JUNE 15, 1916 



Rhode Island Northern-bred Italian queens, $1. 

 Circular. O. E. Tulip, Arlington, R. I. 



Well-bred bees and queens. Hives and supplies. 

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



Queens that Count.- — See our Adv. elsewhere in 

 this issue. Geo. W. Phillips, Lebanon, Ohio. 



Fine Italian queens by return mail. Select golden 

 and three-banded, lined to select drones. Hardy, 

 prolific honey-gatherers. Single queen, $1.00; 2 

 queens, $1.75; 3 queens, $2.50; 12 queens, $9.00. 

 Six or more at dozen rates. No disease. Safe arri- 

 val. I positively guarantee every queen to give 

 reasonable satisfaction. 



Chas. M. Darrow, Star Route, Milan, Mo. 



Italian Queens, Northern-bred, Three-banded, 

 Highest Grade, Select Untested, Guaranteed. Queen 

 and drone mothers are chosen from more than 600 

 colonies noted for honey production, hardiness, pro- 

 lificness, gentleness, and perfect markings. Price, 

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

 the pound. Send for circular. 



.J. H. Haughey, Berrien Springs, Mich. 



Hol'.opeter's strain of three-banded Italian bees 

 and queens now ready. Bees, a full pound of the 

 right kind for business, with young laying queens, 1 

 pkg., $2.25; 6 pkg., $12.50; 2-lb. pkg., with queen, 

 $3.25. Queens, bred for business, untested, each, 75 

 cts. ; 12, $8.00. Safe arrival in good condition 

 guaranteed. Health certificate with each shipment. 

 Circular free. 



J. B. HOLLOPETEB, queen-breeder, Pentz, Pa. 



If you want a queen for that queenless colony, we 

 can send it to you by return mail. Young teste^'' 

 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. V7. 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 

 reach you in good order. No disease here. Cash 

 must accompany your order. Please mention Glean- 

 ings. . I. N. Bankston, box 315, Buffalo, Te.x. 



Three-banded Italian queens guaranteed to please 

 and to give results; 75 cts. each; 6 for $4.25; 12 

 for $8.00; 100 for $65.00, in lots to suit; select 

 breeders, $5.00 each. One-pound swarm with fine 

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

 Write us your wants. We will give you a square 

 deal. We are keeping up well with orders, getting 

 them as we are. June will be the big bee month. 

 Always give your express office when wanting pounds 

 of bees. Cued Walker, Queen-breeder, Jellico, Tenn. 



Leathee-colored Italians. — Large, vigorous, 

 three-band Italian queens that have proven that they 

 can stand a severe winter, last winter being a test 

 for them. For size, beauty, gentleness, and honey- 

 gathering qualities they will surprise you. If you 

 have foul brood, try them. It will be half the fight. 

 All queens are guaranteed for a period of one year 

 from date received. If they fail to please you, you 

 get your money back. Prices: 1, $1.00; 6, $5.00; 

 12, $9.00. No foul brood in my apiary nor near me. 

 Vf. D. Sellers, 242 Pine St., Lancaster, Pa. 



Foe 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, 

 strongest nuclei you will be able to find anywhere. 

 Our bees are all on the standard-size Hoffman 

 frames, combs built on full sheets of foundation, and 

 on wired frames. We are now shipping nuclei, and 

 can fill your orders promptly. Bees guaranteed to 

 be free from disease. 



Hyde Bee Co., Floresville, Tex. 



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Italian Queens. — Golden or leather colored; 75 

 cts. each; $4.25 for 6: $8.00 per doz. Tested, $1.50. 

 NORDLING Apairies, Button Willow, Kern Co., Cal. 



See our large advertisement elsewhere. Why pay 

 more when you can get from us better queens for 

 less money / We guarantee our queens to be as good 

 as any produced North, South, East, or West. Try 

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



For Sale. — Three-banded Italian queens and bees 

 from the best honey-gathering strains obtainable. 

 Untested queen, 75 cts.; 6, $4.25; 12, $8.00; tested 

 queens, $1.25; 6, $7.00; 12, $12.00. For select 

 queens add 25 cts. each to the above prices. For 

 queens in quantity lots, or bees by the pound, write 

 for prices. Robt. B. Spioer, Rt. 181, Wharton, N.J. 



Tennessee-bred Queens 1 My three-band strain 

 that has given such universal satisfaction for over 

 40 years. Orders filled promptly or money returned 

 by first mail. 1000 nuclei in use. Tested, in June, 

 $1.75; untested, $1.00; in July, $1.50 and 75 cts. 

 Postal brings circular. 



John M. Davis, Spring Hill, Tenn. 



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POULTRY 



Foe Sale. — Fourteen thorobred Sicilian Butter- 

 cup hens and one rooster. First $20 takes the lot. 

 L. S. Griggs, 711 Avon St., Flint, Mich. 



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HELP WANTED 



Wanted. — A single man to work 140 colonies of 

 bees on shares ; one with experience, and steady ; 

 good locality. J. J. Walker, Rt. 5, Ogdensburg, N.Y. 



Man Wanted. — At once to work with bees. State 

 age, experience, and wages. Three or four months' 

 work. Address The Rocky Mountain Bee Co., 

 Forsyth, Mont. 



CONVE.NTION NOTICLS 



A field meet for the beekeepers of Southeastern 

 Iowa will be held at the queen-rearing yard of J. I. 

 Danielson, Fairefild, Iowa, July 27. AH are urged 

 to come. 



eastern Massachusetts convention. 



The regular monthly and annual meeting for elec- 

 tion of officers, for the season, of the Eastern Massa- 

 chusetts Society of Beekeepers, the original Massa- 

 chusetts society, was held at room 15 Old South 

 Building, Boston, on Saturday April 1, 1916. 



The speaker of the day was Miss Dorothy Quincy 

 Wright, of Lowell, who gave us an interesting talk 

 on '• Planning the season's work — efficiency methods 

 applied to beekeeping." 



The new president, who was unanimously elected, 

 is Prof. Gladstone H. Cale, of the Essex County 

 Agricultural School, at Hawthorne, Mass., who, upon 

 taking the chair, thanked the members for the hon- 

 or, and pledged his best efforts for the carrying-out 

 of the work of the society. 



Mr. Thomas J. Hawkins, 4 Emery St., Everett, 

 the former president, was chosen secretary, and the 

 Board of Directors are Rev. T. J. Horner, of Attle- 

 boro, Mass., chairman ; Mrs. Susan M. Howard, of 

 Stoneham, and Mr. Benjamin P. Sands, 1051 Old 

 South Building, Boston. 



Thomas J. Hawkins, Sec-treas. 



The field meet of the Chicago-Northwestern Bee- 

 keepers' Association will be held at the home of W. 

 W. Faulkner, 3000 N. Cicero Ave., Chicago, 111., 

 July 15, 1916. 



Many things combine to make this an ideal place 

 for a meeting of beekeepers. Besides being enter- 

 tained by one of the most hospitable families in Illi- 

 nois, we" shall meet Mr. Faulkner, Sr., who is prob- 

 ably the oldest and one of the most successful bee- 



