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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



February 



Wanted— Beekeeper familiar with Rocky 

 Mountain conditions to handle bees on 

 shares. Can make good offer. Write stating 

 age. experience, etc. 



A. H Dunn. Fort Collins. Colo. 



Wanted— Man of more or less experience 

 to help in comb and extracted honey pro- 

 duction in northern Illinois. Address, 

 bruner's Bees. 

 3836 N. Kostner Ave . Chicago. 111. 



The 25c Offer for the "Domestic Bee- 

 keeper" for the first half of 1017 is for new 

 subscribers only as a trial subscription. Old 

 subscribers willingly pay the regular price, 

 which is a dollar a year. Send in the 25c in 

 stamps at once before you forget it. Address 

 "The Domestic Beekeeper." Northstar. 

 Michigan.) 



Wanted— A goodbee-man for 1017; also an 

 assistant. Must be reliable men. State 

 wages, and give references. 



W. J. Stahmann. Clint. El Paso Co.. Tex. 



Wanted— Queen-breeder to take up prop- 

 osition to supply our members with Queens. 

 Location and eauipment furnished. About 

 3000 queens used in i<}i6. ... 



Idaho Oregon Honey Producers Ass n , 

 New Plymouth. Idaho. 



Wanted— Reliable farm raised man of 

 good habits, who has had some experience 

 with bees, as helper with bees, etc.. season 

 ion Large apiaries. Steady employment 

 to right party. Give age. experience and 

 wages wanted first letter. 



Frank Kittinger. FranksviUe, Wis. 



Wanted— A position in a large apiary. 

 Understand both comb and extracted honey 

 productions. and can assist in queen rearing, 

 as I understand the business. Would prefer 

 position in the southern States. Address, 

 ' ~ Care of American Bee Journal. 



JR.. 



Hamilton. 111. 



Are You a member of the National Bee- 

 keepers' Association ? If not. 10// s/muldbe. 

 The dues are $1.50 each year, which includes 

 a year's subscription to the official organ of 

 "The Domestic Beekeeper." " Dad" 'I'own- 

 send the owner and publisher of The 

 Domestic Beekeeper." has secured more 

 members (ask the sf cretary) for the i\'jtio?ial 

 than any one else, and perhaps as many as 

 all others combined. and want to addanother 

 thousand members this winter. Will you 

 be the next? We hope so. for it is with 

 great pleasure that we are able to send in a 

 nice list of members each week. Mail the 

 $1.50 today. "' The Domestic Beekeeper." 

 Nor'hstar. Michigan. 



HONEY LABELS 



Honey Labels of the better sort. Not only 

 the most attractive but also the lowest in 

 price. Send today for free samples. 

 Liberty Pub. Co.. Sta.D.Box 4H. Cleveland. O. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



25 Ladies' Coots, bird dogs, wild ducks 

 for sale or exchange for bees. 



A. J Graves. Ocheyedan, Iowa. 



50 Acres of bottom land in central Okla- 

 homa for trade or sale. Fine location for 

 apiary. Close to oil wells. 



L. Benson. Gillette. Wyo. 



Market prices paid for junk, rags, burlap, 

 carpet rubber, rope, paper, books, copper, 

 brass, all metals, scrap iron, raw furs in 

 large or small lots. Seiid for list 



Chas. G. Bolton. Zieglerville. Pa. 



The very best bargain you can get for 25c 

 worth of stamps is "The Domestic Bee- 

 keeper" for the first half of 1111. Address 

 "The Domestic Beekeeper" (successor to 

 the Review) Northstar. Michigan. 



WANTED 



Queen Excluders wanted for loframe 

 hives Otto Bender. 



Rt 10, Jefferson Barracks. Mo. 



Trade— Safety writing desk. $75 rifle for 

 bees. A. J. Graves. Ocheyedan, Iowa. | 



Wanted— Your old combs, cappings or 

 slumgum to render into beeswax by our 

 high steam pressure wax presses. 



Dadant & Sons, Hamilton. Ill 



Wanted— Bees to run on shares by exper- 

 ienced man. Am familiar with conditions 

 in the western States. Address, 



E. Zion, Goldroad, Ariz. 



Will exchange $j8 incubator for reversi- 

 ble extractor, or pay cash. Write 



Lorenzo Clarke, Winona. Minn. 



Wanted— To exchange six Vols. History 

 of the World for bee-books. 

 E. E, Nelson, Rt. 2, Renville, Minn. 



Wanted— Four frame hand-power auto- 

 matic extractor: ball-bearing, slip-gear, 

 comb pockets 12 inches. Must be guaran- 

 teed^ W. F. By ers. Monroe. Iowa. 



There will be big things doing this year 

 along the line of establishing a uniform sell- 

 ing price for honey, both at retail and at 

 wholesale. "The Domestic Beekeeper" 

 will be headquarters for information upon 

 this subject. Send 25c in stamps for six 

 months' subscription to the " Domestic Bee- 

 keeper." and keep posted on the most im- 

 portant subject confronting the honey pro- 

 ducer today. Do it now. Address 

 "The Domestic Beekeeper." Northstar, 

 Michigan. 



POULTRY 



White and buff Wyandotte and dark Cor- 

 nish eggs for hatching from heavy laying 

 and prize winning stock. Get my catalog; 



it s free." Am booking orders now. 



Joseph Cox, 'Valencia, Pa. 



Lucerne Lawns Leghorns LAv—Because 

 they are bred that way. Large, thrifty, vig- 

 orous, farm range raised Single Comb White 

 Leghorns will fill your egg baskets in the 

 winter when your bees are resting and eggs 

 are high. Safe delivery and fertility guar- 

 anteed. References any bank or banker in 

 Piatt county. Get a start with fifteen eggs 

 prepaid any address in United States. $3 25. 



Lucerne Lawns Farm. Paul D. Cooper 



Rural Route 3. Hammond. Illinois. 



FOR SALE 



For Sale— 200 comb-honey supers, stand- 

 ard eight and ten frame size, painted. 50 and 

 40 cents. Write Chester Keister. 

 Rt. I. Clarno. Wis . 



Queens on Approval— A select tested 

 queen on approval. Send address for de- 

 scription etc. Bees and supplies for sale. 

 A. M. Applegate. Reynoldsville, Pa. 



FORSALE-Well established retail honey 

 business in one of the largest industrial 

 centers of the world Reason for selling is 

 my apiaries are too far away to work to ad- 

 vantage, so I wish to move near the bees and 

 devote all my time to them. A rare oppor- 

 tunity for a live man with a little capital 

 Established mio. ' ' '" 



811 So. Hohman St , 

 Phone 1023 J. 



John C. Bull, 

 Hammond, Indiana. 



Beginning with the January number the 

 name of the Review was changed to " The 

 Domestic Beekeeper " and greatly enlarged, 

 there now being 48 pages and cover: the 

 pages being an inch larger each way. Listen, 

 we want every reader of the American Bee 

 Journal to see what a fine monthly we are 

 now putting out. and we are going to offer a 

 special bargain of six months' subscription 

 to ''The Domestic Beekeeper" for the first 

 half of igi7for the small sum of 25c. just 

 drop 2sc worth of one or two cent stamps in 

 a letter and write your name plainly and 

 mail to "The Demestic Beekeeper," North- 

 star. Mich., and " The Domestic Beekeeper" 

 will come to you regularly for six months. 



Sweet Clover Seed—Wc have on hand 

 several hundred pounds of nulled white 

 sweet clover seed which has weed seeds 

 mixed with it. 



While the percentage of weed seeds is not 

 large, this seed would not do for field sow- 

 ing. It is, however, quite suitable for road- 

 side planting or for sowing in waste places. 

 Special price in lots of 10 pounds or more 

 at a time. loc per pound. 



We also have some of theyellowand white 

 biennial seed mixed. This will do very 

 well for sowing for bees in waste places. 

 Price in lots of 10 pounds or more 12c per 

 pound. Dadant & Sons, Hamilton. III. 



Queens and Bees from the Cotton Belt Apiaries 



deIiverie's"aUhe'^fo''llow'ifg"|r'?2e's,vuf ''" "°" '^°°'''"^ "^'^"^ '°' April, May, and June 



PRICES FOR ONE OR MORE 



1 



■ 75 



6 12 



Untested $.75 J4.00 $7,50 



Tested i.oo 5.70 10.75 



Breeders 3.00 to $io 00 each. 



Virgins 3 for Ji.oo, 



I frame nuclei without queen, $1.50; 



J , . 1 10 



i-pound package, wire cage, with- 

 out queen J1.50 $1.25 



2-pound package, wire cage, with- 

 out queen 2,2s s.oo 



, - - • , . 2-frame nuclei without Queen, $2 75- 



3-frame nuclei without queen, $350. 



^,7 .Wheri queens are wanted with nuclei or packages add queens at prices quoted above 

 Write for discount on larger quantities booked early <="» ai pi ices quotea aoove. 



We guarantee safe delivery of bees and queens, and reasonable satisfaction Twentv 

 years experience. No disease. Health certificate with every shipmenrw?i^e for tlstf- 

 monials and references if desired. j a.i'w'iic.ii. vv iiic lor lesti- 



To avoid disappointment in the spring be sure and place your order NOW 



The COTTON BELT APIARIES, Box 83, R6xton, Tex. 



FOREHAPiD'S QuWenT" 



150 LBS. 

 SURPLUS 



SURPLUS "^ Wbicb Coloay is Yours, Mr. Beekeeper ? 



„ , ,. H .^ SURPLUS 



You c"^ mX"Iv°/rrcorofy\toorn"e'^1^!lV=1?&T T^jTsf^h^ead i^.t'lt^ I'V ''""^^ =^°^' 

 three-banded Italian queen. She will cos? you onl/75 cents Jus 'thVee po'undlof'hon°e"/ 

 You can easily make a gain of sixty pounds over the inferior colony/whichTs a n?t gain of 

 J3.75 Good pay for introducing one queen, not considering the increased value of the rol 

 ony. Spring will soon be here, the time to requeen that colony that liiithe bid queen Can 

 you spend your time more profitab y now than deciding what stock and wh^-^^ U) DS?chase 

 your early queens ? Give us a trial. . We breed only the pure three-band queens A?loS? 

 yards are pure, so you take no risk in getting a hybrid. Four reasons wh?vou should use 

 our queens: ist. They are first-c ass honey gatherers 2d Thev art. vi ,^7,? o °i i, V.^ 

 resistant to foulbrood. 3d. The imported bee'sfwhrch ours are reared frimarl Imong'the 

 gentlest bees known 4th. The most modern and learned bee-men in the world todaf isl 

 the three-band. WHY? Because they are the best =" '" me worm loaay use 



We have had oyer 25 years' experience in rearing queens: having started with Dnnlit- 

 tle and such men. We have 1000 nuclei, which makes it possible to filorder^nromDtlv 

 Three expert queen-breeders have charge of these nuclei: so we do not over wo?k wh cti 

 gives us ample time to improve our stock. None but first-class queens are mailed We 

 deliv^ery. ■""""" ^^ '"'''^'""' ''^'=«' ^"^ ""^ guarantee perfect satisfactTon and s^e 



Untested $.75 $425 I 8.00 I Tested Si •;o J R 7c t„ „„ 



Select untested. 100 4.75 , ^ Q.oo I Select tested.. .....; aioo „ 00 5o on 



Write for circular giving general description. Mail all orders to 



W. J. FOREHAND & SONS, Ft. Deposit, Ala. 



