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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



October 



PrepQ^ring for tKe 1918 Tre^de 



Twenty-one years of Select Breeding gives us Bees of Highest Quality and Vitality. 



Largest Packers, Shippers and Queen Breeders in the South. 



1,500 Colonies of Bees and 1500 Nuclei 



10,000 Pounds of Bees == Annual Capacity =^ Italian Queens. 15,000 



SAFE ARRIVAL AND SATISFACTION WE GUARANTEE 



M. C. BERRY (a CO.. Hayneville. Alabama. U. S. A. 



Special Prices on Five Pound Friction-Top Pails 



For a short time only, and in order to reduce stock to make room for Bee Supply cars, we offer special 

 prices on Five Found Friction-Top Pails, in lots of 500 or more. 



DADANT & SONS, Hamilton, Illinois 



Price per hundred, $7.50, 



f.o.b. Hamilton, 111., or Keokuk, la 



The Double-Walled Massie Bee-Hive 



Surest Protection for Bees — Increased Supply of 

 Honey — Tfie 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 



VENTILATED BOTTOM 



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

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

 with a feeder without extra cost. 



Fifty years in the bee-supply business has shown us that the 

 Masai* is th* vary bast hiva, and testimonials to this effect 

 are received daily from those who are using this hive. 



THE MASSIE HIVE 



Ftr Comb n Extrictcd H«neT 



Tha Dovatailad Hiva for Comb Honay 



Wliy Not Give Us a Trial Order? 



Satisfaction Fully Guaranteed 



We are also extensive manufacturers of Dovetailed Hives and all other Apiarian Supplies If you are in the market for supplies 

 be sure to get our prices before buying elsewhere. We will mail our large illustrated catalog «nd ap«cial price list to any one upon request 



KRETCHMER MFG. COMPANY, 



110 3d St. 



Council Bluffs, Iowa 



ENLIST 



In the growing army of honey-producers who are 

 preparing to do their bit for Uncle Sam and the 

 Allies, by endeavoring to secure a bigger crop of 

 honey than ever before. 



Prospects are bright for a bumper yield. Are 

 you ready for it ? Don't wait for prices to soar 

 again, but place your orders now. 



THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY 



Mediua, Ohio 



QUEENS of MOORE'S 

 STRAIN of ITALIANS 



PRODUCE WORKERS 



That fill the supers auick 

 With honey nice and thick, 

 rhey have won a world-wide repu 

 tation for honey gathering, hardiness 

 gentleness, etc. 



Untested queens, ti.oo; 6. $5,00; 12. fg 00 

 Select untested. $1.25'. 6. $6.00; 12. $11 00 

 Safe arrival and satisfaction guar- 

 anteed. Circular free. 



J. P. 



Quean-breeder 



MOORE 



Rt. 1, Morgan Ky. 



Write for Price List and 

 Booklet descrip- 

 tive of 



HIGH GRADE 



Italian Queens 



And Bees by the Pound 



JAY SMITH 



llSSDeWolfeSt. 



Vlncennes, Ind. 



