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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS 



Fawn and white Indian Runner duck eggs, 81.00 

 per 11; $7.00 per 100. Day-old ducklings, 25 cts. each. 

 Matlng-llBt free. Kent Jennings, Mt. Gllead, O. 



Indian Runner ducks, true fawn and white. Eggs 

 and stock lor 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 Mlnorcas(Northup strain). 

 These are the largest Mlnorcas 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 850.00; limited number trios, 

 828.00. 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. 



BEEKEEPERS' DIRECTORY 



Nutmeg Italian queens, leather color, after June 

 I, Jl.OO. A. W. Yates, Hartford, Ct. 



Well-bred b«ei and au*«iis. Hlvu and luppUes. 

 J. H. U. Cook, 70 Cortlandt St., N«w York. 



Improved goldvn-rellov Italian Quecns for 1912; 

 beautiful, huitling, t*ntle workers. Send for price 

 list to E. E. Lawkexox, Doniphan. Mo. 



QtJKKNS.— Improved red-clover Italian*, bred for 

 bustness; Jvme 1 to Nov. 15, untested aueeos, 75 cts.; 

 select, $1.00; tested, $1.% each. Safe arrival and sat- 

 isfaction guaranteed. H. C. Clxhoks, Boyd. Ey. 



QuiBiN'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 1901 and 1909 with- 

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



QUIKIN-THS-QUKEN-BKKKDKK, BelleVUe. O. 



Ey Our Business ;>L4xagee 



10 bushels, |12.00. We do not have the Japanese 

 in stock, but can get it to furnish at 20 cts. per 

 bushel extra. If any of our i-eaders have a surplus 

 of seed to disnose of we should be pleased to hear 

 from them with a sample, naming • uantity and t e 

 price asked. We may lie in a position to use some 

 of it on orders which we may get and can not sup- 

 pl^^ from here. At present we have a good stock 

 of silverhull; but m the shipping Sf/ason it some- 

 times goes very suddenly ; and at such times it is 

 an advantage to know where further stock is avail- 

 able. 



SECOND-HAND FOUNDATION MILLS. 



We have to oflfer 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, 2i/4xlO-inch heavy hex. brood mill. An 

 old-style Dunham machine without cam adjustment ; 

 in rather poor condition. Price $8.00. 



No. 0129, 2x10 round cell medium-brood mill, in 

 style frame, in good condition. Price $14.00. 



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

 very good condition. Price $14.00. 



No. 0140, 21^x6 hexagonal thin-super mill, in 

 very good condition. Price $14.00. 



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

 mill, one bad cell, otherwise "in good condition. Price 

 $12.00 



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

 good for regular-width super foundation. Price 

 $12.00. 



No. 0153, 21^x6 hexagonal thin-super mill. No. 

 0154, ditto. Both in very good condition. Price 

 $14.00 each. 



No. 0156, 21/^x6 extra thin-super mill, fair. Price 

 $10.00. 



No. 0157, 2^/^x6 thin-super mill, in good condi- 

 tion. Price $12.00. 



No. 0160, 2%x6 hexagonal thin-super mill in 

 good condition. Price $12.00. 



No. 0164, 2^x6 hexagonal thin-super mill in fair 

 condition. Price $10.00. 



No 0165, 21^x6 hexagonal extra-thin super mill 

 in fair condition. Price $11.00. 



No. 0166, 2^x6 hexagonal thin-super mill in- ex- 

 tra good condition. Price $14.00. 



No. 0167, 2%x6 hexagonal extra-thin super mill 

 in fair condition. Price $11.00. 



No. 0168, 2%x6 hexagonal thin-super mill in 

 good condition. Price $12.00. 



No. 0169, 2%x6 hexagonal extra-thin super mill 

 in extra good condition. Price $15.00. 



No. 0147, 2%x6 thin-super mill in extra good 

 condition. Price $15.00. 



No. 0175, 2%xl0 light-brood mill in good condi- 

 tion. Price $16.00. 



No. 0176, 2^x6 extra thin-super mill in fair con- 

 dition. Price $12.00. 



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

 expects to continue lectures on beekeeping again 

 this year on our roof at 10 Vine Street, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa., during May and June, every Tuesday and 

 Friday, between 11 and 12 o'clock. Visitors desir- 

 ing 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. 



Our stock of second-hand cans at Medina has been 

 oversold, and at this writing we have only a few 

 boxes available for orders at Chicago, 111. Until 

 further notice our price on such as we may have to 

 furnish will be $3.50 for 10 boxes; 25 or more at 

 30 cts. per box. 



SILVERHULL BUCKWHEAT. 



The time for sowing buckwheat is near at hand. 

 If you are in need of choice seed we are prepared 

 to furnish it, while present stock lasts,, at the fol- 

 lowing prices, bags included: Peck, 40 cts • V2 

 bushel, 75 cts.; 1 bushel, $1.40; 2 bushels, $2 50- 



NEW BOOKLET OP HONEY RECIPES. 



Booklet No. 31 of our Beekeepers' Ten-cent Libra- 

 ry, entitled "The Use of Honey in Cooking," is a 

 collection of about 100 tested recipes for making 

 cj.kes, cookies, breads, etc., in which honey is used. 

 In many ways this is the most complete and inter- 

 esting honey-recipe book which has ever been pre- 

 pared for wide distribution. The receipts were col- 

 lected from beekeepers and good cooks everywhere, 

 and carefully tested under our personal supervision 

 during the past year. Only those that have given 

 entirely satisfactory results are included in this col- 

 lection. 



By way of Illustration, "The Use of Honey in 

 Cooking" has as a front cover a reproduction of a 

 capned comb ; and on the five following right-hand 

 pages, opposite descriptive reading-matter, these 

 illustrations appear in order: "The same comb that 

 we show on cover with the cappings shaved off with 

 a sharp knife, exposing the dripping honey in the 

 cells;" "The uncapped combs being lowered into a 

 honey-extractor;" "Honey-extractor in operation, 

 showing how the combs are whirled rapidly and the 

 honey thrown out of the cells by centrifugal force 

 against tlie inside of the can;" "Drawing off the 

 honey through the gate at the bottom of tlie ex- 

 tractor;" "The comb after being taken from the ex- 

 tractor, showing the cells are undisturbed and the 

 comb as good as new, and ready to be filled again 



