MARCH 1, 1913 



BEES AND QUEENS 



Our queens will please you. Price $1.00 each. 

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



For Sale. — 50 to 300 colonies, eight-frame, good 

 condition. E. F. Atwater, Meridian, Idaho. 



For Sale. — 134 colonies Italian bees in chaff 

 hives. M. Isbell, 59 Mitchell St., Norwich, N. Y. 



For Sale. — Three-banded Italian queens bred for 

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

 for $5.00. Wm. S. Barxett, Harnett's, Va. 



Do you wish to be treated right? Then send your 



ordersfor 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, Cal. 



Golden Italian queens that produce golden bees, 

 the brighest 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, V.i. 



No spring dwindling. Bees from the Land of 

 Flowers. By express, safe arrival guaranteed. $2.00 

 per half-pound. " A pound of bees in March is 

 worth a swarm in June." 



Edwin G. Baldwin, DeLand, Fla. 



Italian queens, untested, $1.00; select tested, 

 $1.50. Bees by pound. Plans, " How to Introduce 

 Queens," 15 cts.; "How to Increase," 15 cts.; or 

 both, 25 cts. Descriptive list free. 



E. E. MoTT, Glenwood, Mich. 



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 dis- 

 ease here. Every thing guaranteed. 



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



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

 successful honey production is " good " queens. We 

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

 vears' 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. 



For Sale. — Three-banded Italian queens and 

 packages. Best honey-gatherers. Satisfaction or 

 vour money back. No disease. Ready about April 

 1. One untested queen, 75 cts.; 6 for $4.25; 12 for 

 $8.00. After April 15, V2 lb. bees, $1.00; 1 lb., 

 $1.50; good weight; f. 0. b. here by express. Add 

 price of queens if wanted. These are young bees, 

 so will live longer than those you have wintered. 

 W. D. ACHORD, Fitzpatrick, Bullock Co., Ala. 



Try my famous strain of bees and queens, and 

 be convinced that they are all I claim for them. 

 For honey-gathering they have few equals, being 

 bred strictly for business from the best strains that 

 could be had, both queens and drones, as it is as 

 important to have drones of the best as it is queens. 

 Queens, Italian three-band, or Golden five-band, and 

 Carniolans, bred in separate yards. Untested, 1, 

 $1.00; 6, $5.00; 12, $9.00; 25, $17.50; 50, $34.00; 

 nuclei with the untested queen, 1 frame, $2.50; 6 

 one-frame, $15.00; two-frame, $3.50; 6 two-frame, 

 $20.00; nuclei with tested queen, one-frame, $3.00; 

 6, one-frame, $17.40; two-frame, $4.00; 6 two- 

 frame, $23.40. Satisfaction and safe arrival and 

 prompt service guaranteed. 



D. E. Brothers, Attalla, Ala. 



WANTS AND EXCHANGES 



Wanted. — To buy second-hand four-frame honey 

 extractor. John Betz, Rt. 2, Salinas, Cal. 



Wanted. — Maple sugar in exchange for Root bee 

 supplies. Walter S. Pouder , Indianapolis, Ind. 



Wanted. — A Hershiser wax-press cheap, delivered 

 here. David J. Grabill, 618 13th St., Modesto, Cal. 



-Good honey location, with or without 

 D. E. Lhommedieu, Colo, Iowa. 



Wanted.- 

 bees. 



Wanted. — To exchange 60 foul-brood dovetailed 

 hives for 4 to 5 H. P. gasoline-engine. 

 13494 A. G. A., care Gleanings, Medina, Ohio. 



Wanted. — A young man desires 50 to 100 colo- 

 nies to work on shares during 1913 or longer, for 

 extracted honey, near Mansfield, Ohio. Can furnish 

 reference, or will buy them if for sale at a good bar 

 gain. Address M. B., Lock Box 252, Mansfield, Ohio. 



W^ANTEd.- — 250 or less colonies of bees, any style 

 hive or box. For sale, 250 painted dovetailed supers 

 for 4% sections, at 25 cts. each in lots of 25 or 

 more. Correspondence solicited. 



A. W. Smith, Birmingham, Mich. 



HELP WANTED 



Wanted. — Young man to work with bees and 

 poultry. No one using tobacco or liquor need apply. 

 E. L. Lane, Trumansburg, N. Y. 



Wanted. — -Reliable young man of good habits to 

 work with bees and on farm. Give age, experience, 

 and wages. Frank Kittinger, Pranksville, Wis. 



Wanted. — Beeman of experience. State experi- 

 ence, and wages wanted in first letter. 



Appleton & Bagnall, Simi, Cal. 



Wanted. — A single man, thoroughly competent to 

 handle apiary for comb honey and to assist on stock 

 farm. Permanent work for right man. 



W. P. Smith, Artesia, Miss. 



Wanted. — Another young man for season of 1913. 

 Good opportunity to gain experience, as I am run- 

 ning several hundred colonies. 



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



Wanted. — A queen-breeder and honey-producer, 

 March 1 to Nov. 1. Give age, experience, and salary 

 expected in first letter. This is a good position for 

 an unmarried man to get an extensive experience. 



W. D. ACHOED, Fitzpatrick, Bullock Co., Ala. 



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. 



Bushel boxes, 21 cents each, nailed up, with name 

 and address. H. Gochnauer, West Willow, Pa. 



Strawberry Growing by Strawberry Pete, sent 

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



White and brown ferrets. Stamp for description 

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



Seed corn, White Elephant. Largest 100-day 

 corn grown; good yielder; 95 per cent test. Bush- 

 el, $2.00. " Robert Plate, Mexico, Mo. 



White-flowered goldenrod for sale at the rate of 

 50 plants for 50 cts. postage prepaid. The only 

 plant that yields nectar and pollen after frost. 



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



For Sale. — Ginseng plants one year old, 25,000. 

 Seed to come up this spring. Goldenseal plants; 

 strawberry-plants. Write for prices. 



Stuckey Ginseng Gardens, Bremen, Ind. 



