April, 1910. 



American Hee JoarnaJj 



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Tennessee-Bred Queens ! 



All from Extra-Select Mothers, 

 Davis' Best, and the 

 Best Queens Money Can Buy 



38 Years' Experience in Queen-Rearing. 



Breed Three-Band Italian Queens Only. 



November ist to July ist 



Untested Sioo $5.00 



Select Untested.. 1.25 6.50 



Tested i.75 0.00 



Select Tested.... 2.50 n.5o 



12 



S Q.OO 

 12.00 

 17.00 

 25.00 



Select queen wanted and add price to price of nucleus or full colony. 



For Queens to be exported, add 20 percent to these prices, except to Canada, Cuba or 



Mexic 



JOHN M. DAVIS, 



Dealer in, Importer and Breeder of 

 ITALIAN QUEEN-BEES 



Depot, Telegraph and Express Offices. 

 Ewell Station on L. & N. R. R. 



SPRING HILL, TENN. 



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HONEY i!!° BE ESWAX 



When consigning, buying, 

 or selling, consult 



R. A. BURNETT & CO. 



199 South Water St. Chicago, III 



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EXTRACTING MADE EASY 



by using 



MILLER AUTOMATIC DECAPPERS 



J5 to $35. Catalog Free. 



APICULTURAL MANUFACTURING CO., 

 Providence, R. I. 7Atf 



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MARSHFIELD BEE-GOODS 



FRIEND BEE-KEEPER— We are prepared 

 to fill your orders for Sections. A large stock 

 on hand. Also a Full Line of Bee-Suppiiies. 

 We make prompt shipments. 



MARSHFIELD MFG. CO., 



Marshfield, Wis. 



low A- J. W. Bittenbender, Knoxville, 



Gregory & Son, Ottumwa. 

 KANSAS-S. C. Walker & Son. Smith 



Center. 

 MICHIGAN-Lenest & Koenig, 127 South 



13th St.. Sajjinaw. E. S. 

 S. D. Buell, Union Citv. 

 NEBRASKA— Collier Bee-SuppIy Co.. 



Fairbury. 

 CANADA- N. H. Smith. Tilbury, Ont. 



ARIZONA-H. W. Ryder, Phoenix. 



MINNESOTA-Northwestern Bee-Sup- 

 ply Co., Harmony. 



ILLINOIS-D. L. Durham. Kankakee. 



OHIO-F. M. HollowcU Harrison. 



TEXAS-White Mfg Co., Blossom. 



WISCONSIX-S. W. Hines Mercantile 

 Co., Cumberland. 

 J. Gobeli, Glenwood. 



ROOT'S GOODS 



for loio are better than ever. We carry full 

 line of them. 



MR BKEM.'\N. take notice! For low 

 freiL'ht and quick service our location can- 

 not he excelled in the State. Don't delay. 

 Order now. You can be savini; your honey 

 croi) wliile the tardy fellow Is waiting for his 

 k'oods to arrive. 



Our 1910 Bee-Line 



is of ihc Inst. \\c .ire niiikiiiK a siu-cialty of 

 hiiih-k'rade untested queens from a famous 

 strain of honeygatlierers. at S'-ooeach. Or- 

 der now. and be sure to get one for our de- 

 livery after May is. 1910. Remember that 

 cheap queens and poor blood do not pay. 



Rea Bee &. Honey Go.^ 



Reynoldsviile. Pa. 



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Standard -Bred Queens! 



Reared from our Superior Golden and 3- 

 banded Italian stock. The cells are all built 

 in very strong colonies. Our Queens pro- 

 duce bees that store from iso pounds in Col- 

 orado to 25t) pounds in N. Y. State, with but 

 little swarming. Queens ready April ist; 

 Untested. Si. 25 each; 6 for $6.00; 12 for $10. 

 Tested. Si. 50 each; Select Tested, $2.50; 

 Breeders, $^.oo, 



Full colonies and Nuclei for sale. 



Mr. K. M. Tones, of Lockport, N. Y.. writes 

 as follows about our Queens and Bees; 



L0CKP0HT. N. Y.. Sept. 9, 1908. 

 Mr. T. S. Hall, Jasper. Ga. 



Dear Sir:— Your letter of the 2d received. I 

 have taken only a part of the honey. The bees 

 are gathering: honey very fast. The most of 

 the colonies are yellow as g'old and very grentle. 



1 think your Italians are very g'cntle. I bougfht 



2 dozen from another breeder Isl of July. They 

 are not as gentle as yours. You must remem- 

 ber. I had only 45 colonies of bees last spring-— 

 7 strong ones and 38 very weak ones that I 

 would have lost if the cold weather had lasted 

 two weeks longer. Some of them did not have 

 bees enough to cover one frame, and yet their 

 crop will be about 3 tons of white honey. I 

 know you would like to know how I increased 

 to 134 colonies. I had 2 of them swarm out. and 

 I made 14 nuclei from them, and put your young 

 queens with them. I had 5 swarms of black 

 bees come to me and g^o in the empty hives 

 about the 1st of June. After they had been in 

 the hives H weeks I divided them into 20 nuclei 

 and killed the black queens and put in 20 of 

 your nice young Italian queens with them. The 

 rest of the colonies I made by taking frames of 

 hatching brood from the old colonies and put- 

 ting them in empty hives. I could not have 

 made that increase without the aid of all dra\\Ti- 

 out combs ready for the bees. The strongest 

 colonies had 5 stories to the hive. 8 frames each, 

 —40 frames all together: 8 frames of brood. 33 

 frames of honey. 8 lbs. of honey to the frame, 

 256 lbs. of white honey from the strongest colo- 

 nies. They have 2500 pounds of honey on their 

 hives now. Sept. yth. Our Fair was last week. 

 I got J38.50 in premiums on bees and honey: 55 

 for the best Italian queen. 



Yours truly, P. M. Joxes. 



Discount g^iven on large orders. Price-list 

 ready soon. 



T. S. Hall, Jasper, Pickens Co. Ga. 



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M. H. HUNT & SON 



The best time to buy your gooils is during 

 the fall and winter months. We are mak- 

 insT Liberal Discounts for Early Orders, 

 and would like to quote you net prices on 

 your needs for next season. 



-BF'.KSWAX WAXTKn- 



LANSiNG, - MICHIGAN. 



Bee-Supplies 



Distributor of Lewis' Bee-Supplies at Fac- 

 tory Prices in Iowa. Also Red Clover and 

 Leather-Colored Italian Queens; and the 

 FoldinK Berry Boxes, and the old-style 

 Boxes. 



Beeswax wanted. Send for Catalog. 



W. J. McCARTY, Emmettsbur^, Iowa 



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