GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Maech, 1920 



WANTED. — Reliable second-hand two-frame hon- 

 ey-extractor. H. L. Sherwood, Cornwall, N. Y. 



WANTED. — Two-frame Cowan extractor in good 

 condition. Harold R. Curtis, R. F. D. No. 4, 

 Bridgeport, Conn. 



WANTED. — 200 or less colonies of bees (any 

 style hive) for spring delivery. 



A. W. Smith, Birmingham, Mich. 



WANTED. — Old combs and cappings for render- 

 ing on shares. Our steam equipment secures all 

 the wax. Superior Honey Co., Ogden, Utah. 



WANTED. — Used six- or eight-frame power ex- 

 tractor, also pump. Describe fully and give price. 

 C. E. Swenson, 1522 12th Ave., Rockford, lUs. 



WANTED. — To buy or exchange an 18" or 20" 



planer, band saw and jointer, and a foundation mill. 



Wm. S. Ammon, 15 So. Front St., Reading, Pa. 



WANTED. — ^To buy bee hives in or around Chi- 

 cago, if anybody has them for sale. Write 



John Stettka, 1001 W. 16th St., Chicago. Ills. 



WANTED. — To exchange choice of two incubat- 

 ors or Candee Colony brooder (coal burning) for 

 good extractor, or other bee supplies of equal value. 

 H. J. Kling, Fultonville, N. Y. 



WANTED.- — ^By a man (with family of three, one 

 boy 14 years) to run bees on shares, would work 

 for wages. 40 years old, good habits, 10 years of 

 experience. Geo. K. Taft, Halfway, Mo. 



WANTED. — To buy bees for April deJivery, free 

 from disease, in southeastern Minnesota or western 

 Wisconsin. State how many colonies, kind of hives, 

 and price. P. B. Ramer, Harmony, Minn. 



WANTED. — Shipments of old comb and cappings 

 for rendering. We pay the highest cash and trade 

 prices, charging but 5c a pound for wax render- 

 ed. The Fred W. Muth Co.. Pearl & Walnut St., 

 Cincinnati, O. 



WANTED. — To buy small apiary of 50 colonies 

 more or less, in good locality, guaranteed free from 

 disease. Ontario, west of Toronto, preferred. A. 

 Millard, c o Chas. Annis, Pickering, R. D. No. 2, 

 Ont., Can. 



WANTED. — To buy 50 ten-frame dovetailed hives 

 and 100 eight-frame with queen-excluders, wire 

 combs or full sheets foundation in column. Must 

 be cheap. 



Grover C. Abbey, Columbia X Roads, No. 2, Pa. 



WANTED, BEES. — Commercial apiaries com- 

 pletely equipped for extracted-honey production, at 

 reasonable terms, in white-honey region. Prefer- 

 ably 300 colonies or more. 



G. H. Cale, 423 Dorset Ave., Chevy Chase, D. C. 



OLD COMBS WANTED. — Our steam wax-presses 

 will get every ounce of beeswax out of old combs, 

 cappings or slumgum. Send for our terms and 

 our new 1920 catalog. We will buy your share of 

 the wax for cash or will work it into foundation for 

 you. Dadant & Sons, Hamilton, Illinois. 



BEES AND QUEENS 



Finest Italian queens. Send for booklet and price 

 list. Jay Smith, R. D. No. 3, Vincennes, Ind. 



Hardy Italian queens. No bees. 



W. G. Lauver, Middletown Pa. 



FOR SALE. — One to fifty colonies in 8-frame 

 hives, good condition. W. M. Robb, Neal, Kans. 



FOR SALE. — Fifty full colonies about May first. 

 J. Ford Sempers, Aikin, Md. 



When it's GOLDEN it's Phelps'. Try one and 

 be convinced. Virgins, $1.00; mated, $2.00. 



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



FOR SALE. — Pure-bred Italian bees in season, 

 20 J ears' experience. T. C. Asher, Brookneal, Va. 



QUEENS ON APPROVAL. — Bees by package or 

 colony. A. M. Applegate, Reynoldsville, Pa. 



QUEENS ON APPROVAL. — Bees by package or 

 colony. Birdie M. Hartle, Reynoldsville, Pa. 



G^jlden Italian queens, untested, $1.25 each; 

 dozen, $12.00. E. A. Simmons, Greenville, Ala. 



FOR SALE. — 1920 Golden Italian queens, price 

 list free. Write E. E. Lawrence, Doniphan, Mo. 



THAGARD'S Italian queens, circular free, see 

 larger ad elsewhere. V. R. Thagard, Greenville, Ala. 



PHELPS' GOLDEN QUEENS will please you. 

 Mated, $2.00. Try one and you will be convinced. 

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



FOR SALE. — 2-lb. packages Italian bees with 

 queens and 2-frame nuclei with queens. Caai 

 guarantee shipment April 20. 



O. J. Spahn, Pleasantville, N. Y. 



FOR SALE. — Golden and three-banded queens 

 untested, April, May, and June delivery, $1.25 each; 

 $12.50 per doz. Satisfaction. 



R. O. Cox, Greenville, R. D. No. 4., Ala. 



We will ship 2-lb. packages and full colonies only 

 this season. Three-banded Italian queens any quan- 

 tity. Send for prices. -J. A. Jones & Son, R. D. 

 No. 1, Box No. 11-A Montgomery, Ala. 



Golden queens ready April 15th. One queen, 

 $1.50; 6, $7.50; 12, $14.00; 100, $100.00. Virgins, 

 ■750 each. 



W. W. Talley, Greenville, R. D. No. 4, Ala. 



BEES BY THE POUND. — Also QUEENS. 

 Booking orders now. FREE circulars give details. 

 See larger ad elsewhere. Nueces County Apiaries, 

 Calallen, Texas, E. B. Ault, Prop. 



Bees by the pound a specialty; 2000 lbs. for May 

 delivery, 1920; 200 Italian queens for sale with 

 above bees. Write for prices. 



A. O. Jones & H. Stevenson, Akers, La. 



GOLDENS THAT ARE TRUE TO NAME. 1 

 select untested queen, $1.50; 6, $7.50; 12, 

 $13.50; 50 $55.00; 100, $100.00. 



Garden City Apiaries, San Jose, Calif. 



FOR SALE. — Ten colonies of bees in ten-frame 

 Buckeye double-walled hives; also 20 new shallow 

 extracting supers with frames and full sheets of 

 foundation. Pinehurst Farm, Oberlin, Ohio. 



A. I. Root strain of resisting and honey-gathering 

 leatheir-colored Italian queens that a trial will con- 

 vince. Untested, $1.50 each; 25 or more, $1.40; 

 tested, $2.50 each; 25 or more, $2.25; select tested, 

 $3.00. A. J. Pinard, Morgan Hill, Calif. 



PHELPS' GOLDEN ITALIAN QUEENS com- 

 bine the qualities vou want. Thev are GREAT 

 HONEY-GATHERERS, BEAUTIFUL and GEN- 

 TLE. Virgins, $1.00; mated, $2.00. 



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



Golden Italian queens that produce golden l;ees; 

 the highest kind, gentle, and as good honey-gather- 

 ers as can be found ; Mav to August, untested, eiach, 

 $2.00; six, $8.00; doz. $15.00; tested, $4.00; breed- 

 ers, $5.00 to $20.00. J. B. Brockwell, Barnetts, Va. 



BUSINESS-FIRST QUEENS. — Untested. $1.00 

 each; $11.00 per doz.; select untested, $1.50 each; 

 $12.00 pcT doz.; tested, $2.00 each; select tested, 

 $2.50 each; breeding queens, $5.00 and $10.00 

 each. Safe arrival guaranteed in the United States. 

 M. F. Perry, Bradentown, Fla. 



FOR SALE. — Italian queens three-banded and 

 Goldens. High grade, carefully bred from best se- 

 lect stock. Price each. $1.25; 6, $6.75; 12, $13.25; 

 extra select, $2.00. Orders booked now. Satisfac- 

 tion guaranteed. 

 G. H. Merrill, Pickens, S. C, (Formerly Liberty.) 



