GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



PATENTS 



Patents that pav: $625,812.00 clients made. 

 Protect your idea. Send data. Advice and two 

 wonderful Guide Books free. Highest reference. 

 E. E. Vrooman & Co., 8B4 F., Washington, D. C. 



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REAL ESTATE 



For Sale. — A nice twenty-acre farm with 100 

 swarms of bees, <ind large ginseng-beds; also 4800 

 lioiiiuls of extra-nice raspberry-clover honey'. 



L. Francisco, Mosinee, Wis. 



A small farm in California will make you mnre 

 money with less work. You wall live longer and te*- 

 ter. Delightful climate. Rich soil. Hospitable 

 neighbors. Good roads, schools, and churches. W^rite 

 for our San Joaquin Valley illustrated folders free. 



C. L. Seagraves. Industrial Commissioner .V. T. 

 & S. F. R'y, 1934 R'y Exchange, Chicago. 



Virginia and North Carolina Farm.s, $15 per 

 .acre and up. Easy payments. Fruit, dairy, stock; 

 climate, schools, churches, roads, markets, and 

 neighliors of the best. Get our Farm Lists, Maga- 

 zine, and other interesting literature, all free. Ad- 

 dress E. H. LaBaume. Agr. Agt. N. & W. Rv., 246 

 N. & W. Bldg., Roanoke, Va. 



For sale in the Okanagan Valley, British Colum- 

 Lia, Canada, fen-acre lot, surrounded with orchard, 

 apiary of 50 hives, supers, etc., e.xtractor, honey- 

 house, bee-cellar, 10-room house with furniture; 

 large barn, one horse, two sets harness, buggy, 

 democrat, . cutter, bobs, workshop, hen-house, wood- 

 s'led, 12 cords lirewood; no mortgage; dry climate; 

 plenty irrigation ; with crop ; instant entry. $5000 

 '■ash. Address " Manager," 



V Glenaiva Apiary, Lavington, B. C, Can. 



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WANTS AND EXCHANGES 



Wanted. — -To furnish every beekeeper within 500 

 miles of Boise, Idaho, with the best and cheapest 

 bee supplies on the market, quality considered. Send 

 me \ iiur order or a list of your requirements for 

 1916. Our catalog and price list will be mailed to 

 .\ou free. Order early and get the discounts. 



C. E. Shriver, Boise, Idaho. 



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BEES AND QUEENS 



Finest Italian queens. Send for booklet and price 

 list. Jay Smith, 1159 De Wolf St., Vincennes, Ind. 



Nice Italian queen bees for 75 cts. each; six for 

 $4.00, J. B. Case, Port Orange, Fla. 



Well-lred bees and queens. Hives and supplies. 

 J. H. M. Cook, 84 Cortlandt St., New York. 



For Sale. — Untested golden Italian queens, 60 

 *'ts- J. F. Michael, Winchester, Ind. 



Rhode Island northern-bred Italian queens, $1. 

 t'lrcular. O. E. Tulip, Arlington, R. I. 



Golden-all-over-aueens of quality. Untested, 75 

 cts. ; tested, $1.50. A. O. Heinzel, Rt. 3, Lincoln, 111. 



Fine three-banded Italian queens. Circular and 

 price list free. J. L. Leath, Corinth, Miss. 



For Sale. — Italian queens; untested, 50 cts. each. 

 E. A. Simmons, Greenville, Ala. 



For Sale. — 200 colonies bees, first-class location. 

 J. B. Marshall, Big Bend, La. 



For Sale. — No letter Italian queens; one, $1.00; 

 six, $5.00. J. W. ROMEKKGKR, St. Joseph, Mo. 



Must Sell. — 40 colonies highest bidder. Write 

 E. E. CoLiEN, Manawa, Wis. 



Bright Italian queens for sale at 50 cts. each. 

 Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 



H. K. Turner, Rt. 4, Greenville, Ala. 



Five hundred dandy leather-banded Italian queens 

 for September, at 50 cts. each. No better. .T. H. 

 Hauohey, Queen-breeder, Berrien S'prings, Mich. 



Bright Italian queens at 60 cts. each; $6.00 per 

 doz. ; $50 per 100. Safe arrival and satisfaction 

 guaranteed. W. W. T.\lley, Rt. 4, Greenville, Ala. 



Italian queens bred for their honey-gathering 

 qualities. One, $1.00; six, $5.00. 



Edith M. Phelps, Binghamton, N. Y., East End. 



For Sale. — Three-banded Italian queens, no dis- 

 ease. Tested, $1.00: untested, 75 cts.; 6 for $3.75. 

 Miss Birdie Culberson, Rt. 2, Siler City, N. C. 



Italian Quhens. — Golden or leather colored; 75 

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

 NoBDLiNG Apiaries, Button Willow, Kern Co., Cal. 



For Sale. — Thirty colonies of bees in ten-frame 

 hives : also thirty acres of level farm land, new 

 buildings. Clifford Anderson, Rt. 4, Conneaut, O. 



Golden and three-banded Italians ; 1 untested, 85 

 cts.; 6, $4.80; 1 tested, $1.25; 6, $7.20. Satisfac- 

 tion guaranteed. Bees, $1.25 per lb. 



D. L. Dutcher, Bennington, Mich. 



Southwest Virginia five-band Italian queens, the 

 fancy comb-honey strain, gentle to handle. They will 

 please you. Try one. $1.00 each. 



Henry S. Bohon, Rt. 3, box 212, Roanoke, Va. 



For Sale — Golden Italian queens, select tested, 

 $1.25; tested, $1.00; untested, 60 cts. each; dozen, 

 $7.00; select untested, 70 cts.; dozen, $8.00; no 

 foul brood. D. T. Gaster, Rt. 2, Randleman, N. C. 



Fine three-banded untested Italian queens, north- 

 ern bred, each 80 cts. ; ten for $7 ; fifty for $30. 

 Safe delivery guaranteed. M. H. Hunt, & SON, 

 N. Cedar Ave., Lansing, Mich. 



H. C. Short, queen-breeder, formerly of Win- 

 chester, O., is now with W. D. Achord, Fitzpatrick, 

 Ala. We will appreciate the patronage of Mr. 

 Short's customers. 



For Salk — Golden Italian queens that produce 

 golden bees ; for gentleness and honey-gathering they 

 are equal to any. Everv queen guaranteed. Price 

 $1; 6 for $5. " Wm. S.' Barnett, Barnetts, Va. 



For S.\le. — 25 colonies of bees, good shape; 50 

 empty hives, some never used; 75 shallow extracting 

 supers. No disease. The lot to go cheap . 



S. R. Chaffey, Marion Station, Md. 



For Sale — 200 colonies bees for sale, with 78 

 2/3 acres splendid land ; 50 acres tillable. Ideal 

 location. Will sell separate. 



J. B. Marshall, Big Bend, La. 



Golden Italian queens by June 1. Untested queens, 

 75 cts. each, or $8.00 per doz.; tested, $1.25 each 

 or $12 per doz. Purely mated. Guaranteed. Send 

 for ( ircular. J. I. Danielson, Rt. 7, Fairfield, la. 



Extra select untested golden and three-banded 

 Italian queens, 50 cts. each; 6 for $2.95; 12 for 

 $5.75. Satisfaction guaranteed. 



G. H. MERRILL, Pickens, S. C. 



For Sale — 350 strong colonies with extracting 

 and comb equipment; unlimited range; continuous 

 flow; vsater-white honey; no disease. 



J. O. Baird, Rt. 1, Haines, Oregon. 



Miller's Strain of Italian Queens. — Still on 

 the map with a few choice untested queens. One 

 untested, 75c; 6, $4.00; 1 sel. unt., $1.00; 6, $5.00. 

 I. F. Miller, 1214 Ozan St., Pittsburg, Pa. 



Formerly of Brookville, Pa. 



