1921 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



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South Dakota Meeting 



The South Dakota beekeepers will 

 hold their annual convention at Ver- 

 million on Marcli 8 and 9. A good 

 ptogram is promised. 



Early Sweet Clover 



Shreveport, La., Jan. 22, 1921. 



Enclosed you will find a sprig of 

 sweet clover in bloom. How is that 

 for early blooming, when you arc 

 probably sitting close to the stove to 

 keep warm? We also saw a bee work- 

 ing on a white clover blossom yester- 

 day. But I do not want you to think 

 this is general. Only here and there 

 we can find them. 



The sweet clover was sown by Mr. 

 Pease 3 years ago and is quite a 

 stand now. Am sending you this, 

 thinking it might interest you because 

 it is so early. Arthur Kuersten. 



Bees Busy Early Down South 



Just a line from the Sunny South. 

 The bees are humming just like it was 

 June (January 28). \\e have a little 

 yellow flower in bloom and the ma- 

 ples are budding. 



The bees are loaded w^ith pollen-and 

 bringing in some honey. 



The queens have begun to lay in 

 spots. 



Don't know where the bees are 

 finding honey unless it's violets or the 

 little wild yellow flowers in the fields. 

 Can't find any other source. 



J. W. Sprott. 



Mississippi. 



West Virginia Meeting 



The annual meeting of the West 

 Virginia Beekeepers' Association will 

 be held at Charleston, W. Va., March 

 25 and 26. 



Co-operative Effort 



The Iowa Beekeepers' Association 

 is undertaking to buy supplies for its 

 members this season. The first esti- 

 mate amounts to about $9,000. It is 

 possible to secure much better prices 

 on this quantity of goods thaff individ- 

 ual beekeepers could get in small lots. 

 Secretary Paddock is handling this ex- 

 tra work without charge to the mem- 

 bers. This Association. certainly 

 gives big returns for its membership 

 fee. 



TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY 



GOOD STOCK, plus long experience in ship- 

 ping bees make it profitable to buy paclcage 

 bees or nuclei. Write for my new circular. 

 R. V. Stearns, Brady. Texas. 



FOR SAl^E — 500 lbs. of Dadant medium brood 

 foundatipn at $75 per hun('red. In not less 

 than 501b. lots. 



M. C. Berry & Co., Hayneville, Ala. 



FOR SALE — Incubators, one-fourth price; ex. 

 change for extractor, double gun, repeater. 

 Lorenzo Clarke. Winona, Minn. 



FOR SALE — 60 colonies of Italian bees, 

 enough extra supers and supplies to run an 

 apiary of 150 colonies, for extracting honey. 

 The outfit is worth $1,600; will sell for $800. 

 A good honey location. Buy soon so that you 

 can 'prepare for the spring crop. No bee dis- 

 ease. P J. Thullen. 



387 Walker St., Huntsville, Ala. 



QUALITY QUEENS AT QUANTITY PRICES ^'7tl,iI!;n^P/'"' 



PRICES FOR 1921 



Nov. 1 to June 30. 

 1 6 12 



Untested $2.00 $ 9.75 $18.00 



Select Untested ..„ 2.25 11.25 19.80 



Select Tested 3.50 each 



Breeding queens after June 15, with 2-frame nuclei, $15.00 each. 



Queens are reared from mothers whose colonies are GENTLE, HARDY, and as 

 HONEY GATHERERS will compare with any. Each and every queen reared by the 

 latest and most approved methods, thus insuring queens that arc capable of duplicat- 

 ing the excellent characteristics of their mothers. 



I rear all my queens personally, and strive for QUALITY instead of quantity. You 

 may rest assured that when you order queens of us you are getting among the best 

 that can be produced. You take absolutely no risk in getting our queens for SAT- 

 ISFACTION and safe arrival guaranteed in the United States and Canada. Foreign 

 shipments at receiver's risk. I sell no bees by the pound, nor nuclei, only with 

 breeding queens. Try and estimate your needs for the approaching season and place 

 your order early. 



HERMAN McCONNELL, Robinson, Illinois 



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 ADDRESS 



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