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

 successful honey-production is " good " queens. We 

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

 years' experience. Tliree-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. 



We will requeen all our 2000 colonies this spring- 

 witli youns queens, bred from our best home and 

 imported Italian stock. We offer the year-old queens, 

 removed from these hives, at 40 cts. each. Untested 

 queens, this year's breeding, 60 cts. each. Special 

 reduced prices for 100 or more, either old or young. 

 We breed for business, not looks. No disease ; de 

 Dvery guaranteed. Book orders now to insure early 

 delivery. Spencer Apiaries, Nordhoff, Cal. 



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 impor- 

 tant to have drones of the best as it is queens, 

 yueens, Italian tlrree-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, one-frame, $2.50; 

 (i 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. 



REAL ESTATE 



For Sale. — Ten acres water front, house, flowing 

 artesian well, launch flat boat, 25 colonies bees, 140 

 bodies complete, 75 covers and bottoms, queen- 

 rearing outfit, Cyphers incubator, 200 chickens. 

 Will sell part of land and consider partner. 



Thos. McLaine, Osprey, Fla. 



Virginia apple land will make you independent. 

 $15.00 per acre and up. Easy payments. Buys No. 

 1 fruit and farming land. Write at once for our 

 illustrated booklet, and low e.xcursion rates. F. H. 

 LaBaume, Agr'l Agent Norfolk & Western Ry., 

 Room 73, Roanoke, Va. 



For Sale. — Bee, poultry, and fruit farm of 4 

 acres at North Nassau, N. Y. A good foundation for 

 house and barn ; good well of water ; no buildings ; 

 4 miles from Sand Lake, where there is good trolley- 

 car service to Troy. Price $150 cash. Address 

 G. H. Adams, Spring and Central Aves., Troy, N. Y. 



Bee-ranch in south Te.\as for sale. Just out of 

 city limits of San Marcos, a splendid location for an 

 apiary or poultry-ranch — no bees near ; splendid bee- 

 range. Good market for all kinds of produce; nice 

 modern cottage. One of the most healthful locatiors 

 in Texas. If interested, address 



J. P. Caldwell, San Marcos, Texas. 



HELP WANTED 



Wanted at once, help in apiaries. 



F. B. Cavanagh, Hebron, Ind. 



Wanted. — First-class bee-man to take charge of 

 200 colonies of bees. Jacob Huffman, 



703 We.st Washington St., Monroe, Wis. 



Wanted. — Assistant beekeeper. State age, experi- 

 ence, and wages ; 5 months' season. 

 The Rocky Mountain Bee Co., Forsyth, Mont. 



Wanted. — At once. Several more good sober as- 

 sistants in our apiary work right away. Give wages 

 wanted and particulars in first letter. The Louis 

 H. ScHOLL Apiaries, New Braunfels, Texas. 



Wanted. — Thoroughly experienced beeman to 

 work in a series of out-apiaries ; wages $60 per 

 month and board. Write for further information. 

 A. J. Spurlin, Box 38, Rosedale, Cal. 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



MISCELLAN EOUS 



For Sale. — Maine-raised Angora kittens, all col- 

 ors. C. B. LiBBY, Box 145, Freeport, Maine. 



^Vhite and brown ferrets. Stamp for description, 

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



The New Way. Spearmint Gum by Parcel Post. 

 Special offer. Three 5-ct. packages for 10 cts. post- 

 paid. Agents wanted. Send for sample and particu- 

 lars. Tourist Gum Co., Rochester, N. Y. 



A genuine mad-stone, virtue and merit guaran- 

 teed. Will send on approval. A positive sure cure 

 for stings and poisonous bites. Will exchange for 

 bees, honey, and supplies. 



R. R. James, Jr., Ingram, Va. 



POULTRY 



Buff Orpingtons, Buff Leghorns, Anconas. 



M^VRLE W. Wemmer, Jacksonville, Ohio. 



Rose Comb Black Minorca Eggs — 15 for $1.00. 

 Lee Gidley, Morgantown, W. Va. 



Sicilian Buttercups. Best of all. Eggs for hatch- 

 ing. Mating list free. D. S. Durall, Hurdland, Mo. 



For Sale. — S. C. White Leghorn eggs for hatch- 

 ing, $4.00 per 100. B. Chase, Earlville, N. Y 



Stock and eggs for sale, all leading varieties ; also 

 .geese and Belgian hares. Catalog free. 



Levi Stumb, Richland Center, Pa. 



For Sale. — Five White Orpington hens, one roost- 

 er; fine breeding stock, $20. 



R. J. Foster, Marion, Ind. 



Sicilian Buttercups. The most persistent layers 

 find non-sitting variety. Eggs, $1.50 and $3.00 per 

 15. Walter M. Adema, Berlin, Mich. 



S. C. Brown Leghorns, day-old chicks, $3 per 25 ; 

 $11 per 100; stock and eggs, none better. Booklet 

 fiee. H. M. Moyer, Rt. 2, Bechtelsville, Pa. 



S. C. White Leghorns of quality, prolific layers of 

 large snow-white eggs; 15, $1.50. Valley City 

 Poultry Farm, Rt. 12, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



For Sale. — S. C. Black Orpingtons, the kind that 

 lay, weigh, and pay. My pen is headed by Black 

 Chief .Junior. Eggs for hatching now booked, $3.00 

 for 15. C. L. Cole, Medina, Ohio. 



Standard-bred heavy-laying Barred Rocks, S. C. 

 Rhode Island Reds ; stock of highest quality for sale. 

 Send for catalog. Do it now. 



Crystal Spring Farm, Rt. 3, Lititz, Pa. 



Eggs that hatch big strong chicks from I. R. 

 ducks, Houdans. Leghorns, Wyandottes, Minorcas, 

 White Games, Orpingtons, $1.50 per 15; $2.75 per 

 30; $4.00 per 45. Mating list. 



Brookside Farm, Trimble, Ohio. 



For Sale. — Eggs for hatching from my prize- 

 ■\vinniug stiain of Rose Comb Brown Leghorns — the 

 best lavers I ever owned, and I have txied them all. 

 They are beauties, too. Per setting of 15, $1.00. 

 Satisfaction cua'-anteed. 



W. O. RoiTDABUSH, Hagerstown, Md. 



Eggs from prize-winning single-comb Buff Or- 

 pingtons — 2 special pens ; Martz and Rogers strain, 

 $3.50 per 15; utility flock, free range, $1.25 per 

 15; $5.50 per 100. Also eggs from fawn and white 

 Indian Runner ducks, scoring up to 94% ; $1.50 

 per 13 ; $4 50 per 50. -James McKendrick, 



Glenlussa Farm, Ernie, Iowa. 



