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Bee-keepers' Directory 



Nutmeg Italian queens, after June 1, $1.00. Circu- 

 lar. A. W. Yates, 3 Chapman St., Hartford, Ct. 



Bees, queens, supplies, and export: free school. 

 \V. C. MoRKis, 74 Cortlandt St., New York. 



Well-bred bees and queens. Hives and supplies. 

 J. H. M. CuoK, 70 Cortlandt St., New York. 



For bee-smoker and honey-knife circular send a 

 card to T. F. Bingham, Alma, Mich. 



Improved golden-yellow Italian queens for 1911: 

 beautiful, hustling, gentle workers. Send for price 

 list to E. E. La WRENCH', Doniphan, Mo. 



Queens. — Improved red-clover Italians, bred for 

 business; .lune 1 to Nov. 15, untested queens, HO cts.: 

 select, 75 c: tested, 11.00 each. Safe arrival and sat- 

 isfaction guaranteed. H. ('. Clemons, Boyd, Ky. 



Quirin's famous improved Italian queens ready 

 in April; nuclei and colonies about May 1. My stock 

 is northern-bred and hardy. Five yards wintered 

 on summer stands in 1908 and 1909 without a single 

 loss. For prices see large advertisement. 



Ql'IRIN-THE-Q,UEEN-BREEDER, BelleVUe, O. 



RAY PRINTING CO., Fostoria, 0. 



Make ENGRAVINGS /or GLEANINGS 



Convention Notices. 



The following interesting article appears in the 

 local newspapers of Rockland County, New York, 

 in connection with a movement to focalize interest 

 in bee-keeping into a jiermanent organization of 

 those in that section engaged in ourtraft. We print 

 it because of its well-exiiressed truthfulness, and be- 

 cause it furnishes us with an opportunity to submit 

 the s.ame ideas to progressive farmers in other lo- 

 calities who desire to increase the general resource- 

 fulness of their respective communities. 



We intend to watcli this event, and will report to 

 our readers the results of the efforts of those who 

 are behind it. We wish the event success, because 

 it deserves to succeed; and from the enterprise of 

 the bee-keepers behind it, we feel certain that it 

 will. 



"Of all the rural Industries that appeal to the 

 lover of the country, none i,s so interesting as bee- 

 keei)ing. "\\'hether this is due to the universal fond- 

 ness for honey or the human appeal of the industry, 

 foresight, and productiveness of the honey-bee we 

 can not say. However, it is true that there is no 

 rural art in which we can gain more pleasure and 

 profit from so small an investment as the keeping 

 of bees. 



"If the ease with which the industry of the hon- 

 ey-))ee can be controlled tor our enjoyment were 

 more generally a part of the rural experience of the 

 suburbanite and country dweller, the bee-hive 

 would be an inseparable adjunct to every suburban 

 garden or farm orchard. With the modern hive 

 and the simple appliances for the handling of bees, 

 the bee-sting is a bogey which need deter no man 

 or woman living in the country from taking up this 

 most interesting and profitable pursuit. The wide 

 prevalence in this sect ion of the country of wild and 

 cultivated flower, bud. lilossoms, and fruit insures 

 an abundance of the natural food of the liee. 



" Increasing facilities of suburban transit making 

 possible the living in the country of increasing 

 numbers of our city population, and the desire of 

 all covmtry dwellers to avail themselves of every 

 means, either to procure at little expense a most de- 

 lightful table-dish or to add a fruitful item to the 

 farm income, insure a wirle audience for the subject 

 of bee-keeping and honey-i)niduction. The alertness 

 of the women-folks, which is the one great charac- 

 teristic of the present age, will find in this subject a 

 congenial field for their activity. 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



"The committee believe that any art that will in- 

 crease the attractions of rural life, particularly 

 when it embraces the field of domestic economy, 

 should be cultivated, and the pleasure and profit of 

 it made known to all. 



" To that end a bee-day will be held at Rockland 

 Lake Park, Congers, on Saturday, August 5, to 

 which the people of Rockland and adjacent coun- 

 tries are most cordially invited. Arr^.ngements 

 have been completed whereby instructors and dem- 

 onstrators of national prominence in the art of bee- 

 keeping, with appropriate equipment, will lecture 

 on this subject. An exhibit of hives and appliances 

 will be held, showing the simplicity and ease of 

 modern methods of bee control and honey-produc- 

 tion. 



"The thoroughness with which this subject will 

 be demonstrated by those best qualified to speak 

 thereon should appeal to ever.? one interested in 

 bee-keeping, whether he or she be a student novice 

 oran experienced bee-keeper. 



"The beauty of Rockland Lake, its accessibility 

 and accommodations for handling large crowds, 

 contribute no small part to the enjoyment of all 

 who attend. The Committee." 



State Fair Premium List. 



The Oregon State Fair will be held at Salem, Sept. 

 11—15. The following premiums are offered to bee- 

 keepers: 

 Disijlay of bees, observatory hive, not 



less than three cages 810.00 $i5.00 



Disi)lay of apiarian products of one api- 

 ary 6.00 B.OO 



Display of apiarian implements fi.OO 3.00 



Display of queen-nursery and queens. . 2.00 1.00 



Bee-hive 2.00 1.00 



Comb honey in sections. 24 lbs 3.00 2.00 



Three gallons of extracted honey ... 3.00 2.00 



Fi V e pounds of beeswax 2.00 1.00 



F. Meredith, Sec, Salem. 



©[p(g©DSlU lJeJ(n)UD(B(B© 



By Our Business Manager 



beeswax wanted. 

 Till further notice we will pay 28 cts. cash, 30 cts. 

 in trade, for average wax, delivei'ed here. 



second-hand cans. 

 We still have a good supply of good second-hand 

 cans free from rust on the inside, and fairly bright 

 outside. They would make an excellent container 

 for dark or off grades of hone.v. We do not recom- 

 mend any thing short of new cans for choice white 

 honey. These cans are a bargain at .^ii.OO for 10 box- 

 es of 2 cans each; 825.00 per 100 boxes: 50 boxes at 100 

 rate. 



HONEY WANTED. 



We are now in the market for a good grade of 

 white honey suitable for our trade. Send us a sam- 

 ple with your name attached to package for identi- 

 fication. Write us at the same time, telling us 

 from what source the honey was gathered, wlien 

 ,vou extracted it, and in what kind of package it is 

 put; also if you are ready to ship it at once, or at 

 what time you will be ready to ship it. Mention 

 the price per pound that you want for it, delivered 

 on cars at your nearest railroad station. We can 

 use any amount, from a 60-lb. can or a small bar- 

 rel, to several carloads, and from any i^lace pro- 

 duced, provided the honey is light and does not 

 have a too pronoxinced flavor. 



baling-tags. 

 In the manufacture of sections we produce a great 

 man,v small i>ieces of the thickness and width of 

 sections finished smooth, about 2to2j4 inches long. 

 We have been furnishing these to men in this vi- 

 cinity, who bale ui) hay and straw, to use as tags in 

 marking the weight of the bale. Because they are 



