GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



PATENTS 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Patents that pay. $600,812.00 clients made. 

 Protect your ideal Send date. Advice and two 

 wonderful Guide Books free. Highest references. 



E. E. Vrooman & Co., 834 P, Washington, D. C. 



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POULTRY 



PoulVy Paper, 44 125-page periodical, up to 

 date, tells all you want to know about care and 

 management of poultry for pleasure or profit ; four 

 months for 10 cents. 



Poultry Advocate, Dept. 56, Syracuse, N. Y. 



IN PIGEONS ! Start raising squabs for mar- 

 ket or breeding purposes. Make big profits with our 

 Jumbo pigeons. "We teach you. Large, free, illus- 

 trated, instructive circulars. 



Providence Squab Co., Providence, R. I. 



Rancocas White Leghorn Cockerels. — Will 

 mate this season only cockerels of better than 200- 

 egg blood. Have for sale heavy utility cockerels, 

 1915 hatch, Million Egg Farm stock, at two to five 

 dollars each. Write EDGiiCLiFPE Specialty Farm, 

 Portand, Michigan. 



REAL ESTATE 



Southern Lands are low in price, but high in 

 productive value, make two to four crops a year, 

 and give largest profits in grain, vegetables, fruits, 

 live stock and dairying. Unsurpassed climate, good 

 markets. Publications on request. M. V. Rich- 

 ards, Commissioner, Room 27, Southern Railway, 

 Washington, D. C. 



WANTS AND EXCHANGES 



Wanted. — To exchange 3i4x4 Korona camera for 

 extractor. J. L. Speer, 6155 Green St., Chicago, 111. 



Will exchange very fine Premo Special camera, 

 6V^ xS^/^, with Zeiss anastigmat lens, for extracted 

 clover honey. A. Shimonek, Wilber, Neb. 



Wanted. — To exchange lath mill and bolter, 24- 

 inch attrition feed-grinder, Economist steam-boiler, 

 12 H.P., for machinery lo make honey-sections or 

 engine lathe. Geo. Rall Mfg. Co., Galesville, Wis. 



Wanted.— -To furnish every beekeeper within 500 

 miles of Boise, Idaho, with the best and cheapest 

 bee supplies on the market, qualitij considered. Send 

 me your order or a list of your requirements for 

 1916. Our catalog and price list will be mailed to 

 you free. Order early and get the discount. 



C. E. Shrivee, Boise, Idaho. 



Wanted. — Partner with $300 to $500 to expend 

 in bee business. Have 125 dovetailed patent hives; 

 will run 100 to 150 colonies this season ; have six- 

 frame automatic reversible extractor, gas engine, 

 saws, cutting, dado heads, etc. Beginner would be 

 apprentice to my years of experience and methods of 

 getting the honey crop. Crop of 1914, 50 colonies, 

 was 3200 lbs. of section honey. Will board party. 

 Partner can have his money back at lapse of two 

 years; will give (he working with me) beginner Vi 

 of honey crop or 1-3 if experienced apiary man. 

 Don't waste postage unless you are in earnest; but 

 if wishing to get in and learn a nice good business, 

 write. References given. 



Judson a. Jones, Continental, Ohio. 



Choice Santa Clara Valley Dried Fruit from 

 grower to consumer at following prices, f. o. b. Sar- 

 atoga: Prunes, 10-lb. sack, $1.10; apricots, 10-lb. 

 sack, $1.35. Maximum express rate on dried fruit, 

 4 cts. per pound in U. S. except points served onlt/ 

 by Southern Express Co. Mr. E. R. Root has visited 

 our ranch, recommends our product, and vouches 

 for our reliability. Herman A. Clark, 



Saratoga, Santa Clara Co., Cal. 



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BEES AND QUEENS 



For Sale — 600 

 modern equipment. 

 San Antonio, Texas. 



colonies well-kept bees. All 

 Write Wm. Cravens, Rt. 7, 



For Sale — Three-banded Italian queens for sea- 

 son of 1916. Watch for large ad. with prices later. 

 N. Forehand, Ft. Deposit, Ala. 



For Sale. — 50 colonies of bees in good 8-frame 

 standard hives, in good condition, at $3 per colony. 

 Mrs. L. H. Huffman, Rt. 3, Nashua, Iowa. 



For Sale, or will take partner that is willing to 

 go half, 120 colonies Italian bees, house, tools, emp- 

 ty hives, 160 acres land, homesteading, well, $1000 

 or go half. J. C. Hickson, Bisby, Ariz. 



For Sale. — Golden Italian queens that produce 

 golden bees ; for gentleness and honey-gathering they 

 are equal to any. Every queen guaranteed. Price 

 $1; 6 for $5. 'Wm. S. ' Barnett, Barnettis, Va. 



For Sale. — Three-banded Italian queens. Nuclei 

 a specialty. My stock will please you as it has 

 others. Let me book your order for spring delivery. 

 Write for circular and price list. 



J. L. Leath, Corinth, Miss. 



Golden Italian queens that produce golden bees; 

 the brightest kind, gentle, and as good honey-gather- 

 ers es can be found; each, $1.00; 6, $5.00; tested, 

 $2.00; breeders, $5.00 to $10.00. 



J. B. Brockwell, Barnetts, Va. 



For Sale. — Italian bees, 1 lb. with queen, $2.25; 

 1 frame with queen, $2.00. Queens, 75 cts. each. 

 Safe delivery guaranteed; 30-page catalog with be- 

 ginners' outfit for stamp. The Deroy Taylor Co., 

 Newark, N. Y. (formerly Lyons). 



Phelps' Golden Italian Queens combine the qual- 

 ities you want. They are great honey-gatherers, 

 beautiful and gentle. Mated, $1.00; six, $5.00; 

 tested, $3.00; breeders, $5.00 and $10.00. C. W. 

 Phelps & Son, Wilcox St., Binghamton, N. Y. 



For Sale Cheap. — 80 colonies of Italian bees in 

 DeLand, Fla. Moore stock, 8 and 10 fr. hives; 42 

 empty supers, full depth ; 60 shallow ext. supers ; 

 M'ax-press, extractor, uncapping-tank, smokers,kniveis, 

 foundation, shipping-cases, etc., for $300 cash. A 

 rare bargain. Speak quick. Address 38392 " A 

 Beekeeper," care of Gleanings, Medina, Ohio. 



For Sale. — 400 colonies Moore strain bees in 

 good location. Combs built on full sheets of founda- 

 tion. Everything in first class shape. Principal 

 source of honey is alfalfa. Located in the Rio 

 Grande Valley, under the largest irrigation project 

 in the United States. The Crown Apiaries, 



Mesilla Park, N. M. 



Queens. — Italians exclusively ; golden or leather- 

 colored. One select untested, $1.00; 6, $4.25; 12, 

 $8.00. Tested, $1.25. Best breeder, $5.00. Early 

 ! swarms of young bees in light screen cage a spe- 

 j cialty. One 1-lb. package, $1.25; one 2-lb., $2.25; 

 ' queen extra. For ten or more, write for price. Also 

 I nuclei and full colonies. I am booking orders now, 

 I with 10 per cent deposit for delivery March 15 and 

 I after. Safe arrival, prompt service, and satisfaction 

 I I guarantee. Circular free. 



J. E. Wing, 155 Schiele Ave., San Jose, Cal. 



