FEBRUARY 1, 1913 



BEES AND QUEENS 



Our queens will please you. Price $1.00 each. 

 C. W. Phelps & Son, Binghamton, N. Y. 



For Sale. — Three-banded Italian queens bred for 

 honey, gentleness, and prolificness. One, $1.00; 6 

 for $5.00. Wm. S. Barnett, Barnett's, Va. 



Bees by % lb., 75 cts. ; 1 lb., $1.25; tw»-fr»m« 

 nuclei, $1.85; with Italian queen, $2.35, Marcl 

 and April delivery. J. B. MARSHALL, 



Rosedale Apiaries, Big Bend, La. 



Do you wish to be treated right? Then send your 



orders for untested three-banded Italian queens to us 



— 75 cts. each; $4.25 for 6; $8.00 per dozen. Safe 



arrival, and the Golden Rule for all our customers. 



The Golden Rule Bee Co., Riverside, Gal. 



Colonies of Italian bees in L. hives, 10-fr., built 

 on full brood-frames, wired, body and shallow super 

 redwood, dovetailed, three coats white, sheeted lids ; 

 each neat, modern, and full of stores — any time. 

 Jos. Waleath, Antioch, cal. 



Golden Italian queens that produce golden bees, 

 the brightest kind, gentle, and as good honey-gather- 

 ers as can be found. Each, $1.00; six, $5.00; test- 

 ed, $2.00; breeders, $5.00 to $10.00. 



J. B. Brockwell, Barnett's, Va. 



Golden and three-banded Italian, also Carniolan 

 untested, 75 cts. each; 3 to 6, 70 cts.; 6 to 12. 65 

 cts. each. Tested, $1.00; over 3, 90 cts. each. Bees 

 per pound, $1.25; nuclei, per frame, $1.50. No dii- 

 ease here. Everything guaranteed. 



C. B. Bankston, Buffalo, Leon Co., Tex. 



We will requeen all our 2000 colonies this spring. 

 We offer the one-vear-old queens, removed from 

 these hives, at 40 cts. each; $4.20 per doz. ; $30.00 

 per 100, delivered any time before June 1. Your 

 money back if not satisfied. First come, first served. 

 Book orders now. 



Spencer Apiabies Co., Nordhoff, Cal. 



There is a key to all business; and the key to 

 successful honey production is " good " queens. W» 

 have them, and know how to raise them. Thirty- 

 five years' experience. Three-banded Italians, 75 cts. 

 each; $4.25 for 6; $8.00 per dozen. Safe arrival 

 and satisfaction to everybody. We handle success- 

 fully the orders of the largest producers. 



The Rialto Honey Co., Rialto, Cal. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Rufus-red Belgian hares. Price list free. 



Harvey L. Stumb, Richland Center, Pa. 



Wanted. — Raw furs, honest prices, honest grades. 

 George E. Kramer, Valencia, Pa. 



Stxawberry Growing by Strawberry Pete, sent 

 free. P. A. Anderson, Grand Mound, Iowa. 



White and brown ferrets. Stamp for description 

 and prices. Jewell's Ferret Kennels, Spencer, O. 



For Sale. — Ginseng, goldenseal, and calabash 

 gourd seed ; sample, 25 cts. Agent for Bowker's 

 Pyrox. S. Pitts, Stronghurst, 111. 



_ If you live where spicewood grows you can make 

 big money gathering it. Correspond with John H. 

 Black, 214 Commercial St., Los Angeles, Cal. 



White-flowered goldenrod for sale at the rate of 

 50 plants for 50 cts., postage prepaid. The only 

 plant that yields uectar and pollen after frost. 



James S. Johnson, Langnau, Laurel Co., Ky. 



WANTS AND EXCHANGES 



Wanted. — Good honey location with or without 

 bees. D. E. Lhommedieu, Colo, Iowa. 



Wanted. — Bees; 25 to 100 colonies; no diseased 

 ones. Address Paul Quay, Rt. 3, Altamont, N. Y. 



Wanted. — To trade Light Brahma and Rhode 

 Island settings for bees, nuclei, etc. 



Luke Staley, Jr., Pleasant Ridge. Ohio. 



Wanted. — One 12 or 16 inch cigar-box planer. 

 What have you to offer? R. H. Schmidt, 



Rt. 3, Box 209, Sheboygan, Wis. 



Wanted.— To exchange six-frame power extractor 

 for four-frame hand machine ; also foundation mill, 

 for any thing I can use. 



W. C. Gathright, Fillmore, Cal. 



To Exchange. — A Root foundation-mill, dipping- 

 pan and boards, for an iron garden roller, spray 

 pump, or double-wheel hoe. 



Frank Lacey, Danbury, Conn. 



Wanted. — Bees. Could, at fair price, take a car- 

 load of bees in the spring ; prefer middle or southern 

 States. Address, giving particulars, 

 R. F. Holtermann, Brantford, Ontario, Canada. 



Carload Bees Wanted. — 300 colonies bees for 

 spring delivery, in good condition and no disease. 

 Must be in ten-frame brood-chambers, no bottoms or 

 covers. We furnish both top and bottom shipping- 

 screens. State all particulars and price in first let- 

 ter. The Louis H. Scholl Apiaries, 



New Braunfels, Tex. 



HELP WANTED 



Wanted. — Good beeman for 1913. Give experi- 

 ence and age. George Laeinan, Pasadena, Cal. 



Wanted. — Help for the bee season of 1913. Give 

 experience and age. 



B. B. Coggshall, Rt. 12, Groton, N. Y. 



Wanted. — A good young man for the season of 

 1913 to work in bees. State salary, experience, age, 

 etc., in first letter. 



Frank C. Alexander, Delanson, N. T. 



Wanted. — Reliable man of good habits for season 

 of 1913, to work with bees and on farm. Use auto- 

 mobile for out-yards. State age, experience, and 

 N. L. Stevens, Moravia, N. Y. 



Wanted.— Salesmen to establish a paying bujsi- 

 ness selling our honey direct to the family trade in 

 your home town. Complete instructions and honey 

 supplied in small sizes. 



Bull & Cavanagh, Hebron, Ind. 



One apiarist, queen-breeder, one assistant apia- 

 rist, desire engagement to work one or more apiaries 

 on salary or shares for 1913; west of the Rocky 

 Mountains preferred. References exchanged. 



Apiarists, Rt. 3, Box 9B, Oroville, Cal. 



I could take two or three young men of good 

 clean habits, to learn beekeeping during the season 

 of 1913; crop last year 45,000 lbs. Board free, and 

 something more if we both do well. 

 R. F. Holtermann, Brantford, Ontario, Canada. 



Assistants Wanted. — Good chance for right 

 kind of sober, energetic young men in our extensive 

 apiary work, to begin right away. State wages ex- 

 pected, and other particulars, in first letter. 

 The Louis H. Scholl Apiaries, 



New BraunfeU, Tex. 



