NOVKMBER, 1917 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



891 



WANTED. — To buy for cash an apiary in tlie 

 southern states, preferably in Florida. Emile, care 

 of B. Auguste, 232 O. T. Johnson Building, Los 

 Angeles, Cal. 



$20.00 buys 100 comb-honey shipping-cases hold- 

 ing 24 414 X 4% X 11^ plain sections, including 

 2-in. glass, nails, and corrugated paper. Tliis price is 

 f. o. b. our factory in Wisconsin, and includes $1.00 

 for a suliscription to the Domestic Beekeeper the 

 balance of this year and ALL of 1918. Address 

 Sorvice Department, Domestic Beekeeper, Northstar, 

 Micliigan. 



REAL ESTATE 



FOR SALE. — One twenty-acre farm with ginseng 

 beds. Also 200 swarms of Italian bees and a quan- 

 tity of fine honey put up in 60-pound cans at 15c 

 a pound. L. Francisco, Dancy, Wis. 



FOR S.\LE. — 110 colonies of bees in new ten- 

 frnnie dovetailed hives, frames wired, full sheets 

 foundation bscd; metal-roof covers, M'ith inner covers. 

 Location goes with outfit. A 100-per-cent paying 

 investment. Price and description on application, 

 extracting outfit. Custer Battlefield Apiaries, 



Hardin, Mont. 



VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA FARMS 

 $15 per acre and up. Easy payments. Fruit, 

 dairy, stock, climate, schools, churches, roads, mar- 

 kets, and neighbors of the best. Get our farm lists, 

 magazine, and other interesting literature, all free. 

 Address F. H. LaBaume, Agr. Agt. N. & W. Ry., 

 2 16 N. & W. Bldg., Roanoke, Va. 



A small California farm earns more money with 

 less work. Raise the crops you know about — alfalfa, 

 wheat, barley, etc. — also oranges, grapes, olives, and 

 figs. Ideal for dairying, pigs, and chickens. No 

 cold weather ; rich soil ; low prices ; easy terms ; 

 good roads; schools and churches. Enjoy life here. 

 New comers welcome. Write for our San Joaquin 

 Valley, also Dairying and Poultry Raising illustrated 

 folders, free. C. L. Seagraves, Ind. Com. A. T. & 

 S. F. Ry., 1927 Railway Exchange, Chicago. 



Do you want a farm where largest profits are 

 made? Tlie Sonth's gTeat variety of crops and 

 wonderfully productive climate make it the most 

 profitable farm section of America. It is the place 

 for the lowest-cost meat production and dairy farm- 

 ing. It grows the largest variety of forage crops. 

 Good lands, in good localities, as low as $15 to $25 

 an acre. Ijet us show you locations that will give 

 the highest profits. M. V. Richards, Commissioner, 

 Room 27, Southern Railway System, Washington, 

 D. C. 



BEES AND QUEENS 



Finest Italian queens. Send for booklet and price 

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



PHELPS queens will please you. Try them and 

 you will be convinced. C. W. Phelps & Son. 



Well-bred bees and queens. Hives and supplies. 

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



FOR SALE. — Bees, queens, and honey in their 

 season. H. G. Quirin, Bellevue, O. 



" She-suits-me " bright Italian queens; $1 by re- 

 turn mail till Oct. 1. 



Allen Latham, Norwichtown, Ct. 



Three-banded Italian queens and a few hundred 

 pounds of bees for sale. Safe arrival guaranteed. 

 J. A. Jones, Rt. 3, Greenville, Ala. 



Try ALEXANDER'S Italian queens for results. 

 Untested, each, 75 cts. ; 6 for $4.25 ; $8 per dozen. 

 Bees by the pound. C. F. Alexander, Campbell, Cal. 



When it's GOLDENS it's PHELPS. Try one and 

 be convinced. 



C. W. Phelps & Son, Binghamton, N. Y. 



FOB SALE. — Twenty colonies of Italian bees. 

 For particulars address W. R. Houghtaling, Box 25, 

 Sharon, Conn. 



Tested leather-colored queens, $2.00; after June 

 1, $1.50; untested, $1.00; $10.00 per dozen, return 

 mail. A. W. Yates, 3 Chapman St., Hartford, Conn. 



Vigorous prolific Italian queens, $1; 6, $5, June 

 1. i\Iy circular gives best method^ of introducing. 

 A. V. Small, 2302 Agency Road, St. Joseph, Mo. 



Italian queens, THE HONEY GATHERERS. 

 Price one dollar each, nine dollars a dozen. Edith 

 M. PhelpS: 259 Robinson St., Binghamton, N. Y. 



Southwest Virginia five-band Italian queens, the 

 fancy comb-honey strain, gentle to handle. They 

 will please yoii. Try one. $1.00 each. 



Henry S. Bohon, Rt. 3, Box 2112, Roanoke, Va. 



Golden Italian queens, good as the best, to close 

 ont quick. Price, select tested, $1.00; tested, 75 

 cts.; untested, 50 cts.; no discount of any kind. 

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



My bright Italian queens will be ready to ship 

 April 1 at 75 cts. each; virgin queens, 35 cts. 

 Ssnd for price list of queens, bees by the pound 

 and nucleus. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaran- 

 teed. M. Bates, Rt. 4, Greenville, Ala. 



Golden Italian queens from June to November, 

 nnte.sted, 75 cts.; 6, $4.25; doz., $8.00; tested, $1.25; 

 6, $7.00; select tested, $1.50; breeders, $5.00. Bees 

 by pofind or nucleus. Pure mating guaranteed. 

 Send for circular. J. I. Danielson, Fairfield, la. 



The demand for PHELPS' GOLDENS has been 

 so great that we shall not be able to fill orders for 

 le?s than $12.00 a dozen for the remainder of the 

 feason. Single queens $1.00 as usual. THEY ARE 

 BEAUTIES 1 Ti-y one. C. W. Phelps & Son. 



NOTICE. — I am now uniting nuclei for winter, 

 and have some fine young queens on hand for prompt 

 shipment at 75 cts. each or 12 for $7.00. Bees from 

 this strain of Italians have this poor honey season 

 stored 150 lbs. honey per colony. 



J. B. Hollopeter, Queen-breeder, Rockton, Pa. 



TENNESSEE-BRED QUEENS. — My tbreeband 

 strain that has given such universal satisfaction for 

 over 40 years. Orders filled promptly or money re- 

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

 in .rune, $1.75; untested, $1.00; in July, $1.50 and 

 75 cts. Postal brings circular. 



John M. Davis, Spring Hill, Tenn. 



ITALIAN QUEENS, northern-bred, three-banded, 

 highest grade; select untested, guaranteed; queen 

 and drone mothers are chosen from colonies noted 

 for honey-production, hardiness, prolificness, gentle- 

 ness, ynd perfect markings. Price, one, .$1.00; 12, 

 $9.00; 50, $30.00. Send for circular. 



J. H. Haughey, Berrien Springs, Michigan. 



PHELPS GOLDEN ITALIAN QUEENS combine 

 the qualities vou want. Tliey are great HONEY- 

 GATHERERS, BEAUTIFUL and GENTLE. Mat- 

 ed, $1.00; dozen, $12.00; tested, $3.00; breeders, 

 $5.00 and $10.00. C. W. Phelps & Son, Wilcox St., 

 Binghamton, N. Y. 



SWARMING CONTROLLED 



Use same fixtures, get ready for spring inanipula- 

 tion. . . . Charles Thompson, Marion, Iowa. 



PATENTS 



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 Patent Counsel of The A. I. Root Co. 



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