June, 1917 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



491 



Crow Bigger and Better Vegetables 



You can make your Gardening Profitable and Easy with a 



nini/rQ Weeder, Mulcher, Cultivator. 



DAllKLn Three garden tools In one. 

 Kills the weeds and mulches 

 soil IN ONE OPERATION. 



Eight reel-blades, working in conibinalion willi a sta- 

 tionary knife which passes just below the surface, 

 destroy the weeds and pulverize the crust into a level 

 moisture-retaining mulch. 



Has shovel attachment for deeper cultivation; also 

 leaf-guards to protect grown-up plants. "Best Weed 

 Killer Ever Used." Will pay for itself in a single 

 summer. Write for illustrated catalog and special 

 factory-to-user offer. 



BARKER MFG. CO., Dept. 10, David City, Neb. 



VICTOR and HOME VICTOR 



Multiple System 



Water Heaters for 



House Heating 



Heats bath and kitchen boiler too. 

 ONE STOVE AND ONE FIRE 

 YEAR ROUND. There is nothing 

 like it. Send for booklet. 



S. V. Reeves, Mfr. 



Haddonfield, N. J. 



Positively the cheapest and strongest ligrht orN Barth 

 tlsed "n every country on the (jiobe Makea *Ddl 

 toumft Its own gaa. Caste oo shadows '^Jeaii fca«J 

 odorless Absolutely safa Ovei 2U0 atvles -;i>j M 

 2000 Candle Power. Fully Guaranteed Wiit* ■;»' 

 catalog AGENTS WANTED EVERt"WHJ;llK, 



THE BEST LIGHT CO 

 306 E 5th St„ C%Bl©!Ss Oo 



SOUTHERN BEEKEEPERS 



Get the Famous Root Goods Here 



Veils, 65c; Smoker, 90c; Gloves, 65c pair; wire-im 

 bedder, 35e; honey-knife, 80c; 1-lb. spool wire, 35c 

 medium-brood foundation, 1 to 11 lbs., 58c per lb. 

 11 to 25 lbs., 56c; 50 or 100 lb. lots, 53c. Ten 

 fr. wood-zinc excluders, 50c each ; Hofifman frames, 

 $3.75 per 100. Honey-extractors for sale. I am 

 paying 28c cash, 29c trade, for wax. 



J. F. Archdekin, Bordlonville, Louisiana. 



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1 BEEKEEPERS' SUPPLIES I 



Send for new 1917 price list now ready. 

 We are also in the market at all times 

 for extracted and comb honey in any 

 quantity. Give us a chance to bid on 

 your supplies. We can save you money. 



The M. C. Silsbee Co., HaskinviUe, N. Y. 



P. O., Cohocton, N. Y., Rt. 3. 



PENNSYLVANIA BEEKEEPERS 



Our catalogs now out. Postal 

 will bring you one. Root's goods 

 at Root's prices. Prompt shipment. 



E. M. Dunkel, Osceola Mills, Pa. 



Increase Your Honey Crop 



by introducing some of Leininger's strain »f Italian 

 Queens which have a record of 30 years as to honey- 

 gathering qualities and gentleness are unexcelled. 

 Disease has never appeared in our apiaries. Queens 

 will be ready June the first. Untested, each, $1 ; 6, 

 $5. Tested, each fl.25; 6, $5.50. Breeders, $5. 



FRED LEININGER & SON, Delphos, Ohio 



Queens see our May Ad. QueeHS 



THREE-BANDED ITALIANS THE BEST. They are hustlers, gentle to handle, 

 cap their honey white, are very resistant to European foul brood. Some call them 

 Long-tongue Red-clover Queens. Satisfaction and safe arrival guaranteed. 



1 6 12 50 100 



Untested queens, -June to November $ .80 $4.40 $ 8.00 $30.40 $ 60.00 



Tested queens, June to November 1.00 5.20 9.60 36.00 70.00 



Select tested queens, June and November 1.60 8.00 14.40 .^2.00 100.00 



f Let us know your wants. Circular fiee. ^ 



j Nueces Valley Apiaries Calallen, Nuects Co., Texas | 



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