APRIL 1, 1916 



Preparedness 



High-grade Queens 

 Bees by the Pound 



Prepare for a Big Crop of Honey by Get- 

 ting Bees and Queens from 



M. C. Berry & Company 



Three-banded Italian Bees and Queens 



Bred for Honey Production 

 Price List of Swarms of Bees in Pack- 

 ages ready to ship now. 



l-Ib. swarms, $1.25; 2-lb. swarms, $2.35; 

 3-lb. swarms, $3.35; 5-lb. swarms, $5.35. 



If queens are wanted, add price as accord- 

 ing to price list. 



On lots of five packages or more we will 

 prepay express to your address east of the 

 Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, and Texas lines, 

 and south of the Canadian boundary. This ap- 

 plies only on orders received in April. 



Price List of Queens hy Return Mail 



Untested, 75 cts. ; Select Untested, 90 cts. ; 

 Tested, $1.25; Select Tested, $1.50. 



All queens warranted purely mated. 

 Wings clipped free of charge. 



Our queens are bred from Select Honey- 

 gathering Stock, the choice of over 1000 hust- 

 ling honey-producing colonies that produce 

 about two solid cars of honey annually. All 

 orders for either bees in packages or queens 

 will be filled promptlij by return mail or ex- 

 press, or as per booking. There will he abso- 

 lutely no delay. We take only as many orders 

 as we can fill and do so promptly. Let us have 

 your orders and get your hees on time, or your 

 money hack by return mail. Our capacity is 

 100 1-lb. swarms a dav and 6000 queens a 

 year. We have no disease of any kind. Safe 

 arrival and satisfaction we guarantee. Write 

 for prices on wholesale quantities. 



M. C. BERRY & CO., Hayneville, Ala. 



Successors to Brown & Berry, 



Largest shippers of young Italian bees 



in the South. 



Do You Need a Queen for that Queen- 

 less Colony? 



We can furnish tested Italian queens by return 

 mail, $1.00 each. These queens are not cull nor 

 inferior in any way because they are cheap. They 

 were reared last September and October, and win- 

 tered in four-frame nuclei expressly for our early 

 spring trade in tested queens. We expect to have 

 untested queens ready to mail about April 10; $1.00 

 for, single queen; $9.00 per dozen. We began rear- 

 ing queens for sale in lb86. Our strain of three- 

 band Italians is well known to leading beekeepers. 

 We have never had a case of foul brood in our 

 apiary, and we guarantee every queen sent out by 

 us. We solicit your orders. 



J. W. K. Shaw & Co., Loreauville, Louisiana 



I furnish a full colony of Italian bees in a com- 

 plete new 8-frame Dovetailed hive for $10.50; 

 an S-frame chaff hive, $12.50; a 10-frame chaff 



hive, $14.00. This price includes a tested Italian queen. Cat- 

 alog of bees and supplies free. 



Archdekin's 

 Fine Italian Queens— 3-banded 



Prolific, Hardy, Gentle. They are Persistent, 

 Profitable, Producers. None better. 



Prices 



Before July 1 

 11 6 I ■ 12 



After July 1 

 1 I 6 I 12 



Untested |1.00i$5.00|$9.00| .75|$4.00|$7'.00 



Tested |1.50| 8.00|15.00|1.00| 5.50110.00 



Select tested. . . . 

 2-frame nuclei . . 

 1-lb. pack. bees. 

 2-lb. pack, bees. 



2.00 

 2.50 

 1.50 

 2.50 



10.00118.0011.50 

 14.00 26.0012.25 

 13.00 25.00 1.25 

 14.50 28.00 



8,01115.00 



12.00122.00 



7.00 13.00 



Above prices of nuclei and packages do not in- 

 clude queen. Add price of queen wanted. Satis- 

 faction and safe arrival guaranteed. Absolutely no 

 disease in this country. Get your order in early, 

 and secure prompt delivery. Orders booked if half 

 I of amount accompanies order. Queens ready April 

 15. Nuclei and packages May 1. 



J. F. ARCHDEKIN, Bordlonville, Louisiana 



I. J. STRINGHAM, 105 PARK PLACE, N. Y. 



Apiariee, Glen Cove, L. I. 



Three-band Italian Queens 



They are bred from imported mothers. 



They are the besi for honey-producing purpose; very 

 gentle, and not inclined to swarm. If you buy once 

 you will buy always. 



GUARANTEE that all queens will reach you in 

 good condition, to be purely mated, and to give per- 

 fect satisfaction. 



All orders filled at once. 



PRICES — April 1 to July 1 

 Untested . . one, SO. 75; six, 84.25; doz. 



Select I'ntested 

 Tested 

 Select tested 



.90 

 1.25 

 2.00 



5.00 

 7.00 

 11.00 



$8 00 



9.00 



13.00 



20.00 



L. L. Forehand, Fort Deposit, Ala. 



ITALIAN QUEENS 



THREE-BANDED 



Ready April 1. Of an exceptionally vigorous and 

 long-lived strain ot bees. They are gentle, prolific, 

 and the beet of honey-gatherers. Unlesled. SI. 00; 3. $2.75; 

 6, S5.00; 12, $9.00. Tested, tl.25; 6, $6.50; 12, $12.50. Send for 

 my free circular and price list, and see the natural conditions 

 under which my queens are raised. Will book orders now. 



John G. Miller, Corpus Christi, Texas 



723 South Carrizo Street 



Italian Queens 



with a Record of 30 Years 



Leininger's strain of Italian bees and queens have 

 been carefully bred for 30 years; for gentleness and 

 honey-gatheiing qualities are unexcelled; 95 per 

 cent pure mating guaranteed. Queens ready June 

 1. Untested, each, $1.00; 6, $5.00; tested, $1.50; 

 6, $8.00. 



Fred S. Leininger & Son, 



Delphos, Ohio 



Candy for WINTER STORES 



Why noi be dure your beei have enough for winier by 

 giving each colony one or two plates of candy'^ Wr have 

 it in large paper plates weighing about two poundA, enough 

 to la«t a colony three or four weeks. Can be sent by post. 

 Write for prices, also catalog of supplies. 



H. H. Jepson, 182 Friend St., Boston, Mass. 



