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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



For Salk. — Good Italian queens, untested, 75 

 cts. ; tested, $1.00; nuclei, 2 frames, $3.00; lib. 

 package, $2.00 ; 2-lb. package, $3.00, with untested 

 queen. Will be ready to send out about April 1. 



G. W. Moon, 1904 Park Ave., Little Rock, Ark. 



Golden Italian queens that produce golden bees; 

 the highest 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. Brockwell, Barnetts, Va. 



A daughter of one of Dr. Miller's best honey 

 qiieens, and the Beekeepers' Review for 1916 for 

 only $2.00. A daughter of one of the very best 

 honey-getting queens selected from 1100 colonies 

 worked for extracted honey, from the yards of E. D. 

 Townsend & Sons, and the Review for 1916 for only 

 $1.75. The queens will be mailed in June direct 

 from our breeders in the South. A rare buy. 



The Beekeepers' Review, Northstar, Mich. 



If you want a queen for that queenless colony, we 

 can send it to you by return mail. Young tested 

 queens, $1.00, $12.00 per dozen. Untested, $1.00; 

 $9.00 per dozen. We breed the three-band Italians 

 only, and we breed for the best. Our thirty years of 

 queen-rearing proves this. We never had a case of 

 foul brood in our apiaries, and we guarantee every 

 queen sent out by us. 



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



Carniolan, Golden, and three-banded Italian 

 queens. Tested, $1.00 each; 6, $5.40; untested, 75 

 cts. each; 6, $4.20. Bees, 1 lb., $1.25; 2 lbs., $2.25. 

 Nuclei, per frame, $1.25 ; two-frame, $2.25 ; eight- 

 frame hive, $6.50 ; ten-frame hive, $7.00. Write for 

 price on large orders. Everything guaranteed to 

 I'each you in good order. No disease here. Cash 

 must accompany your order. Please mention Glean- 

 ings. I. N. Bankston, box 135, Bufifalo, Tex. 



Three-banded queens and bees by the pound, ready 

 now. One untested queen, 90 cts.; $9.00 per doz. ; 

 $17.50 for 2 doz.; $65.00 for 100. Tested, $1.50 

 each; fine breeders, $5.00 each; lib. swarm with 

 fine queen, $2.25 each; without queen, $1.50 each; 

 50 for $70.00; 100 for $135. Add queens at above 

 prices. I can furnish you in any quantity from one 

 to 1000 queens or swarms of bees at above prices 

 from April 15, thruout the season. Write to Curd 

 Walker, the Queen-breeder, your wants. He will 

 give you a square deal. Box 18, Rt. 1, Jellico, Tenn. 



For Sale. — Swarms of Italian bees in packages, 

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

 more they are 121/2 cts. 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. 



Tlie successful package-shipper and queen-breeder. 



Bees and Queens. — Doolittle's Italian stock 

 speaks for itself. They are gentle, resist disease, 

 and are fine honey-gatherers. We iDreed this stock 

 only, and guarantee delivery only to points west of 

 the Rocky Mountains. Untested queens, 75 cts. 

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

 $1.25 each; $12 per dozen; $85 per 100. Tliree- 

 frame nuclei, $2.25 each; $200 per 100. Bees, V2- 

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

 packages, $1.00 each; $85 per 100. Add price of 

 queens to above packages. Complete catalog free on 

 application. Spencer Apiaries, Nordhoff, Cal. 



For Sale. — Three-banded Italian bees. Three- 

 frame nuclei, with queen, $3.00; without queen, 

 $2.25. We have more bees than we can manage, 

 and can, therefore, supply you with the biggest and 

 strongest nuclei you will be able to find anywhere. 

 Send your order now, and money when you want 

 them shipped. Can begin shipping April 15, or 

 earlici-, if necessary. Bees are all on standard Hoff- 

 man frames, and combs are all built on full sheets 

 of foundation and wired frames. We guarantee 

 bees to be free from disease. 



The Hyde Bee Co., Floresville, Tex. 



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 1 pes 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 ten per cent deposit for delivery March 15 and 

 after. Safe arrival, prompt service, and satisfaction 

 guaranteed. Circular free. 



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



HELP WANTED 



Wanted. — Expert beeman to help in business of 

 1100 colonies. Work starts April 15. Good wages. 

 Earl Hanks, Hageman, Ida. 



Wanted, — One student and one experienced help- 

 er in the largest and probably the best-equipped api- 

 ary in Canada. G. A. Deadman, Brussels, Out., Can. 



Wanted. — Man with some experience in handling 

 bees to assist in large apiaries. Please give full 

 particulars in first letter. 



John B. Ahlers, Rt. 1, West Bend, Wis. 



Wanted. — Industrious young man, fast worker, 

 and of clean mental and body habits, as a student 

 helper in our large bee business for 1916 season. 

 Will give results of long experience, and board and 

 small wages. Give age, weight, experience, and 

 wages in first letter. 



W. A. Latshaw Co., Clarion, Mich. 



SITUATIONS WANTED 



Wanted. — Position in apiary, preferably in north- 

 ern California or Oregon; have had some experience. 

 Prefer work in queen-rearing. 



E. C. TOWNE, Elroy, Wis. 



BEEKEEPERS' DIRECTORY 



Well-bred bees and queens. Hives and supplies. 

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



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. 



TRADE NOTES 



In rearranging our stock we find a number of 

 items no longer listed in our catalog, which some 

 of our readers may be glad to get at the bargain 

 prices at which we offer them to reduce stock or 

 close out entirely. We list a number of these spe- 

 cials on this page, and may add others later as these 

 are disposed of. 



hive-handles. 



We have a surplus stock of handhole cleats such 

 as we formerly included with all dovetailed hives, 

 and which have been listed at 75 cts. for 100, and 

 will dispose of them to those who want them at 25 

 cts. per 100; $2.00 per 1000. 



old-style dovetailed chaff hives with bottom 

 to nail fast. 

 Of these old-style chaff hives we have a number 

 of both 8 and 10 frame packed single and 5 in a 

 package, which we offer, to close out, as follows : 

 YW 5/8, one story, with frames, eight frame ; 8 

 packages, one hive each, at $1.75, and 12 packages, 



