R. Waite, Shawnee, Okla. 



For Sale— 12 inch Root foundation mill in 

 first-class order. Exchange for wax, honey 

 or $12. J. I. Stringham, 105 Park Place, N. Y. 



For Sale — Friction-top pails, s-lb. size, 

 per 100, $4,50; 500, J21.25; lo-lb. size per too, 

 $6.25; 500, J30. Low prices on other sizes in 

 bulk. Also furnished in re-shipping cases. 

 Shipped from Chicago. 

 A. G. Woodman Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 



For Sale— A bargain in bees, my apiary, 

 consisting of over 200 colonies of bees, nec- 

 essary fixtures, supplies, etc. Purchaser, if 

 so desire, can find good location for bees 

 here. Will sell very cheap. For further in- 

 formation, write or see 

 Ivory A. Shane, Sabinal, Uvalde Co.. Tex. 



For Sale— 173 acres in Musselshell Co., 

 Mont., 80 acres river bottom, house, barn, ice 

 house, hen house, honey house, garage, hog 

 house, and tool house. All new frame build- 

 ings, fenced, 50 acres in alfalfa. $51100, $4000 

 cash, balance on time. Apiary of 50 colonies, 

 and all equipment for conducting an up-to- 

 date apiary. Will sell apiary at your own 

 price, if taken with farm. One mile from 

 town and R. R. depot. Address, 

 Meadow Glen Apiary, Carpenter Creek, Mont 



SUPPLIES. 



For Sale — Cedar or pine dovetailed hives, 

 also full lineof supplies including Dadant's 

 foundation. Write for catalog. 



A. E. Burdick, Sunnyside. Wash. 



Comb Foundation— You can have your 

 beeswax made into best quality foundation. 

 Also the wax from old combs or "slumgum." 

 We get it all out. On shares or very cheap 

 for cash; new factory; old liberal terms; 

 cheapest and handiest transportation for all 

 northern beekeepers. You always get your 

 ownwax back. J. J. Angus, 



434 Fulton St.. Grand Haven. Mich. 



Do You want the best foundation fast- 

 ener? Then buy "The Pangb'jrn," mfg. by 

 W. .S. Pangburn, Center Junction. Iowa. 



Good second hand 6D-pound cans, 2Sc per 

 case of two cans f. o b. Cincinnati: terms 

 cash. C. H. W. Weber & Co , Cincinnati, O 



Beekeepers' Supplies sold at a reduction. 

 New prices now ready. Send for list free. 

 W. D. Soper, Jackson, Mich. 



Five 8-fr. hives, $5.85; lo-fr., $6,so. Hoff- 

 man frames. $2.75 per 100. A full line at 

 $1.25; one 2-lb , $2 25, queen extra. For ten or 

 more, write for price. Also nuclei and full 

 wholesale prices, shipped direct from fac- 

 tory in Iowa. Make out list of what you 

 need and let us quote you special prices. 

 The Stover Apiaries, Mayhew, Miss. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Hounds— Bear, wolf, deer, cat. fox, rabbit 

 and bloodhounds. 5opage illustrated catalog 

 so stamp. Rockwood Kennels, Lexington, Ky, 



A Little ad in our classified columns 

 will sell that perfectly good equipment that 

 you no longer need. Only 15 cents per line 

 each insertion. 



If You desire to exchange your surplus, 

 strong, healthy, striped, mixed, black or yel- 

 low bellied colonies for a few greenback 

 dollars within 600 miles South or West, 

 state hives, condition and price. 



W. A. Small, Waltham. Mass. 



For Sale— Use cuts in advertising your 

 queens, honey or bees. We are prepared 

 to furnish cuts for use in beekeepers' adver 

 tising at low rates. Let us quote prices on 

 what you need. American Bee Journal. 

 Hamilton, 111. 



Free for Six Months— My Special offer 

 to introduce my magazine, " Investing for 

 Profit." It is worth $10 a copy to anyone 

 who has been getting poorer while the rich, 

 richer. It demonstrates the real earning 

 power of Vnoney, and shows how any one, 

 no matter how poor, CAN acquire riches. 

 Investing for Profit is the only progres- 

 sive financial journal published. It shows 

 how $100 grows to $220u Wriie now and I'll 

 send it six months free. H. L. Barber, 546- 

 20 W. Jackson Blvd , Chicago, 111. 



POULTRY 



If You breed fancy poultry, offer your 

 surplus stock or eggs for sale in our classi- 

 fied columns. 



3470 Cockerels — Forty-one varieties of 

 chickens, geese and ducks. Address, 



Aye Bros., Box i. Blair, Neb. 



Poultry Paper, 44-124 page periodical, up 

 to date, tells all you want to know about 

 care and management of poultry, for pleas- 

 ure or profit: four months for 10 cents. 

 Poultry Advocate, Dept. 230, Syracuse, N. Y 



WE ARE READY 



To figure on your wants. Send us a list of 

 goods and we shall be pleased to quote you 

 the very lowest price for the best goods. 

 Established i8gg. Our catalog may interest 

 you. 



H. S. DUBY & SON, St. Anne, III 



BEE SUPPLIES 



of all kinds; low prices. Discount for early 



orders. Catalog free 



J. W. ROUSE, Mexico, Missouri 



WESTERN BEE KEEPERS Vo"„,l\V, 



get the best goods obtainable, especially 

 made to meet Western condition. Send for 

 new catalog and special price list to 

 Colorado Hon*y-Produc*rs' Association 

 Donvsr, Colorado 



