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Gray Caucasians. — Early breeders, great honey- 

 gatherers ; cap beautifully white ; great comb-build- 

 ers ; very prolific; gentle; hardy; good winterers. 

 Untested, $1; select untested, $1.25; tested, $1..'50; 

 select tested, $2.00. H. W. Fulmeb, Andalusia, Pa. 



Italian Qukens, Northern-bred, Three-banded, 

 Highe«t Grade, Select Tested, Guaranteed. Queen 

 and drone mothers are chosen from more than 600 

 colonies noted for honey production, hardiness, pro- 

 lifieness, gentleness, and perfect markings. Price, 

 one, 80 cts. ; 12, $8.00; 100, $55.00. Also bees by 

 the pound. Send for circular. 



J. H. Haughev, Berrien Springs, Mich. 



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 

 reach you in good order. No disease here. Cash 

 must accompany your order. Please mention Glean- 

 ings. I. N. Bankston, Box 315, Buffalo, Tex. 



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

 quevvs, and the Beekeepers' Review for 1916 for 

 only $2.00. A daughter of one of the very be^t 

 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 Beekkepers' Review, Northstar, Mich. 



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 t« Curd 

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

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



Special for May, express prepaid on 10 or more 

 swarms of bees in packages, at my regular price of 

 1 to 49, lib. at $1.50 each, and 2-lb. at $2.50 each, 

 and 50 to 500 of the above at 12% cts. less each. 

 Untested Italian queens, 75 cts. each ; tested Ital- 

 ian 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, Pitzpatrick, Ala., the 

 successful package-shipper and queen-breeder. 



BiOEs 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 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, 1/2- 

 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. 



Fob 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 

 earlier, 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., FloresviUe, Tex. 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



HELP WANTED 



Wanteii. — Helper in apiaries. State experience, 

 $5(1 month and board. 



George A. Baldrrston, Kennett, Cal. 



W'anted. — At once, young man to work with bees. 

 Give age, and wages expected, in first letter. 



M. C. SiLSBEE, Rt. 3, Cohocton, N. Y. 



Wanted. — Helper in apiaries. Statt experience, 

 age, and wages wanted, in first letter. 



Mathilde Candler, Cassville, 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. 



ON THE BOOKSHELF 



It is surprising to note the various uses 

 to which Portland cement can be put. There 

 is no building permanently constructed that 

 does not require the use of concrete for one 

 part or another. Beekeepers have been 

 quick to see the advantages of this material, 

 not only for hive foundations but for bee- 

 cellars, honey-houses, fence-posts, walks, etc. 

 Eeinforced concrete — that is, concrete 

 strengthened by wdre or rods — makes a con- 

 struction that cannot be matched for 

 strength and durability. 



In concrete work especially, a lack of 

 intelligent handling and the use of improper 

 materials and mixing, accounts for many a 

 poor job. One of the best books that we 

 have ever seen on the subject is ' ' Concrete 

 on the Farm and in the Shop," by H. Colin 

 Campbell. This book is amply illustrated 

 with halftone engravings from photographs 

 of work actually under construction, and 

 should appeal to a beekeeper desiring to 

 make anything, from a concrete slab for a 

 hive to rest on, to an elaborate bee-cellar. 

 Price 75 cts. Published bv the Norman W. 

 Henley Pub. Co., 132 Nassau St., New York. 



Convention Notices 



.SPRING BEEKEEPING SCHOOL AT THE MASSACHU- 

 SETTS agricultural college, AMHERST, 



MAY 31- ^JUNE 14, 1916. 



The most ideal lime in the year to study bees is 

 in May or June, when the colonies are at their 

 maximum in strength and activities. The bees are 

 easily handled. The student quickly gains a full 

 acquaintance with the majority of the manipulations 

 necessary to beekeeping. At this time of the year, 

 once in three years an intensive course in beekeep- 

 ing is offered at the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College, primarily for a limited number of practical 

 beekeepers. This year particularly the course is to 

 be conducted by an especially strong staff of the 

 College faculty, and will occupy seven hours daily 

 for two weeks, Saturdays being devoted to excur- 

 sions. The course comprises lectures, laboratory 

 practicums, work in the beeyard, and field excur- 

 sions. It is under the direction of Dr. Burton N. 

 Gates. 



The College maintains a practical beeyard of about 

 fifty colonies as well as outyards and a well-ap- 

 pointed beehouse and laboratories, besides a wax- 

 working laboratory, library, and beekeeping muse- 

 um. These exceptional facilities are offered the 

 student in this subject. 



