1920 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



173 



Fertilizing Drone Eggs 



If anyone should be repeating my 

 experiments in drone egg fertiliza- 

 tion (see American Bee Journal. De- 

 cember. 1919. p. 415), I vvill add tliat 

 unless operations are carried out at 

 a high temperature, the result will be 

 failure, seeing that natural fertiliza- 

 tion occurs at the internal heat of the 

 queen's body. Also, in my latest in- 

 vestigations the drone has been 

 squeezed onto a warm glass plate, 

 previous experiments showing that 

 the extraneous matter of the drone 

 often prevented the sperm finding its 

 way through the micropylar aperture 

 of the egg. The squeezing of the 

 drone requires some practice before 

 the spermatophore is ejected. It is 

 applied to the large end of the egg 

 with a fine hair pencil. 



Regarding your interesting articles 

 in the Feliruary American Bee Jour- 

 nal, on foundation stretching and 

 wiring, trouble is often experienced 

 in getting the wires taut, without cut- 

 ting into the soft wood side bars. A 

 useful preventative is to have small 

 tin discs. These are threaded onto 

 the wire, when wiring up the frame, 

 and then pressed into the wood. 

 These handy helps are cheaply 

 punched out bv the thousand. 



GILBERT BARRATT. 



Honey Plants of Love County 

 Oklahoma 



First we have the elm and black- 

 haw trees, which furnish botli honey 

 and pollen for early brood-rearing. 

 These trees bloom in February and 

 March. The fruit trees bloom from 

 the ISth of March to the 1st of April. 

 The blackberry and wild dewberry 

 follow the fruit trees. Then we have 

 the persimmon trees, which furnish 

 honey. For surplus honey horse- 

 mint, which blooms from May 1 until 

 June 30, yields amber honey of excel- 

 lent flavor and heavy body. The cot- 

 ton plant, hundreds of acres of which 

 is grown in this county, furnishes wa- 

 ter-white honey, of superior flavor 

 and extra heavy body. This flow lasts 

 from July 20 until September 30. We 

 have a flow from sunflowers. This 

 flow conies between the horse-mint 

 and cotton bloom flow and lasts until 

 October 1. This honey is amber, and 

 not of very good flavor. 



We have a fall flow from broom 

 weeds, which give us an abundance 

 of winter stores. This honey is not 

 salable, but is good for winter stores. 

 We do not have to feed in the fall un- 

 less it is a dry vear. 



EUGEXE HOLLOWAV. 



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BEES AND QUEENS 



See Atnater's classified honey .idv't. 



OUEEN.S I!Y RETURN MAIL— Tested Ital- 

 i.in queens, $2..')0 each. Untested queens, 

 ready May 1, $1.25. $\3.[in per doz. No dis- 

 ease and all queens guaranteed to be the best. 

 J. W. K Shaw, Loreauville, La. 



I'OR SALE — Hardy Italian queens, $1 each 

 VV. G. Lauver. Middletown, I'a. 



FOR SALE — My famous three-tjanded Italian 

 queens. $t.2o each, six for $7, from June 1 

 to November. J. W. Romberger, Apiarist, 



3113 Locust St., St. Joseph, Mo. 



WANTED — To hear from beekeepers wanting 

 queens from three-banded Italian stock which 

 for the last 10 years made the largest average 

 Iier colony of any bees in Indiana. All orders 

 accepted to be filled after May 20. Untested 

 queens, May and June, $2 each, 6 for $10.50. 

 Charles Kennard, Knightstown, Ind. 



THE ITALIAN QUEENS OF WINDMERE 

 are superior three-banded stock. Untested, 

 $1..'">0 each; six for $S. Tested, $2 each. Se- 

 lect tested, $2.50 each. Virgins $1. Nuclei 

 for sale 



Prof. W. A. Matheny. Ohio University, 



Athens, Ohio. 



DAY-OLD QUEENS at practical prices. Su 

 perior improved Italian stock. Mailed in 

 safety introducing cages. Safe arrival guaran- 

 teed to any part of the U. S. and Lanada. 

 Send for circular. Prices: 1. 75c; 10. $fi; 100, 

 $60. James McKee, Riverside, Calif. 



QLTEENS — Italian queens of excellent stock 

 will be ready to mail June 1. Untested. $1.50 

 each; 6, $7.50; 12. $14. 



J. D. Harrah, R. No. 1, Freewater, Ore. 



FOR SALE — Hardy northern bred Italian 

 queens, untested, $1.50 each; tested, $2.50 

 each. Bees, lib., $2.50. Write for quantity 

 prices. Early delivery. 



Clifton Smith. Salesville, Ohio. 



FOR SALE — Hardy northern bred Italian 

 queens, untested, $3 each. 6 for $11. May 15 

 to Inly 15. Select tested, $.3. after Tune 1. 

 Dr. C. E. Sheldon. Coeur D'.Mene. Idaho. 



FOR SALE — 30 colonies bees in 10-frame 1- 

 story hives, spaced 9 frames per hive. ..ill 

 ship about June 1, when unpacked from their 

 winter cases. F. J. Rettig, Wabash. Ind. 



BOOKING ORDERS for June delivery. Pure 

 3-banded Italian queens, reared by the Doo- 

 little method. Untested, each $1, 6 for $5.75; 

 per dozen. $11. Tested, each, $2; six for $11; 

 per dozen, $20. 



H. N. Boley, Hillsboro, la. 



FOR SALE — Bees; good hybrid stock from 

 outyards in 2-lb. packages, with a tested 

 queen from home yard, for $7; or with untest- 

 ed queen, $6. Two-frame nucleus Italian bees, 

 $5; 3-frame nucleus, $0.75. 



C. H. Cobb. Belleville, Ark. 



FOR SALE — Italian oueens that will give re- 

 sults; untested, $2; tested. $3; bre'eders. $10. 

 A. Beyer, Krotz Springs, La. 



TRYING IS KNOWING— I can tell you a lot 

 of facts about Victor's Italian queens. I can 

 tell you that they have all the good qualities 

 that queen breeders ever claimed for their 

 (|ueens. But what of that? You can't know 

 until you try it for yourself. Mated, $1.25 

 each; six, $7; twelve, $13.50, from June 1 to 

 October 1. Julius Victor, Martinsville, N. \'. 



FOR S.\LE — Bees in Hoffman 10-frame hives. 

 Julius Gentz, Wabeno, Wis. 



FOR S.\LE — 2-S and 8-10 frame hives of bees 

 on full-sheet combs; all wired; no foulbrood. 

 Leather Italians, $12 and $15. 



F. W. Hemmings. Thomaston, Conn. 



FOR SALE — Italian queens. Prices for un- 

 tested, in June, $1..50 each. $8.25 for six, $16 

 for twelve: tested, $2.60 each from July 1 to 

 October 1; untested, $1.25 each, $7 for six, 

 $13. .50 for twelve; tested. $2 each; Virgins, 7.ic 

 each. Mismated queens will be replaced if re- 

 turned in 30 days. Dead queens will be re- 

 placed if returned to me by return mail. 



R. B. Grout, Jamaica, Vt. 



FOR SALE — Italian queens at reduced prices 

 for June and balance of summer. 



Irish Brothers, Doctortown, Ga. 



FOR SALE — Pure Italian queens. Select un- 

 tested, 1, $1.50; 6, $7.50; 13, $13.50; 50, $55; 

 100 and over, each $1. Also jiackages and nu- 

 clei. Golden Star Apiaries, San Jose, Cal. 



FOR SALE — I. F. Miller's strain Italian queen 

 bees. Northern bred for business from my 

 best superior breeders; gentle, roll honey in, 

 hardy, winter well, not inclined to swarm, 3- 

 banded. Queens a specialty; 20 years breeding 

 experience. .Satisfaction guaranteed. Safe ar- 

 rival in U. S. and Canada. Untested, $1,40; 

 3, $3.75; fi, $7; 12, $13. select untested, $1.65; 

 3. $4.50; 6, $8.50; 12, $16. 



I. F. Miller, Brookville, Pa., R. 2. 



FOR SALE — Three-handed Italian queens, 

 June 1 to October 1, untested $1.50, tested 

 $2.50, select tested $3.50. 



Wm. C. Young, Box 249, Des Plaines, III. 



FOR SALE — Queens, nuclei, packages, colonies 

 from our apiaries in Arkansas and Louisiana 

 Write for prices now. 



The Foster Honey & Mercantile Co., 



Boulder, Colo. 



FOR ' SALE — Three-banded Italian queens, 

 ready June 10. Untested only, 1, $1 60; 6, 



$8; doz., $15. Book orders now. 



Ross B. Scott, Rt. No. 4, La Grange, Ind. 



FOR SALE— 200 2-frame nuclei ready for de- 

 livery from May 1 to 20, at $5.50 each, with 

 young untested queen. Where tested queens 

 are wanted, $6.60 each. 



Cotton Belt Apiaries, Roxton,, Texas. 



FOR SALE — Superior California Queens — 

 Western beekeepers may now secure our fa- 

 mous Italian queens at the following prices: 

 One untested, $1.25; fifty untested. $57.50; one 

 hundred untested, $100. Orders filled in rota- 

 tion; first deliveries March 1, 1920. 



Edson Apiaries, Gridley, Calif. 



FOR SALE — Leather colored Italian queens, 

 tested, until June 1, $3.50; after, $2; un- 

 tested. $1.25; $13 per dozen. Root's goods, 

 Root's prices. A. W Yates, 



15 Chapman St.. Hartford, Conn. 



ITALIAN QUEENS— Three-banded, select un- 

 tested, guaranteed. Queen and drone moth- 

 ers are chosen from colonies noted for honey 

 production, hardiness, prolificness, gentleness, 

 and perfect markings. Price $1.25 each; 13 or 

 more, $1 each. 



J. H. Haughey, Berrien Springs, Mich. 



FOR SALE — Choice Iowa bred 3-banded un- 

 tested Italian queens, after June 15, $1.75; 

 July, $1.60; August and September, $1.26 

 each. J. R. Coon, Ames, Iowa. 



FOR SALE — 3-banded Italian queens from best 

 honey-gathering strain obtainable; (.no dis- 

 ease). Untested queens, $1.25 each; 6, $6.60; 

 12, $12. Select untested, $1.50 each; 6, $9; 

 12, $18. Tested, $2.50 each. Safe arrival and 

 satisfaction guaranteed. Your orders filled 

 promptly. vV. T. Perdue & Sons, 



R. No. 1, Fort Deposit, Ala. 



FOR SALE — Highest grade 3-banded Julian 

 queens, ready June 1. Queen and drone 

 mothers are selected from stock of proven 

 worth in hardiness, gentleness, honey produc- 

 tion and disease-resisting qualities. Untested, 

 each, $1,25; 6, $6.60; 12, $12; 60. $47.60; 100, 

 $90. Your correspondence will receive prompt 

 attention, and I guarantee satisfaction. 



A. E. Crandall. Berlin, Conn. 



BOOK YOUR ORDERS for QUEENS now— 

 Goldens, $2: tested, $3; banded, $1.60; tested, 

 $2.60; six or more 10 per cent less. 



Clover Leaf Apiaries, Wahoo, Neb. 



"QUALITY" THREE-BANDED ITALIANS 

 from excellent stock; untested queens, 1, 

 $1.50; 6 for $7.60; 12 for $13.60; 50 for $66; 

 100 for $100. N. J. James, 



1185 Bird Ave.. San Jose, Calif. 



MOTT'S Northern Bred Italian Queens — 1 

 have breeding mothers place in the south for 

 April and early May queens. Plans "How to 

 Introduce Queen and Increase," 26c. If you 

 want beauty with the best of summer and win- 

 ter laying birds, try a setting of my Golden 

 Campines. 



E. E. Mott, Glenwood, Mich. 



FOR SALE — 2,000 pounds of bees in pound 

 packages, early. 



H. E. Graham, Gause, Texas. 



