April, 1920 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



WANTED. — Quean-breeder, season of 1920. 

 State age, experience, wages, and references. 



F. Coombs & Sons, Brattleboro, Vt. 



WAJ^TED. — May 15 for four months, man with 

 some experience to work in 400-colony extracted- 

 honey apiarj-. State age, experience, and wages in 

 tirst "letter. " K. V. Cox, Sloansville, N. Y. 



WANTED. — One experienced man and students, 

 as helpers with our 1,000 colonies. Best opportuni- 

 ty to learn thoi business from .V to Z, in the actual 

 production of carloads of honey. Theory also. 

 Write immediately, giving age, height, weight, habits, 

 former employment, experience, references, wages, 

 photo, all in first letter. E. F. Atwater (former 

 Special Field .Vgent in Beekeeping, U. S. Dept. Agr. 

 for Calif., Ariz., and New Mexico), Meridian, Idaho. 



POST 

 PAID 



100 STRAWBERRIES X lailtS $2.00 



200 for $3.85, 300 for $5. .SO. Americus, Progressive, Superb, 

 Francis, Peerless, — some of ea<'h while in supply. When sold 

 out of one or more we will senil the others. Catalog Free. 



C. N. FLANSBURGH & SON, Jackson, Mich. 



HYBRID POTATO SEED 



Every eeed will produce a new VARIETY of potato, some 

 white and some red, some early and some late, no two alike, 

 100 or more seeds in each package. One package and three 

 months' subscription to our Magazine, "Special Crops," regu- 

 lar price $1.00; special price three months and seeds, 2H cents. 

 PUBLISHER OF SPECIAL CROPS, SKANEATELES, N. Y. 



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QUEENS and PACKAGE BEES 



We advise our prospective customers to place their orders as soon as they can 

 determine their needs, and thus avoid being disappointed in getting queens or 

 bees when desired. By our improved methods of shipping, you will be assured 

 of receiving queens and bees in first- 



class condition. 

 Ei'cyy Queen we send out is reared by 

 me personally, and I assure you that 

 they will be the product of my very 

 best efforts. If any queen should fail 

 to measure up to the standard of a 

 first-class queen, she will be replaced 

 free of charge at your request. 



HEALTH CERTIFICATE 



"The State Inspector has this 

 day examined the bees belong- 

 ing to Jay Smith and found no 

 evidence of any bee disease."- — • 

 Eoss B. Scott, Deputy Inspector. 

 Date, May 28, 1919. 



OPINIONS OF OTHERS. 



"If I were asked who has the best Italian 

 queens I would say, 'Jay Smith.' In 1918 

 T had several colonies that produced 300 

 jjounds of extracted honey each. They were 

 headed with queens that I raised from a 

 queen I got from you in 1916." — F. R. 

 Smythe, Amelia, Ohio. 



"The strongest colony of bees I have seen 

 this year was headed by a Jay Smith queen." 

 — D. W. Erbaugh, Onward, Indiana, former 

 Inspector of Indiana. 



"Queens received. If their bees are as 

 good as the queens, they will be 'Hum Ding- 

 er.s.' " — A. P. Berryman, McHenry, Ky. 



"Thank you very much for the excellent 

 quality of queens you sent and the fine treat- 

 ment you have given me." — Dr. L. E. Moore, 

 Gary, Indiana. 



"The queen you sent me is such a beauty 

 that I can hardly get her off my mind." — 

 F. J. Rettig, Wabash, Indiana. 



"The bees I got from you are the finest I 

 ever saw and they don't try to sting." — 

 Jacob Williamson, Riverton, Illinois. 



"The queen I got of you last year was the 

 only one in my yard that gave a surplus." — 

 .Mbert Haas, Louisville, Kentucky. 



"The queen I got from you is sure some 

 worker. Her bees have made about three 

 times as much honey as the rest I have." — 

 Henry Fromberg, Crandell, South Dakota. 



"The queen I received from you last fall 

 proved to my entire satisfaction. She is a 

 great layer and true to color." — Roy A. 

 Cann, Munfordville, Kentucky. 



Price List. Select Untested Queens 



May 15 to July 1. 



One to four inclusive, each $2.50 



Five to nine inclusive, each 2.45 



Ten or more, each 2 . 40 



July 1 to November 1. 



One to four inclusive, each 2.00 



Five to nine inclusive, each 1.95 



Ten or more, each 1 .90 



Bees by the Pound. Afto- May 15 



One Pound $4.00 



Two Pounds 7.00 



In lots of ten or more packages 5% discount. 

 Write for our booklet and complete price list. 



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