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Bee-keepers' Directory 



Nutmeg Italian queens, leather color, after June 

 1, ?1.00. A. W. Yates, Hartford, Ct. 



Well-bred bees and queens. Hives and supplies. 

 J. H. M. COOK. 70 Cortlandt St., New York. 



Improved golden-yellow Italian queens for 1912; 

 beautiful, hustling, gentle workers. Send for price 

 list to E. E. Lawrence, Doniphan, Mo. 



Queens.— Improved red-clover Italians, bred for 

 business; June 1 to Nov. 15, untested queens. 75 cts.; 

 select, 81.00; tested, 81.25 each. Safe arrival and sat- 

 isfaction guaranteed. H. C. Ci^emons, Boyd, Ky. 



QuiKiN's famous Improved Italian queens, nu- 

 clei, colonies, and bees by the pound, ready in May. 

 Our stock Is northern-bred and hardy; five yards 

 wintered on summer stands in 1908 and 1909 with- 

 out a single loss. For prices, send for circular. 



QniRIN-THE-QCBBN-BKBEDEB, BellCVUe, O. 



By OuB Business Managbk 



Our Philadelphia manager, Mr. Wm. A. Selser, 

 expects to continue lectures on beekeeping again 

 this year on our roof at 10 Vine Street, Philadelphia, 

 Pa., during May and June, every Tuesday and Fri- 

 day, between 11 and 12 o'clock. Visitors desiring to 

 see the actual work with the bees, and the various 

 manipulations of the hives, will be welcome at 

 these demonstrations. Of course, visitors are wel- 

 come at our store during all business hours, but for 

 lectures and demonstration work are Invited par- 

 ticularly at the hours named. 



second-hand cans. 

 We have a large stock of good second-hand 60-lb. 

 honey cans with screws, two in a case. We empty 

 a good many hundreds of these cans during a year, 

 and we save only those which are in good condi- 

 tion. While we never recommend the use of sec- 

 ond-hand cans for choice white honey these we 

 have In stock are so well selected that we would al- 

 most risk good honey In them, especially if they 

 were well scalded out just before using. We leave 

 a coating of honey in the can because It preserves 

 it from rusting;' but the cans should be scalded out 

 just before filling again. Price S3.00 for 10 boxes; 

 25 cts. a box In lots of 25 or over. Can supply a car- 

 load. 



second-hand foundation-mills. 



We have to offer the following list of foundation- 

 machines which have been used, but are in fair 

 condition. In many cases they will answer as well 

 as a new machine where you have only a moderate 

 output. Send for samples of any mill in the list 

 which may Interest you. 



No. 0121, 2Jixl0-Inch heavy hex. brood mill. An 

 old-style Dunham machine without cam adjust- 

 ment; in rather poor condition. Price 88.00. 



No. 0129, 2x10 round cell medium-brood miU, old- 

 style frame. In good condition Price S14.00. 



No. 0139. 2^x6 hexagonal thih-super mill, in very 

 good condition. Price S14.00. 



No. 0140, 254x6 hexagonal thin-super mill. In very 

 good condition. Price 514.00. 



No. 0151, 2^x6 hexagonal cell, extra thin-super 

 mill, one bad cell, otherwise in good condition. 

 Price S12.00. 



No. 0152, 2>^x6 hexagonal thin-super mill, extra 

 good for regular-width super foundation. Price 

 812.00. 



No. 0153, 2Hx6 hexagonal thin-super mill. No. 

 0154, ditto. Both in very good condition. Price 

 $14.00 each. 



No. 0156, 2^x6 extra thin-super mill, fair. Price 

 810.00. 



No. 0157. 2>^xfi thin-super mill, In good condition. 

 Price S12.00. 



No. 0160, 2^2 X 6 hexagonal thin-super mill In good 

 condition. Price S12.00. 



No. 0164, 2'/2 X 6 hexagonal thin-super mill in fair 

 condition. Price SIO.OO. 



No. 0165, 2J4 X 6 hexagonal extra-thin-super mill 

 In fair condition. Price SU.OO. 



No. 0166. 254 x 6 hexagonal thin-super mill in ex- 

 tra good condition. Price 814.00. 



No. 0167, 254 X 6 hexagonal extra-thin-super mill 

 In fair condition. Price $11.00. 



No. 0168, 254 x 6 hexagonal thin-super mill in good 

 condition. Price .S12.00. 



No. 0169. 254 X 6 hexagonal extra-thln-super mill 

 in extra good condition. Price 815.00. 



No. 0147, 254 X 6 thin-super mill in extra good con- 

 dition. Price £15.00. 



No. 0175, 25^ X 10 light-brood mill in good condi- 

 tion. Price S16.00. 



No. 0176, 254 X 6 extra thin-super mill in fair con- 

 dition. Price 812.00. 



Convention Notices. 



beekeepeks" convention at Massachusetts 



agricultural college, may 29, JUNE 12, 1912. 



annual convention and field days, 



JUNE 12 and 13. 



The annual short course in beekeeping at the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College is offered from 

 May 29 to June 13, 1912, to be concluded by a con- 

 vention and field days. The course and convention 

 is under the personal direction of Dr. B. N. Gates, 

 in charge of the apicultural work of the college and 

 State. 



The course includes lecture, laboratory, demon- 

 strational, apiary, and field work, as well as excur- 

 sions to large apiaries and queen-rearing plants. 

 The concluding convention should bring together 

 many representative apiarists of the East, besides 

 the noted authorities and commercial men. 



Among the noted men who have been secured to 

 lecture are: 



Dr. James P. Porter, Dean of Clark College, Wor 

 cester, Mass.; Dr. W. P. Brooks. Director of the 

 Massachusetts Experiment Station; Mr. A. A. By- 

 ard. West Chesterfield, N. H.; Mr. A. W. Yates, 

 Hartford. Ct.: Mr. R. H. Holmes. Shoreham, Vt.; 

 Mr. F. Danzenbaker, Norfolk, Va.: and many other 

 men of prominence will be at this convention. 



Because of the fact that such an eminent corps of 

 lecturers and demonstrators have been secured, an 

 exceptional opportunity is offered to men who 

 have apiaries, men interested in the best methods 

 of handling bees; rearing of queens; construction 

 and use of different kinds of hives: comb and ex- 

 tracted honey; increasing of colonies; control of 

 swarming: the hiving of bees. Especial emphasis 

 will be given to the diseases of bees and their treat- 

 ment, which are now known to occur iij practically 

 all parts of the State, thus giving an opportunity 

 to see practical applications of modern scientific 

 principles. 



The conference will not only take up the bee in- 

 dustry from the commercial point of view— that is, 

 the production of honey— but their value to the or- 

 chardist, the small-fruit grower, to the squash, cu- 

 cumber, and melon grower, and to the cranberry- 

 raiser. 



It Is estimated by Dr. B. N. Gates that at least 

 830.000 worth of honey could be cropped in Berk- 

 shire County alone, and at the same time there 

 would remain from 810,000 to 815,000 worth of bees 

 for another harvest. 



Are the beekeepers of Massachusetts going to sit 

 by and see interests outside of the State seize this 

 business opportunity? But already it is said that 

 out-of-State beekeepers are proposing to put bees in 

 the Berkshire hills as a business proposition. It 

 should be remembered, also, that there are other 

 good localities for bees in Massachusetts. Oppor- 

 tunities are numerous for the practical beekeepers 

 who will employ modern methods. 



For details and announcements, address William 

 D. Hurd, Director of Extension Service, Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural College, Amherst, Mass. 



