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Tennessee-brkd Queens! 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. 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Pure Italian Queens. — Golden or three-banded 

 by return mail. All queens are warranted purely 

 mated. They ai-e large and long-lived. They have 

 proven themselves highly disease-resistant in many 

 localities. One select untested, $1.00; G, $4.25; 12, 

 $8.00; 100, $60.00. Tested, $1.25. Bees by the 

 pound, nuclei, colonies. Safe arrival and satisfac- 

 tion I guarantee. Circular free. 



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



One hundred colonies of the yellow strain Italian 

 that are free from disease and heavy in stores on 

 Hoffman frames in ten-frame hives that are in good 

 condition. Price is $200 for the lot. Also twenty 

 new hives painted and ready for use with wired 

 Hoffman frames ; are the regular Dovetailed hives 

 that were never in use, at $2.00 each, or bees and 

 hives for $235. Must be sold by Oct. 15. 



W. S. Williams, Julian, Pa. 



For Sale. — 65 colonies Italian bees, $4.00 per 

 colony; 10 colonies hybrids, $3.50 per colony. All 

 from J. P. Moore's strain. All in 8-frame hive bod- 

 ies in winter-eases, standard full-depth self-spacing 

 Hoffman frames, 8 to each hive. All combs straight ; 

 colonies strong and healthy with stores for winter. 

 Would bunch the lot for $3.25 per colony. A few 

 untested Italian queens, 60 cts. each. 



Wilmer Clarke, Earlville, Madison Co., N. Y. 



Convention Notice 



MICHIGAN BEEKEEPERS EAT THANKSGIVING DINNER 

 IN LANSING. 



On November 30, December 1 and 2, Michigan 

 beekeepers will gather at Lansing for the fifty-first 

 meeting of the State Association. The opening day 

 coming on Thanksgiving will enable beemen to re- 

 new acquaintance one with the other over the festive 

 board, and will be an auspicious day on which to 

 unite and discuss the summer's work, and to make 

 plans for a more successful season in 1917. The 

 holiday will also enable beekeepers to bring their 

 wives along, so that we expect this meeting to be 

 largely a family affair. Many ladies have already 

 intimated that they would be present to help swell 

 the attendance and enjoy a good time. 



We are preparing an interesting and profitable 

 program, which will be published in the November 

 issue, and we can assure all those planning to attend 

 that we are going to have the best meeting that the 

 Michigan Beekeepers' Association has ever had. 



There are many beekeepers who do not yet fully 

 realize the value of these conventions. A beekeepers' 

 convention is an investment for the beekeeper, and 

 it remains with him to secure as many shares as 

 possible, because every share should, and in many 

 cases does, return a fine profit the next season. 



Many of our most successful beekeepers will be in 

 attendance — beemen who count their crops in tons 

 rather than in pounds; and a few minutes' conversa- 

 tion with these men will be worth all the expense 

 and trouble of coming to the meeting. If you are 

 looking forward to making beekeeping a profitable 

 part of your work in the future, by all means take 

 in these meetings in Lansing, 



We do not want the beekeepers to forget the ex- 

 hibit side of the convention. We shall have plenty 

 of room to display honey and other exhibits ; and as 

 we are planning to give diplomas and medals to be 

 won outright, besides the challenge medals, we are 

 expecting a nice showing of honey that will add to 

 the general interest of the convention. 



We hope to include other features which will tend to 

 enliven the proceedings; and with the banquet which 

 Messrs. Root and Hunt are providing all beekeepers 

 present, we should easily have a convention that will 

 rank among the largest and most enjoyable ever 

 staged by a state association. We will do our part, 

 and ho])e and expect you to join with us in making 

 this coming meeting a hummer, and eat your Thanks- 

 giving dinner in Lansing. 



East Lansing. F. Eric Millen, Sec. 



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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AP- 

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MY FIRST SEASON'S EXPERIENCE 

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CATALOG OF BEEKEEPERS' SUP- 

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THE BEEKEEPER AND FRUIT- 

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THE USE OF HONEY IN COOKING. 

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BEES AND POULTRY", how they 

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HOW TO KEEP BEt.S. A book of 

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THE A B C OF BEE CULTURE. A 

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WINTERING BEES. A digest of all 

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