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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 15. 



THE BEST OF ITALIAN QUEENS. 



BY RETURN MAIL. 



Large yellow queens, healthy and prolific. Work- 

 ers gentle and the best of honev-gatherers. Tested, 

 f 1.00 each. Untested, 75 cents; S7.00 per dozen. Send 

 for our price list. 



J. W. K. SHAW & CO., 

 Loreauville, = Iberia Parish, = Louisiana. 



In wri'u g, mention Gleanings. 



Italian and Hybrid Bees and Queens 



for Sale by the Pound. 



Bees, per lb., during June SI. 00. 



Bees, per lb., during July 75. 



Three-frame nuclei, June 2.50. 



Three-ftame nuclei, July 2.00. 



3-frame nuclei without queen. ...50c less. 



Full colonies during June 4 50. 



Full colonies during July 3.00. 



Untested queens 75. 



No foul brood or any other bee-disease in this vicin- 

 ity. Bees will be carefully packed and shipped 

 promtly. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 



Reinhard Stehle, - Marietta, Ohio. 



In writing, mention Gleanings. 



Queens by Return Mail 



from a queen specialist; bred from swarming- 

 cells. Every queen warranted to reach pur- 

 chaser in good condition, and to produce well- 

 marked 3 banded workers. Price 75 cts. each. 

 JAMES WOOD, North Dana, Mass. 



Italian Queens. 



Pure-bred, five-banded Italian queers 75 cents each. 

 Tested. $1.00 each. Daniel Worth, 



Falmouth. Rush Co., Ind. 



COR SALE.— Lady's 21-hand wheel (Crescent), 1898 

 1 pattern, #18.50 cash. H H. Shane, Medioa, O. 



Wants and Exchange. 



YVANTED. — To exchange fiiearms of every descrip- 

 *' tion for old clocks (grandfather). 



W. S. Ammon, 216-218 Court St., Reading, Pa. 



YVANTED. — To furnish my hives and sections, to 

 TT careful men, for a share of No. 1 clover honey. 

 Also 4 sizes of the prize comb-honey cartons, and 68 

 pages of " Facts about Bees," for 6 cts. in stamps. 



F. Danzenbaker, Washington, D. C. 



WANTED —To exchange jewelry or bees for a good 

 TT incubator. Dr. Corya, Dupont, Ind. 



VVANTED. — To exchange a good farm seven miles 

 from Schenectady, N. Y.; good location for bees; 

 with or without apiary, for improved Florida propei- 

 ty; store or house and lot in the vicinity of Orlando 

 preferred. Address P. O. Box 27, Grooms. N. Y. 



ANTED. — To exchange for offers, one -100-egg-size 

 incubator and brooder. Reliable, hot water, good 

 Chas. H. Thies. Steeleville, 111. 



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as new 



VJ^ANTED. — To exchange a well-broken setter, full 

 pedigree, for a good double-barrel breech-load- 

 ing shotgun; also a $30 violin, for a 2d-hand Barnes foot 

 or hand power saw, or a combination Union saw. 



F. A. Whan, Raymilton, Pa. 



y^ANTED. — To correspond with an active young 

 man who has had some experience in bee-keep- 

 ing, and is willing to work. A splendid opportunitv 

 for the right man. Address Juan Ravelo, 



Craycraft, Havana Custom House, Havana, Cuba. 



Golden Italian Queens. 



Warranted purely mated; all queens by return mail; 

 will run 1200 nuclei ; queens reared by Doolittle's 

 method; safe delivery and satisfaction guaranteed; 

 have 11 years' experience, and know what good 

 queens are. Price 75c; six for SI 00. Selected, SI. 00; 

 six for 15.00. After July 1st : 50c each; six for 82.75. 

 Selected. 75c; six for SI 00. My queens are prolific, 

 and workers industrious as well as beautiful to look 

 at. Hundreds of testimonials prove this. Just now I 

 have a nice lot of queens which have just started to lay. 

 Order at once, and I will send you something fine. 



Special low price on queens in quantities. Address 



H. G. Quirin, Parkertown, Erie Co. Ohio. 



money-order office, kellevue. 

 'ti writing, mention Gleanings. 



Fruit Packages of All Kinds. 



BEE-KEEPERS' 

 SUPPLIES. . . 



Order your supplies now before 

 the busy season catches you. 

 Price list free. Address 



BERLIN FRUIT-BOX Co., 

 Berlin Heights, • - Erie Co., Ohio. 



In writing, mention Gleanings. 



OIIFFNS Either five-banded golden or from im- 

 yULLIIo. ported Italian mothers. A few breed- 

 ""— ^^~™ ers at S2 00 each; tested, 81.00, or 6 foi 

 85.00; untested, 75c, or 6 for 14.00. B. P. Rock eggs. 75c 

 for 13. CHAS. H. THIES, Steeleville, 111. 



Untested = Italian = Queens. 



Fifty cents each: warranted 

 lst-class. Tested queens, 81. 



W. C. Gathright, Dona Ana, New Mexico. 



AHf»l Rpac ARE not Italians; they are GOLD- 

 nucl uwa EN Carniolans, and practically 

 a non-swarming, non-stinging strain of bees, great 

 honey-gatherers, and sure to winter. Tested queens, 

 each, 81.00; six queen*. §5 50. or 89 00 per dozen. Every 

 thing guaranteed. Bock givii g 37 years' experience 

 in rearing queens sent free. 



HENRY ALLEY, Wenham, Mass. 



1 will be ready as usual to furnish 



II QP 11^ queens the coming season. Many 

 — ™Z.-l**r * unsolicited testimonials tell of the 

 _ ™^ " superiority of the Laws strain of 

 faultless 5-banded workers. Brkruing queens 

 always on hand. Price 82 50 each. I am al c o breeding 

 the leather colored stock from imported mothers. 

 Tested queens of either strain. 81 00 each: 6 for 8-5.00. 

 Untested. 75c each: 6 for 84- Queens readv in season. 

 W. H. LAWS, Lavnca, Seb. Co., Ark. 

 In writing, mention Gleanings. 



** \r QUEENS are carefully bred from best select- 

 /yl Y ed mothers by Doolittle's method; golden 

 'train. Working qualities, not color, is 

 my aim. Nearly 500 lbs. of honey was reported by 

 Harry Mitche'l. Hawks Park, Fla.. f ■ om one colony 

 with one of my queens. Prices: Warranted. 75 cts.; 

 six. $3 50; dozen. $6.50. F om three-band mother, same 

 price. Free circular. 



J. B. CASE, Port Orange, Fla. 



Better than Ever 



Am I prepared to furnish even' thing need- 

 ed by the up-to-date bee-keeper, all goods 

 manufactured by The A. I. Root Co., ship- 

 ped to me in car-lots, and sold at their 

 prices. Send for illustrated 36-page catalog 

 FREE. Address 



GEO. E. HILTON, Fremont, Newaygo Co., flich. 



