March, 1920 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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FOR SALE. — 1920 prices for "She suits me" 

 queens. Untestod Italian queens, from M.ay 15 to 

 June 15 $1.50 each. After June 15, $1.30 each; 

 $12.50 for 10; $1.10 each when 25 or more are 

 ordered. .VUen Latham, Norwichtown, Conn. 



FOR SALE. — Bees, sood hybrid stock from out- 

 yards. Queens, tliree-hand Italians carefully lired 

 at home vard. No disease. Bees with untested 

 queens: l" lb., $3.60; 2 lbs., $5.50; 3 lbs., $7.40. 

 Write for quantity rates. 



A. R. Graham, Milano, Texas. 



FOR S.VLE. — Mr. Beeman, head your colonies of 

 hees with the best Italian stock raised in the South. 

 One queen, $1.25; 12 queens, $14.00. One pound 

 of bees with queen, postp.nid, $6.00. Safe arrival 

 and satisfaction cuaranteed. 



M. Bates, Greenville, R. D. No. 4, Ala. 



AVo have enlarged our queen yard considerably. 

 We can take care of orders better than ever, larsre 

 or small. .\pril 15 to June 1, untested queens, 

 $1.25; tested, $2.50; untested. $115.00 per 100. 

 After June 1, $1.00 each or $90.00 per 100. J. A. 

 Jones & Son, Montgomery, R. D. No. 1 Bo.\ 11a, 

 Ala. 



THE BEES THAT PLEASE. Three-banded lea- 

 ther-colored Italians, hustlers, none better, 2-lb. 

 packages only, l^ntested queens, $1.25; 2-lb. pack- 

 ages, $4.75. Ready to ship about April 15. 25 per 

 cent in advance, balance to be paid before bees are 

 shipped. Write for circular. 



J. M. Cutts. R. F. D. No. 1, Montgomery, Ala. 



FOR S.VLE. — Italian queen.s from some of the 

 best stock in the LT. S.. mailed as soon as hatched. 

 Safe arrival guaranteed to an> part of the U. S. 

 and Canada. .Vll queens mailed in improved safety 

 introducing cages. Order earlv. Send for cir- 

 cular. Prices April to October, 1. 75c: 10, $6.00; 

 50, $27.50. James McKee, Riverside, Calif. 



FOR SALE. — Quirin's hardy northern-bred Ital- 

 ians will please you. All our yards are wintered 

 on summer stands; more than 25 years a commer- 

 cial queen-breeder. Tested and breeding queens 

 ready almost any time weather permits mailing. 

 Untested ready about June 1. Orders booked now. 

 Testin.onials and price for asking. 



H. G. Quirin, Bellevue, Ohio. 



1920 prices on nuclei and queens. Miller strain. 

 Queens, untested, $1.50 each: $15.00 per doz. : 

 tested $2.00 each. $22.00 per doz. One-frame nu- 

 cleus. $3.00; two-frame, $5.00; three-frame, $6.50, 

 without queens, f. o. b. Macon, Miss. We have 

 never had any bee or brood disease here. Will have 

 no queens e.xcept for nuclei until June 1. Safe 

 arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 



Geo. A. Hummer & Sons. Prairie Point, Miss. 



ITALIAN QUEENS. — The Old Reliable three- 

 banded Italians, the best all-around bee to be had. 

 Queens ready to mail April 1, 1920. Will book 

 orders now. Will guarantee safe arrival in United 

 States and Canada. Prices for April and May: 

 Untested, $1.50; 6. $8.00; 12, $15.00. Tested. 

 $2.25; 6. $12.00; 12, $22.00. Select tested. $3.00 

 each. Descriptive circular and price list free. 



•John G. Miller. 723 C St., Corpus Christi, Texas. 



FOR SALE. — Highest Grade Three-banded Ital- 

 ian queens, ready June 1. Queen and drone moth- 

 ers are selected from stock of proven worth in 

 hardiness, gentleness, honey production and dis- 

 ea.s<vresisting qualities. Untested, each, $1.25; 6, 

 $6.50; 12. $12.00; 50. $47.50; 100, $90. Your 

 correspondence will receive prompt attention and I 

 guarantee satisfaction. 



A. E. Crandall, Berlin, Conn. 



FOR SALE. — 640 colonies of bees with 2,000 

 supers of drawn comb; 200 empty supers: 200 

 comb-honey supers with sections; queen-excluders 

 for everj' colony ; 300 escape-boards with escapes: 

 1 8-frame power extractor, 2 H. P. gas engine; 1 

 4-frame hand extractor; 3 2-frame hand extractors; 

 10 1.000-lb. honev tanks. Thi.s is one of the best 

 pnuimients f""^* of ♦'<p Mississippi River. All in A-1 

 coiuliticin. Price $8,000. 



Virgil Weaver, Falmouth Ky. 



ITALIAN QUEENS OF WINDMERE will be 

 ready in May. Untested, $1.25 each; six for $7.00. 

 Tested, $2.00 each. Select tested, $2.50 each. Now 

 booking orders. Prof. W. A. Matheny, Ohio Uni- 

 versity, Athens, Ohio. 



MOTT'S NORTHERN BRED ITALIAN 



QUEENS. — I have breeding mothers placed in the 

 South for April and early May queens. Plans 

 "How to Introduce Queens and Increase " 25c. If 

 you want beauty with the best of summer and win- 

 ter laying birds, try a setting of mv Golden Cam- 

 pines. E. E. Mott, Glenwood, Mich. 



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MISCELLANEOUS 



Write for shipping tags and our prices for render- 

 ing your old combs, cappings, etc. We guarantee a 

 first-class job. The Deroy Taylor Co., Newark, N. Y. 



STRAWBERRY PLANTS. — Imp. Senator Dun- 

 lap, the greatest of all strawberries, $1.00 per 100, 

 by mail postpaid; $6.00 per 1,000 bv express. 

 McAdams Seed Co., Columbus Grove, Ohio. 



MAPLE SYRUP.- — I am now booking orders for 

 pure maple syrup to be delivered in April. A good 

 bee-food. Write for prices. 



G. E. Williams, Somerset. R. D. No. 4, Pa. 



HELP WANTED 



WAJSTTED. — Three queen-breeders and three 

 practical beemen. Write 



Northropic Honey Co., Guatemala, C. A. 



WANTED. — A competent beekeeper to work bees 

 in southern New Mexico. Must be thoro and fast 

 worker. Mesilla Valley Honey Co. Canutillo, Tex. 



WANTED.— Man, season of 1920, to work with 

 bees. State age, experience, and wages. Give ref- 

 erence. Permanent employment to right man. The 

 Rocky Mountain Bee Co., Box No. i369, Billings, 

 Mont. 



WANTED. — An experienced queen-breeder and 

 also helper in our package department. Would 

 like to have helper experienced in handling a Ford 

 car. State experience and salarv expected in first 

 letter. M. C. Berry & Co., 'Hayneville, Ala. 



WANTED. — One experienced man, and students 

 or helpers in our large bee biisines.s; good chance to 

 learn. Modern equipment and outfit, including auto 

 truck; located near summer resorts. Write, giving 

 age, height, weight, experience, reference, and 

 wages wanted. W. A. Latshaw Co., Clarion, Mich. 



WANTED. — May first, man with some experience 

 or student at less salary, who wants to learn the 

 bee business. Home yard in village, out-yard. 300 

 colonies. Up-to-date outfit. Give all details and 

 wages expected in application. 



D. L. Woodward, Clarksville, N. Y. 



WANTED. — Two young men as students for 

 coming season. Have twelve apiaries, triving ex- 

 tensive experience. Must be of clean halits. Give 

 age, height, weight, condition of health, and if 

 brought up in town or country. For terms, apply 

 R. P. Holtermann, Brantford Ont., Can. 



