July, 1917 



GL^EANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



509 



Books and Bulletins — Continued 



from attested facts of the hive. For in- 

 stance, he states that an egg can become a 

 queen, worker, or drone. That would be 

 true, of course, only before the egg was laid, 

 therefore really before it was an egg, gen- 

 erally speaking. 



Again, he makes a robber bee attack 

 "Happy," the bee of the story, in mid air 

 and force him to give up his load of honey 

 in air — interesting in a tale but not quite 

 A B C, is it. Editor Eoot? 



Again, he makes "Happy" go out for sev- 

 eral loads of honey before he has acted as 

 nurse-bee or wax-producer. If we know our 

 letters right, that is not the correct order 

 of diversified employment in the economy of 

 the hive. But the interest is not lessened 

 but rather increased by the poetic licenses, 

 for such we must call them, for the book is 

 one charming poem in prose. Get it, all ye 

 who can, and enjoy 120 pages of real treat. 



Mott's Northern-bred Italian 

 Queens 



are hardy, prolific, gentle, and hustlers, 

 therefore resist well disease. 



Untested, 75c each; '$8.00 for 12. 



Sel. Tested, $1.50 each. 



Virgins, 50c each; or three for $1.00. 



Bees by pound. 



Plans ' ' How to Introduce Queens, ' ' 

 and ' ' Increase, ' ' 25c. List free. 



E. E. MOTT, Glenwood, Mich. 



"Our Bees are Gentle." 



Nope, yo.u won't get stung if you buy queens from 

 us. Onr bees r.re the hardy, leather colored, showing 

 from three to five yellow bands. We have many 

 letters testifying to their wintering and honey getting 

 qualities. Price $1 each: $9 per dozen; $70 per 

 hundred. Send for our complete price list and 

 booklet describing our high-grade Italian bees. 



Jay Smith, 1159 DeWolf St., Vincennes, Ind. 



Rhode Island Northern-bred Italian 



Queens, $1.00. Circular. 

 O. E. TULIP, ARLINGTON. RHODE ISLAND 



/~^TT'C'Tj''M'C Select Italians; bees by the pound; nuclei. 

 V ^ -i-'-t-ii^ O J917 prices on request. Write 



J. B. Hollopeter 



Rockton, Pennsylvania 



Forehand's Queens . . . Get a good Queen 



One that will keep the hive chock full of bees at all times, make the biggest yields 

 of honey, sting less, and look the prettiest, at a medium price. 



Over 25 years of select breeding has brought our queens up to a standard sur- 

 passed by none, and the superior of many. We have tried the principal races and 

 evcrv method known, and now we have selected the best race and method — the 

 THREE-BAND BEES and the DOOLITTLE ?vlETHOD. We USE THE 3-BANDS 

 — Why? Because they get results. 



Dr. Miller, Roots, and Dadants use them. 



Our queens are sold by many of the largest dealers in the U. S. 



Louis H. Scholl (one of the largest beekeepers of the Southwest) says. "Three- 

 band Italians have proven the best all-around-purpose beo after trying out nearly 

 every race — not only in an experimental wav while still at A. M. Col., but in our 

 own apiaries as well." (In Beekeeper's Item.) 



Untested One, $ .50 Six, ,$3.00 Twelve, $ 6.01) 



Seect untested One, .75 Six, 4.135 Twelve, 8.00 



Tested One, 1.50 Six, 8.75 Twelve, 17.00 



Write for price on larger quantities. 



Send for circular giving general description. Mail all orders to 



W. J. FOREHAND & SONS, Fort Deposit, Alabama 



