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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



QuKKNS. — 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 voung bees in light screen cage a spe- 

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

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

 nuclei and full colonies. I am booking orders now, 

 with 10 per cent deposit for delivery March 15 and 

 after. Safe arrival, prompt service, and satisfaction 

 guaranteed. Circular free. 



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



For Sale. — SVarms of Italian bees in packages, 

 1 lb. of bees, $1.50; 2 lbs. of bees, $2.50; for 50_ or 

 more they are 12 Vz cents less. Untested Italian 

 queens 75 cts. each; tested Italian queens, $1.25 

 each. No reduction on quantity of queens for April 

 and May. Quality, service, safe delivery, and no 

 disease, I guarantee. We spare no labor nor money 

 to produce the best for you is why we cannot make 

 a lower price. Early swarms get the honey. We 

 can deliver the goods with pleasure to both of us. 

 W. D. ACHORD, Fitzpatrick, Ala. 



The successful package-shipper and queen-breeder. 



Bee,s and Queens. — Doolittle's Italian stock 

 speaks for itself. They are gentle, resist disease, and 

 are fine honey-gatherers. We breed this stock only, 

 and guarantee delivery only to points west of the 

 Rockv Mountains. Untested queens, 75 cts. each ; 

 $8.00 per dozen; $60 per 100; tested queens, $1.25 

 each; $12 per dozen; $85 per 100. Three-frame nu- 

 clei, $2.25 each; $200 per 100. Bees, %-lb. pack- 

 ages, 75 cts. each; $6.00 per 100; 1-lb. packages, $1 

 each; $85 per 100. Add price of queens to above 

 packages. Complete catalog free on application. 

 Spencer Apiaries, Nordhoff, Cal. 



For Sale. — Italian bees by the pound, and select- 

 bred Italian queens. One-pound swarms witho it 

 queens, $1.25 each; 2-lb. swarms without queens, 

 $2.35 each: 3-lb. swarms without queens, $3.35 

 each, and 5-lb. swarms without queens, $5.35 each. 

 If queens are wanted with swarms, add price as 

 according to price list below. Untested, warranted 

 purely mated queens, 75 cts. each; tested queens, 

 $1.25 each. All queens are bred according to our 

 plan of breeding only from colonies or queens of the 

 highest standard — those that have made the best 

 record in pounds of honey. These select colonies are 

 the choice of over 1000 hustling honey-producing 

 colonies. Every queen we warrant to be purely 

 mated or we replace her, free of charge. Every 

 pound of bees we guarantee to deliver alive and in 

 good shape, and full weight. We have no disease. 

 Safe arrival and satisfaction we guarantee on T;otli 

 queens and bees in packages. For wholesale prices 

 on either queens or bees by the pound write us. Let 

 us book your order now. Only a small payment 

 down required. M. C. Berry & Co., Hayneville," Ala. 



HELP WANTED 



Wanted. — Able-bodied experienced beemen for 

 season of 1916. W. W. Faiechild, Heber, Cal. 



Wanted. — A queen-breeder of experience, April 

 1. Give references, salary wanted, etc., in first let- 

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



Wanted. — An experienced apiarist. State wages, 

 experience, and give references as to ability. Board 

 furnished. The Stover Apiaries, Mayhew, Miss. 



Wanted. — Exiserienced beeman, familiar with tak- 

 ing extracted honey, and to help handle 450 colonies. 

 Give experience, and wages expected in first letter. 

 Will commence April 1. D. B. Ellis, Benson, Ariz. 



Wanted. — Young man to assist in outyards and 

 on small farm when not working bees. Board and 

 lodging provided. State age, weight, wages, expe- 

 rience, etc. A. L. COGGSHALL, Grotou, N. Y. 



Wanted. — Single man, experienced, extracted- 

 honey producer or assistant, at once; farm-raised, 

 and of good habits ; must be willing at odd times to 

 help at light farming. Good home and permanent 

 position to right party. One acquainted with autos 

 preferred. The Hofman Apiaries, Janesville, Minn. 



Wanted. — Man with some experience to take care 

 of 150 colonies of bees for 1916, and who, if condi- 

 tions suit him, vdll buy bees or take them on shares 

 for 1917. German with some experience in farming 

 preferred. Give all particulars in first letter. 



Chas. Bentrup, Deerfield, Kan. 



Wanted. — Can take two clean minded and bodied 

 young men as student help for the season of 1916. 

 Board free for help given, and something more if a 

 good season and help does well. One understanding 

 an auto preferred. Address R. P. Holtermajin, 

 Brantford, Ontario, Canada. 



Wanted. — Young man with a little experience; 

 fast willing worker — a student helper in our large 

 bee business of over 1000 colonies; crop last year 

 over 105,000 lbs. Will give results of our long ex- 

 perience, and small wages; every chance to learn. 

 Give age, height, weight, experience, and wages, all 

 in first letter, or expect no answer. 

 j E. P. Atwater,- Meridian, Idaho. 



SITUATIONS V7ANTED 



Wanted.- — Position in beeyard. I have a diploma 

 and 5 years' experience. Good reference ; apply at 

 once. James A. Maines, Nile, N. C. 



College student, wishing to learn the bee business 

 thoroly, desires position in an apiary after May 2. 

 Habits good. W. J. Nolan, 2100 Adelbert Road, 

 Cleveland, O. 



BEEKEEPERS' DIRECTOEY 



Well-bred bees and queens. Hives and supplies. 

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



Nutmeg Italian queens, leather color, $1.00; 12 

 for $10.00, return mail. 



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



Quirin's superior northern-bred Italian bees and 

 queens are hardy, and will please you. More than 

 twenty years a breeder. Orders booked now. Free 

 circular. H. G. Quirin, Bellevue, Ohio. 



Queens. — Improved three-banded Italians bred 

 for business, June 1 to Nov. 15, untested queens, 75 

 cts. each; dozen, $8.00; select, $1.00 each; dozen, 

 $10.00; tested queens, $1.25 each; dozen, $12.00. 

 Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 



H. C. Clemons, Boyd, Ky. 



ON THE BOOKSHELF 



The Apple. 



The claims of the honeybee ui)on the 

 fruit-grower come in for acknowledg'ment 

 in a new volume entitled " The Apjile," by 

 Albert E. Wilkinson. Not only does the 

 author warn against spraying at the wrong 

 time, lest it kill the bees, but at another part 

 of the book he thoroughly sums w.\> the 

 relation of bees to the pollination of the 

 apple-blossom. No other work on orchard 

 methods that we have seen treats these im- 

 portant subjects with more practical thor- 

 oughness. 



" Every large orchard" writes Mr. Wil- 

 kinson, "where the trees are numbered by 

 the thousands, should have near by a bee- 

 yard of at least tifty swarms to help in 

 thoroughly pollinating the blossoms and 



