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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb 1 



tional Convention he has obtained many new slides 

 which will prove to be instructive and interesting to 

 fruit-g'owers as well as to bee-keepers. 



G. W. York, editor of An:e>ican Bee Journal, and so 

 well and favorably' known to many of the Wisconsin 

 bee-keepers, will also be present. 



A general discussion will follow each topic, and a 

 free use of question-box and answers will be a promi- 

 nent and valuable feature. 



Excur^ion rates, within 200 miles of Madi?on, one 

 and one-third fare for round tiip, ticket purchased 

 February 4, 5, or 6 good to February 9. Tickets in 

 Wisconsin, over 200 miles from Madison, same rate if 

 purchased February 4, good to February 9. 

 N. E. France, Pres. 

 Ada Iv. PicKARD. Sec'y, 



Richland Center, Wis. 



WHEELS 



FARM WAGONS 



any size wanted, any width of 



tire. Hubs to fit any axle. 



No blarkNniith'8bill!!« to pay. 



No tires to reset. Fit your old wagon 



with low steel wheels with wide 



4 tires at low price. Our catalogue 



tells you how to do it. Address 



EMPIRE MFG. CO., Quincy, III. 



F^ C I I -^ splendid little fruit and bee- 



pQp 03lC ' farm, in the midst of about half 

 * a dozen of the finest summer 

 resorts in Northern Michigan, will be sold at less than 

 one-half its value. Farm contains 16 acres with 1.500 

 choice fruit-trees, nearly all in bearing. 5 to 7 years 

 old, consisting of 300 cherry (mostly sweet), 250 pear, 

 250 peach, 300 plum, and 400 apple trees, all of them of 

 the most profitable varieties. Also i% acres in straw- 

 berries, 2 acres in raspberries 3 acres in clover, and 

 the rest under cultivation for gardening purposes. 

 The soil of the best; 3'/^ miles from Traverse City (a 

 town of about 12,000 inhabitants, at the ht-ad of Grand 

 Traverse Bay, with the largest .State buildings in the 

 State), 40 rods from a go id school, and good graveled 

 roads all over this part of the country; markets good, 

 climate healthy. The buildings all new, and well 

 built and finished, consisting of house with 7 rooms, 

 upright 16x24. 1^-story, with good cellar, stone wall, 

 full size of this part of house; wing part one-story, 

 dining-room, kitchen and wood-shed 16\36 with soft 

 water in the kitchen. Birn, 16-foot posts, 30x32; hen- 

 house. 12-foot posts, 12x24 All buildings on stone 

 foundation Plenty of good water. Terms: J3000 ; 

 81000 down, balance to suit purchaser. Will al-so sell 

 all of my personals, among them 40 colonies of Italian 

 bees in chaff hives; team of horses, cow, one spring 

 and one lumber wasou. and all other farming tools. 

 Address J. P. Berg, Box 8, Traverse City Mich. 



Strawberrv-plants. 



lave a large supply of L,ady Thompson, Excelsior, 

 Crescent plants. A limited supply of Bismarck, 

 e. Barton's Eclipse. Brunette. Gertrude, Brandy- 



I ha 



Clyde, Barton's Eclipse. Brunette. Gertrude, Brandy- 

 wine, Wm. Belt, Biibach, Haverland. Gandy, and 

 Warfield, 12.00 per 1000, f. o. b. here, or 70 cts. per 100, 

 postpaid. Satisfaction guaranteed. 



J. P. LEA, Fayetteville, Arkansas. 



T T 



HONEY QUEENS 



I have lliem. as daily letters te-tify. Recent conclu- 

 sions force the belie? that the leather-colored strain 

 of three-banders excels in honey-gathering. If you 

 want Goldens my .strain takes the lead ot all others, 

 and I have tried them all; 2.50 colonies for honey, and 

 200 strong nuclei that will winter over. I am prepared 

 to send you a queen anv day vou mav order. Tested 

 or untested queens, Sl'OO. Leather 'breeders, S2 50. 

 Owing to increa.sed demand straight .5-band breeders 

 are 55.00 each. W. H. LAWS, Beeville, Texas. 



SPRAYING FRUIT-TREES. 



The question of spraying fruit-trees to prevent the 

 depredations of insect pests and fungus diseases is no 

 longer an experiment hut a necessity. 



Our reaueis will do well to wiuc vv lu. aianl. Ouincy, 

 111., and get his catalog describing twenty-one styles 

 of Spraying Outfits and full treatise on spraying the 

 different fruit and vegetable crops, which contains 

 much valuable information, and may be had fori the 

 asking. 



PRICE OF 



Lone Star Queens 



AFTER APRIL IST. 



1 tested queen _8l 50 



3 tested queens 3 75 



1 untested queen.. 75 

 y 3 untested queens 2 00 

 -. We have both the 

 — golden and leather 

 ^^~~~ color from imported 

 "5«'r. mothers at same price. 

 Agent for Root's goods. 

 G F. DAVIDSON, Fairview, Wilson Co.. Texas. 



Italian OiK^anc for early shipment from the 

 llctliail yUCClia South; are reared in full colo- 

 ties by the best methods krown to queen-breeders. 

 Spring prices — full colonies, SB. 00: two frame nucleus 

 without queen, 81.50; three -frame nucleus without 

 queen, $2.00. Add price of queen wanted to price of 

 nucleus. Te.sted queen. $2 00 ; untested, SI. 00 ; six for 

 So 00; 12 for S9 00. Liberal discounts on large orders. 

 Combs built on full sheets of foundation in wired 

 Hoffmnn frames. Shipments to the North by New 

 Yoik, Baltimore, Philadelphia, or Boston steamer via 

 Savannah, Ga. CHRIST! AN & HALL, Meldrim, Ga. 



READY FOR I90I. 



We are agiin ready to furnish our superior strains 

 of Bees and Queens for 1901. We have the best stock 

 of bees that money and skill can procure, as our nu- 

 merous testimonials prove. We guarantee satisfaction. 

 Let us have your orders. Wfc WANT your name 

 and address for our circular giving valuable informa- 

 tion, also descripton and p'ices of queens. We have 

 800 queens wintered over for spring orders, among 

 them 50 fine Golden breeders. 



Prices, either Golden, 3-banders, or Holy Lands. 

 Untested— June, Julv, Aug.. and Sept.— 1 75c; 6, 94.25. 

 Untested— all other months— 1, 81 00; 6. 85 00. Tested, ■ 

 1. $1.25; 6, $6.75. Sel. Tested, each. 82 00. Breeders, 

 83 00 and 85,00 each. Discount in quantities, and pre- 

 miums given away to our customers. Address 



O. p. HYDE &, SON, Hutto, Texas. 



All This 



100 sheets paper, ruled, 

 100 envelopes. No. 6, 

 Nice Print- [ lOO neat card; 



ing only 

 $1. 



SENT POSTPAID 

 BY EARl.V M.\IL. 



LITHO FEINT, 



Box 5, 



Swarthmore, 



Penn. 



E. L. Pratt. 



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