June, 1916. 



213 



American Hee Journal 



The Double-Walled Massie Bee-Hive 



Surest Protection for Bees — Increased Supply of 

 Honey — The Best Hive for any Climate 



Furnished in the clearest of lumber in either Cypress, 



White Pine or Redwood. All Brood and Extracting 



Frames Made from White Pine 



THE VENTILATED BOTTOM 



Admits fresh air into the hive, lessening the chance for swarm- 

 ine, and giving renewed energy to the bees. It is also equipped 

 THE MASSIE HIVE with a feeder without extra cost. 

 For Comb or Extracted Honey Fifty years in the bee supply business has shown us that the 

 Massie is the very bast hive, and testimonials to this eflfect 

 are received daily from those who are using this hive. 



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The Dovetailed Hive for Comb Honey 



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be sure to get our prices before buying elsewhere. We will mail our large illustrated catalog and special price list to any one upon request 



KRETCHMER MFG. COMPANY, 1100 3d St., Council Bluffs, Iowa 



GOLDEN ITALIAN QUEENS 



strain of Goldens, read these two letters from sat- 



If you care to know what others think of this 

 isfied customers — 



NAMPA. ID.'VHO, Feb. 12. iqi6. 

 MR BEN G. DAVIS. Spring Hill. Tenn. 



Dear Sir .—Yours at hand, and in reply will say you may book me 

 for 200 untested Queens, will give you dates later to ship. No. Mr. 

 Davis, I do not care to part with the queen this season, but I think 

 another season I shall send her in and probably one or twoothers 

 and have you breed from them for me. The surplus was 250 pounds, 

 comb honey, besides I drew four cards of brood from them. They 

 cap their honey white. She is quite yellow and fair size. The work- 

 ers are yellow and well marked and uniform color; drones extra 

 yellow. Yours respectfully, L. C. McCARTY. 



(The above queen is a Golden from my apiaries.) 



RENO. NEV, April 16, 1916. 

 MR. BEN G. UAVl.S. Spring Hill, Tenn. 



Dt\if- Sir:— I have tested out several of your Golden Queens by 

 the side of several leather and three banded slock from seven or 

 eight breeders in the last two years, and find your stock superior to 

 any of the darker races in resisting and curing European foulbrood, 

 and find them gentle, good winterers, and the equal of any for get- 

 ting honey. Yours very truly, 



Rt. I. Box 40. M. W. HARV'EY. 



Safe arrival (U. S and Can.), purity of mating, and satisfaction 

 guaranteed. 



PRICES OF QUEENS 



Not. 1 to May 1 



May 1 to June 1 



June 1 to July 1 



July 1 to Not. 1 



Breeders, $5.00 to $25.00 



BEN G. DAVIS, Spring Hill, Tennessee 



Sweet Clover Seed 



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Get our "Scarified," sweet clover seed which will germinate from 85 to q5 percent the 

 first year and thus insure you a good stand right from the start. By sowing our seed you 

 will save money, as it only takes about half as much scarified to sow an aci;e as oidinary 

 hulled seed. 



PRICES 



When seed is wanted by parcel post, be sure to include postage. Bags will be inclu- 

 ded in the weight in parcel post shipments. 



PLEASE NOTE— All of our seed is thoroughly cleaned. The scarifying process us- 

 ually breaks some of the seeds and we remove all broken seeds. This is an important 

 saving to you. Samples on application. 



YELLOW SWEET CLOVER— Many people fail to recognize the value of the biennial 

 yellow sweet clover as a honey plant. The fact that it blooms two weeks earlier than the 

 white variety makes it especially valuable to the beekeeper. 



Be sure, however, to get the biennial variety as quoted above. 



DADANT & SONS, 



HAMILTON, ILLINOIS 



OUR TEXAS BEES 



Having locations where I can rear bees 

 almost the year around. I am prepared to 

 furnish you the very best stock of bees and 

 queens at prices where you can afford to 

 buy and build up those weak colonies for 

 the honey season. My pound packages are 

 fine for making increase at a reasonable 

 price. One pound package, tiso: 2-pound 

 packages, $2 50; lo-pound lots, $13; 100 pounds 

 for $120. Queens shipped with pound pack- 

 ages at 75 cents each. By mail at Jo.ooper 

 dozen. Special prices to dealers in large 

 lots. 



WM. ATCHLEY, Mathis, Texas 

 "The Texas Beeman " 



WRIGHT'S FRAME-WIRING DEVICE 



Most rapid in use. Saves cost of machine 

 in one day. Tighter wires, no kinks, no sore 

 hands. Price, $2 00. 

 G. W. Wright Company, Azusa, Calif. 



