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For Sale.— Moore's strain and golden Italian 

 queens, untested, ?1.00; six, §5.00; twelve, 89.00. Car- 

 niolan, Banat, and Caucasian queens, select, 81.25: 

 six, 86.00, twelve. 810.00. Tested, any kind, 81.50; six, 

 88,00. Choice breeders, 83.00. Circular free. 



W. II. Rails. Orange, Cal. 



UUEENS! Queens!— Fine Italian queens ready to 

 mail; satisfaction guaranteed: reared exclusively 

 from Roofs and Davis" stock. We cull our virgins. 

 Three-banded untested, 60 cts.; % doz., 83.50: dozen, 

 87.00: tested, 81.00: select tested. 81.25. Our Ciolden 

 yard is 3^ miles from three-band. Price of golden 

 the same as three-band. 



H. B. Murray, Liberty, Randolph Co., N. C. 



For Sale.— Italian queens, bred from the best 

 honey-gathering strain obtainable. Untested, 75 

 cts.: select, 81.00; tested, 81.25; select tested, 81.50: 

 breeding-queens. 83.00; select breeding-queen, 85,00; 

 nuclei without queen, one-frame, 81.25; two-frame. 

 82.00: three-frame. 82.75. For queens and nuclei in 

 quantity lots, write for prices. 



Robert B. Spicer, Wharton, N. .1. 



California queens from The A. I. Root Co.'s 812.00 

 breeder and J. M. Davis" select stock. We offer 1000 

 select untested queens (three-banded Italians^ in 

 lots of 12 and upward at 89.00 per dozen: 870.00 per 

 100, cash with order. All queens reai'ed in lull colo- 

 nies above queen-excluder, and mated in large nu- 

 clei. Fifteen years' experience in queen-rearing 

 and honey-production. Address H. L. Weems, 



Sup"t Bee Dep"t Kern Co. Land Co., Wasco, Cal. 



For Sale.— In Central Florida 100 colonies bees, 

 8500: 200 colonies bees, 8800; 150 colonies bees, 8600; 

 in South ( ieorgia, 50 colonies bees, 8175; 70 colonies 

 bees, 8200: 125 colonies bees, 8625; 150 colonies bees, 

 located in three apiaries, two of which are located 

 in progressive towns with fine surrounding territo- 

 ry—a good location for a big bee business. Sur- 

 plu.s-yielding honey-plants are ty-ty, poplar, tupelo 

 gum, gallberry. and cotton. A bargain at 8900. The 

 most of the above bees are owned by farmers, are 

 in modern hives, and well located. 



J. J. Wilder, Cordele, Ga. 



Poultry 



April-hatched Indian Runner ducks, fawn and 

 white; 82.00 each; 83.50 a pair; 85.00 per trio. White- 

 egg strain. Kent Jenmings, Mt. Gilead, Ohio. 



Indian Runner Ducks.— Full-grown young stock 

 for sale, either fawn and white or jjenciled, from 

 best strains in America. Eggs for hatching. All 

 sales guaranteed as represented. 



C. O. Yost, Rt. 4, Winchester, Ind. 



For Sale.— Duston White Wyandottes, 82.00; 15 

 eggs, $1; 85 per 100. Elmer Gimlin, Taylorville. 111. 



Buttercups for utility and beauty: selected pens: 

 unlike others. H. V. Meeker, Earl St., Toledo, O. 



White-faced Black Spanish eggs for hatching: 15, 

 81.00; 50, 83.00; 100, 85.00. Also dealer in bee-keepers' 

 supplies of all kinds. A. W. Swan, Centralia, Kan. 



Golden Barred Rocks.— The beauty and utility 

 breed. They are barred buff on white, making a 

 most beautiful fowl. Write for descriptive catalog. 

 L. E. Altwkin, originator, St, Joseph, Mo. 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



Bee-keepers' Directory 



Nutmeg Italian queens, after June 1. 81.00. Circu- 

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



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

 W. C. Morris, 74 Cortlandt St., New York. 



Well-bred bees and queens. Hives and supplies. 

 J. H. M. Cook, 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. Lawrence, Doniphan, Mo. 



Queens.— Improved red-clover Italians, bred for 

 business; June 1 to Nov. 15, untested queens, 60 cts.; 

 select, 75 c: tested, 81.00 each. Safe arrival and sat- 

 isfaction guaranteed. H. C. Clemons, Boyd, Ky. 



Quirln"s fainous 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. 



QUIRIN-THE-QUEEN-BREEDER, BellCVUe, O. 



NGRAVINGS /or "GLEANINGS 



''T GRAY PRINTING CO., Fostoria, 0. 



Convention Notices. 



national program. 



There will undoubtedly be reception committees 

 who will meet all incoming trains the forenoon of 

 August 30. Hotel information can be secured from 

 them. Those arriving in the afternoon will 'go 

 direct to the convention room. 



Place of meeting, (i. A. R. Hall, Court-house, Min- 

 neapolis. Minn. 



Time, August 30 and 31, 1911. 



SESSIONS. 



1. Foul brood, 1:30 P.M., Aug. 30. 



2. Honey-selling, 7 p.m., Aug. 30. 



3. Business, 8:30 a.m., Aug. 31. 



4. Miscellaneous, 1:30 p.m., Aug. 31. 



5. Cooperation, 7 p.m., Aug. 31. 



6. Free trolley ride around the city, courtesy of 

 Minneapolis Commercial Club, 9 a.m., Sept. 1. 



HOTELS. 



Radisson, Dyckman, 81.50 per day and upward. 



West, Nicollet, Vendome, Rogers, Camfield, 81.00 

 per day and upward. 



Majestic, Golden West, Beaufort, Pauly, Russell, 

 75 cts. per day and upward. 



PROGRAM IN detail. 



Foul-brood session begins at 1:30 p.m., Aug. ;B0, 

 and is subdivided into the following topics; 



1. The present status of the campaign against 

 foul brood. 



2. Advantage of apiary inspection under the 

 supervision of the State "Entomologist. 



3. How can a national campaign be conducted 

 against foul brood ? 



4. How to get State foul-brood laws. 



5. The agricultural college and inspection. 



6. Curing foul brood; inspectors' methods; what 

 are they ? 



7. Appointment of committees. 



8. Question-box. 



Honey-selling session begins at 7 p.m., Aug. 30, 

 and is subdivided into the following topics: 



1. Is a national advertising campaign for selling 

 honey practical? 



2. How can a national campaign be conducted 

 for developing the wholesale honey markets? 



3. A mail-order honey trade — how conducted. 



4. Develor)ing the home markets. 



5. What sized package should be used for the 

 retail trade ? 



