Position Wanted 



Man of Intelligence, and steady, 35, now on lem- 

 on-ranch, desires position with chance to handle 

 bees. E. BiSHOFF. Rt. l. Box 224, San Diego, Cal. 



Real Estate 



Wanted.— House on three to four acres, in good 

 locality for beekeeping in West or Northwest, U. 

 S. A. Cash transaction. Address, with particu- 

 lars, L. BiGELOW, Box 273, Renfrew, Ontario, Can. 



Miscellaneous 



Wanted. — Copies of Gleanings in good condition, 

 for Jan. 1-5, 1912, and Feb. 1, 1912. Subscribers having 

 a spare copy for either of these dates will please no- 

 tify us by post card. The A. I. Root Co., Medina, O. 



FOR Sale. — A five-passenger two-cylinder 25 h. p. 

 auto. In excellent condition: fully equipped with 

 top, windshield, etc.: been run about 5000 miles. 

 Detachable tonneau, making it handy for pleasure 

 or for hauling: just the thing for a beeman. Price 

 8400. F. Q. B. Moreland. No broken parts, no no- 

 ticeable wear on any of the mechanism. Finish 

 still in nice shape. 



The Leader, Moreland, Oklahoma. 



Indian Runner Ducks 



Fawn and white Indian Runner duck eggs, $1.00 

 per 11; S7.00 per 100. Day-old ducklings, 25 cts. each. 

 Mating-list free. Kent Jennings, Mt. Gilead. O. 



Indian Runner ducks, true fawn and white. Eggs 

 and stock for sale. Crystal White Orpingtons (Kel- 

 lerstrass): beautiful white large birds: mature ear- 

 ly. Stock and eggs for sale. S. C. R. I. Reds (Tomp- 

 kins strain). S. C. Black Minorcas(Northup strain). 

 These are the largest Minorcas in the world. Write 

 for prices on the above breeds and eggs. 



C. O. Yost. Rt. 4, Winchester. Ind. 



May and June fertility. Livable ducks are at 

 high tide; 13 pure-white eggs, Sl.OO: S7.00 per 100. 

 When the egg season is over I will sell one pen of 

 exhibition ducks for S-dO.OO; limited number trios, 

 S25.00. This color and strain of ducks have had the 

 stamp of approval set upon them by the foremost 

 poultry judges of this country. Satisfaction guar- 

 anteed or money refunded. Correspondence In- 

 vited. RoB'T Bird, Plnckneyville, 111. 



Poultry 



Silver-spangled Hamburgs for beauty and eggs: 

 15 eggs Sl.OO. R. O. LiNTZ, Rt. l.Utica, Mich. 



Fob Sale.— S. C. W. Leghorn eggs, 81.00 per set- 

 ting. Best winter layers; 84.00 per 100. Pekln duck 

 eggs, 20 for ?1.00. S. J. Carroll, Ashburn, Va. 



White Orpingtons.— Fine healthy young stock 

 for sale. Eggs and baby chicks from prize stock. 

 Piper's Poultry Plant, Elkville, 111. 



For .Sale.— SicIUian Buttercup eggs for hatching, 

 82.75 per 15; 85.00 per 30; from thoroughbred stock. 

 Henry Woodworth, Jr., Box 505, Cheboygan, Mich. 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



S. C. Black Leghorns, our birds are winners and 

 great layers. Descriptive circular free; contains 

 full information. Write your wants. Address 



The Van Drust Farms. Cedar Grove. Wis. 



Buttercups. — Eggs from three pens of grand 

 birds — 15, 83.00; 30, 85.50; 100, 815.00. Satisfaction 

 guaranteed. Rivebview Poultry' Farm, 



Union City. Mich. 



Prize-winning S. C. R. I. Reds; thoroughbred 

 White Orpington, Barred Rocks, Indian Runner 

 ducks, fawn and white. Eggs and chicks. 



David M. Hammond. 

 Woodslde Poultry-yards, Rt. 5, Cortland, N. Y. 



Strictly fresh eggs, direct from our own poultry- 

 yards. In both white and brown color. Also laying 

 pullets. Illustrated catalog free. Write to 



Tay'lor's Poultry- Yards, 



(Sales Department.) Lyons, N. Y. 



Fob Sale. — Eggs for hatching from my prize- 

 winning strain of Rose Comb Brown Leghorns— the 

 best layers I ever owned, and I have tried them all. 

 They are beauties too. Per setting of 15, 81.00. Im- 

 perial Pekln duck eggs, same price. Satisfaction 

 guaranteed. W. O. Roudabush, Hagerstown, Md. 



Real bargains. In stock. 2-1 b. pullets, chicks, 



eggs; heavy-laying Barred Rocks, S. C. R. I. Reds, 



S. C. White Leghorns, Pekin ducks — the kind we 



all want. No strikers during winter. Catalog free. 



Crystal Spring Farms, Rt. 3, LItitz. Pa. 



Bee-keepers' Directory 



Nutmeg Italian queens, leather color, after June 

 1. 81.00. 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 que^is, 75 cts.; 

 select, $1.00; tested, 81.25 each. Safe arrival and sat- 

 isfaction guaranteed. H. C. Clemons, Boyd. Ky. 



QuiEiN'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 lor circular. 



Quirin-the-Quken-beeeder, Bellevue. O, 



(Organized 1870) 

 National Beekeepers' Association 



Objects 



The objects of this Association shall be to aid its 

 members in the business of beekeeping; to help in 

 the sale of their honey and beeswax; and to pro- 

 mote the Interests of beekeepers in any other di- 

 rection decided upon by the Board of Directors. 



Officers 

 President— George W. York, Chicago. 111. 

 VIce-Pres.— Morley Pettit, Guelph. Ont.. Can. 

 Secretary— E. B. Tyrrell, Detroit. Mich. 

 Treasurer— N. E. France. Platteville, Wis. 



Directors 

 E. D. Townsend, Chairman, Remus, Mich. 

 Wesley C. Foster, Boulder, Colo. 

 Franklin Wilcox, Mauston. Wis. 

 J. E. Crane. Middlebury, Vermont. 

 J. M. Buchanan, Franklin, Term. 



Annual Membership duas SI. 50, one-third (50 

 cents) of which goes to the local branch where such 

 branch is organized. 



Send dues to the Secretary, E. B. Tyrrel. 



