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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 1 



For Sale 



For Sale. — A full line of bee-keepers' supplies; also Italian 

 bees and honey a specialty. Melilotus (sweet clover) seed for 

 sale at 8 cts. per lb. Write for catalog and particulars. 



W. P. Smith, Penn, Miss. 



Fqr Sale. — One model F. Ford two-cylinder 16-horse-power 

 five-passenger automobile. The rear seat is easily taken off, and 

 we have used this car for delivering honey and for visiting our 

 apiaries — a fine car, good as new. Write us for price and infor- 

 mation. John A. Thornton, Ursa, 111. 



For Sale. — The Young comb-honey cutter for putting up 

 comb honey in sealed containers. Send for booklet. 



W. J. Young, Arecibo, Porto Rico. 



For Sale. — Danzenbaker comb-honey hives and other bee- 

 supplies. Write for prices. Robt. Inghram, Sycamore, Pa. 



For Sale. — Bee-supplies at factory prices. 



D. COOLEY, Kendall, IWich. 



For Sale. — Remington type-writer No. 7, good as new. For 

 particulars address Box A, Gleanings in Bee Culture, Medina, O. 



Real Estate for Bee-keepers 



Pkcos Valley of New Mexico lands are coining $50 to $65 

 net per acre per year from alfalfa. Forty-five thousand acres of 

 alfalfa in bloom five times a year, surrounding Artesia, means 

 honey for the bee-keeper. Live in an ideal fruit country, where 

 the largest artesian wells in the world constantly pour out their 

 wealth. Artesia, the future Rose City, already has the famous 

 " Mile of Roses." Homeseekers' excursions the first and third 

 Tuesdays of each month. Agents wanted, to accompany parties. 

 Write to-day to R. M. Love, General Agent, Artesia, N. M. 



For Sale. — 1/4 acres land, one cottage of ten rooms, all in 

 good repair; apple, cherry, and plum trees; grapevines; spring 

 water; 23 hives of yellow three-banded Italian bees with queens; 

 two poultry-houses; school, church, stores, mills, all near by; a 

 stream of water on the place; good roads the year round. For 

 particulars address Mrs. M. A. Boulktte, 



East Brookfield, Mass. 



For Sale. — Five or ten acres in the beautiful tRwn of Or- 

 lando, Fla. Will sell very cheap, or exchange for Canadian 

 property. C. H. Lewis, 



85 Victoria Ave. N., Hamilton, Ont., Can. 



Help Wanted 



Wanted. — At once a hustling partner for a 3000-colony bee- 

 business. I have 16 apiaries and a good supply business estab- 

 lished. Unlimited bee-range, containing ten varieties of sur- 

 plus-yielding honey-plants, including both black and white tu- 

 pelo gum, gallberry, poplar, cotton, ti-ti, etc. State age, experi- 

 ence, and amount of ready capital. 



J. J. Wilder, Cordele, Ga. 



Wanted. — A thoroughly practical bee-man of ability who 

 has also had experience with poultry and fruit. Give full partic- 

 ulars in first letter as to age, whether married or single, experi- 

 ence in farming, poultry, bees, and fruit; also salary wanted. 

 Give references, and say at what date services could begin. 



Blalock Fruit Co., Tenth Sts., Walla Walla, Wash. 



Wanted. — Single man to take charge of 500 colonies of bees 

 — one who understands running for comb honey and working 

 oulyards. Employment the year round. Services required with 

 other duties when not bu5y with bees. State wages expected, 

 board furnished. W. P. Smith, Penn, Lowndes Co., Miss. 



Wanted. — A capable man of good habits for 1909 to run on 

 shares 225 colonies of bees fully equipped for comb and extracted 

 honey. Good location. Give references. 



Mrs. Carrie Barton, Delanson, N. Y. Rt. 3. 



Wanted. — A young man of good habits to work in an apiary 

 during the season, and on the farm the rest of the year. State 

 age, experience, and wages expected. 



Chas. Adams, Rt. 4, Greeley, Col. 



Situation Wanted. 



Wanted. — Situation. I have put in 14 straight years of up-to- 

 date bee culture; am able to take charge of latge interests; am 

 36 years old, strictly temperate ; wish to woik on shares if possi- 

 ble. Addiess A. Lanz, Fairmont, Los Angeles Co., Cal. 



A competent man wants work in apiary in California or Neva- 

 da. M. S. Phillippe, Campbells, Cal. 



Bee-keepers* Directory 



Bee-keepers' Supply Co., Lincoln, Neb. We buy car lots of 

 Root's goods. Save freight. Write. 



No more queens for sale this fall. 



A. W. Yates, 3 Chapman St., Hartford. Ct. 



Golden yellow Italian queens my specialty; 1909 price list 

 ready. Safe introducing directions. E. E. Lawrence, 



Doniphan, Mo. 



Root's Bee Supplies. Send for catalog. 



D. Cooley, Kendall, Mich. 



Well-bred bees and queens. Hives and supplies. 



J. H. M. Cook, 70 Cortlandt St., New York City. 



For bee-smoker and honey-knife circular send card to 



T. F. Bingham, Farwell, Mich. 



Italian Bees, queens, honey, and Root's bee-keepers' sup- 

 plies. Aliso Apiary, El Toro, Cal. 



Golden-all-over and red-clover Italian queens; circular ready 

 W. A. Shuff, 4426 Osage Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Queens. — Improved red-clover Italians, bred for business, 

 June 1 to Nov. 15, untested queens, 75 cts.; select, $1.00; test- 

 ed, $1.25 each. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 



H. C. Clemons, Boyd, Ky. 



Quirin's famous improved Italian queens ready in April ; nu- 

 clei and colonies about May 1. My stock is northern bred, and 

 hardy. Five yards wintered on summer stands without a single 

 loss in 1908; 22 years a breeder. Honey for sale. 



QUIRIN-THE-QUEEN-BREEDER, BclleVUe, O. 



Breeding queens of pure Caucasian and Carniolan 



races — price $3.00. Order from A. E. Titoff, Expert 



in Apiculture, with Russian Department of Agriculture, 



Kieff, Russia. Remit with orders. Correspondence in 

 English. 



Convention Notices. 



The Southern Minnesota and Western Wisconsin Bee-keepers' 

 Association will hold their annual convention Feb. 23 and 24, 

 1909, in the court-house at Winona, Minn. All interested are 

 cordially invited. O. S. Holland, Sec. 



Winona, Minn. 



The annual meeting of the New Jersey State Bee-keeper's As 

 sociation will be held at the State House, Trenton, N. J., Jan. 9. 

 The following is the program: 



10:00 A.M., roll-call and business session. 



10:20, annual address by the president. 



10:45, " How I secured l54 tons of extracted honey from 27 col- 

 onies the past season, and increased to 39." — E. G. Carr, Esq., 

 New Egypt, N. J. Discussion. 



11:30, question-box. Answers by experts. 



1:30 P.M., "Some things the United States Government is 

 doing for the Bee-keeper." — Prof. F. G. Fox, Erwinna, Pa., late 

 Government Apiarist, Washington, D. C. 



2:15, " Up-to-date Bee-keeping." — J. H. M. Cook, Esq., Essex 

 Falls, N. J. 



3:00, election of officers for the ensuing year. 



3:15, question-box, and discussion by experts. 



3:30, adjournment. 



Please bring samples of honey, both comb and extracted. 



Geo. N. WANSER,Sec., Wm. W. Cask, Pres., 



Cranford, N. J. Frenchtown, N. J. 



The annual convention of the Nebraska State Bee-keepers' As- 

 sociation will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, January 20, in 

 room 109, Agricultural Hall, State Farm Campus, Lincoln, Neb. 

 An especially good program has been prepared this year, and all 

 bee-keepers should take advantage of this opportunity of exchang- 

 ing ideas and receiving practical help for the coming year. 



Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 18, L'Llian E. Trester, Sec, 



