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Names of 400 Chicago honey-users, in card index, 

 for sale to highest bidder. See Kenney, 1729 Mon- 

 roe St., Chicago, or write E. V. Smith, Plainwell, 

 Mich. 



For Sale. — Friction-top pails, 5-lb. size, per 100, 

 $4.50; 500, $21.25; 10-lb. size, per 100, $6.25; 

 500, $30.00. Low prices on other sizes in bulk. 

 Also furnished in reshipping-cases. Shipped from 

 Chicago. A. G. Woodman Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Convert your hives into improved ones — cost 

 slight; 12 per cent or more comb area added to su- 

 pers; brood-nest and supers about 80 to 90 per cent 

 more closely related; about 15 to 40 times more rob- 

 ber-proof. Better in summer and properly winter- 

 temperatured. No heavy lifting necessary. Other 

 advantages. See article on page 30, this number. 

 Address "W. F. McCeeady, Estero, Lee County, Fla. 



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MISCELLANEOUS 



Foe Sale. — Edison Home phonograph, good as 

 new. Complete with records. Will sell it at a 

 bargain. Write O.W. Deushel, Rt. 5, Millersburg, O. 



For Sale. — One Remington repeating rifle, short 

 or long rifle, 24-inch octagon barrel, 12 C grade; A 

 No. 1 condition; cost $16.00. Price $12.00. 



W. B. Haley, Oakwood, Texas. 



Hohner Italian organ accordion, ebony finish ; 

 panels white maple in fancy scroll work. Has 31 

 invisible keys with pearl buttons ; six sets genuine 

 steel reeds and sixteen bases ; organ-like tone ; littJe 

 used. Guaranteed O. K. Cost $29.75 new. Will 

 sell for $22.00, including carrj'ing-case. 



Wm. Gabriel, Scribner, Neb. 



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PATENTS 



Patents that pay. $600,812.00 clients made. 

 Protect your idea! Send date. Advice and two 

 wonderful Guide Books free. Highest references. 



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



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POULTRY 



Poultry 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 1 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. 



REAL ESTATE 



Foe Sale. — A perfect place for bee-yard ; nearly 2 

 acres, 8-room house. Write for particulars to owner, 

 J. B. Here, Melbourne, Fla. 



For Sale. — A very fertile 7-acre farm with api- 

 ary of 109 colonies ; house, barn, storage, and chick- 

 en houses ; orchard, excellent water facilities ; on 

 market road; No. 1, in small village. 

 Mrs. H. R. Boardman, Rt. 2, Collins, Huron Co. O. 



Orchards in Famous Fruit Belt of Virginia. 

 Low price, easy terms, on railroad, near market. 

 Write for list. Farm lands $15.00 per acre up. 

 Mild summers, short winters, good markets. If you 

 will send names of two friends interested in Virgin- 

 ia or North Carolina, will enter your name for 

 year's subscription free to Southern Homeseeker. 

 Write F. H. LaBaumb, Agr. Agt. Norfolk & West- 

 ern Ry., Room 246, N. & W. Bldg., Roanoke, Va. 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



WANTS AND E.XCHANGES 



Wanted. — Second-hand two-frame extractor in 

 good condition. Merton T. Beebe, Dover, Ohio. 



Wanted. — To supply honey-producers with Atch- 

 ley bees and queens. They get the honey. Un 

 tested, 75 cts.; $8.00 per dozen. Bees and nuclei 

 a specialty. Wm. Atchley, Mathis, Texas. 



Wanted. — A partner in bee business with $300 

 and some experience with bees. I have kept bees 

 for 20 years. Don't answer unless you mean busi- 

 ness. No liquor user need apply — only a hustler. 

 Henry Balduff, Beardstown, 111. 



Wanted. — To furnish every beekeeper within 500 

 miles of Boise, Idaho, with the best and cheapest 

 bee supplies on the market, quality considered. Send 

 me your order or a list of your requirements for 

 1916. Ouj catalog and price list will be mailed to 

 you free. Order early and get the discount. 



C. E. Shriver, Boise, Ida. 



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BEES AND QUEENS 



For Sale. — 600 colonies well-kept bees. All 

 modern equipment. Write Wm. Cravens, Rt. 7, 

 San Antonio, Texas. 



Foe Sale. — Three-banded Italian queens for sea- 

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

 N. Forehand, Ft. Deposit, Ala. 



For Sale. — Golden Italian queens that produce 

 golden bees ; for gentleness and honey-gathering they 

 are equal to any. Every queen guaranteed. Price 

 $1.00; 6 for $5.00. Wm. S. Barnett, Barnetts, Va. 



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. — 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. 



For Sale. — 400 colonies of bees in 8-fr. hives, 

 Hoffman frames, telescopie covers, three locations, 

 900 supers, 200 extra hives of combs, honey-extract- 

 or, etc. G. Frank Wilson, 



829 Bross St., Longmont, Col. 



Golden Italian queens that produce golden bees; 

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

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

 $2.00; breeders, $5.00 to $10.00. 



J. B. Brockwbll, 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. 



M. C. Berry & Co., S'uccessors to Brown & Berry, 

 are booking orders for spring delivery. This firm is 

 the largest and most successful shipper of Select 

 Bred Three-banded Italian queens and bees in pack- 

 ages in the South. Write for circular and price list. 

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



We are now booking orders for bees in 2-lb. pack- 

 ages, $1.75 ; and 3-lb. packages, $2.50. Young un- 

 tested Italian queens, 75 cts. each, or $8.00 per doz. 

 Bees are free from disease, and safe delivery guar- 

 anteed. Orders delivered after April 20. Write 

 for circular, Irish & Gressman, Jesup, Ga. 



