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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



March, 1921 



BEES BY THE POUND, also pure-bred 

 QUEENS; booking orders now for delivery after 

 March 15th. Everything guaranteed. Brazos Valley 

 Apiaries. Gause, Tex as. 



FOR SALE — Pure Italian queens and nuclei, 1 

 untested queen, $1.50; 12, $15.00; tested queens, 

 $2 50 each; 2-fraiue nucleus, $5.00; 3-frame 

 nucleus, $6.50. Add price of queen wanted to 

 price of nucleus. „, , . , „ 



Prank Bornhoffer, R. D. No. 17, Mt. Washington, O. 



WE are now booking orders for 3-lb. packages for 

 May delivery, 3-lb. package with untested queen, 

 $7.00; 3-lb. package with tested queen, $8.00. Or- 

 ders booked as received. Safe delivery, satisfaction 

 and no disease guaranteed. All bees shipped on a 

 comb of brood and honey. 50 per cent down will 

 book your order. J. L. St. Remain, White Clover 

 Farm & Apiary, Hamburg, La. 



FOR SALE — Pure Italian queens. Golden or 

 leather-colored, packages and nuclei ; 1 untested 

 queen, $1.50; 6, $7.50; 12, $13.50; 50, $55.00; 

 100 $100; virgins, 50c each; packages 24 and un- 

 der' $2 25 per pound; 25 and over, $2.00 per 

 pound; nuclei, 1-frame, $4.00; 2-frame, $6.00; 

 3-frame, $7.50; queens extra. One-story 10-frame 

 colony with queens, $12.00. Golden Star Apiaries, 

 K. 3, Box 166, Chico, C alif^ 



FOR SALE — 100 12-frame hives; 175 extract- 

 ing supers, 1000 drawn combs; 500 wired frames; 

 300 empty frames; 70 queen-excluders; 75 metal 

 top corners; 20 wood top corners; 40 inner covers; 

 35 wintering boxes for two hives each. The frames 

 are not as large as the standard. The hives are 

 about the same capacity as the standard 10-frame 

 hive Located near Scottville, Mason County, Mich. 

 L. D. Allen, Myakka City, Fla. 



FOR SALE — Five hives of Italian bees, one 

 8-frame double, four single, all Langstroth. All went 

 into winter quarters strong, plenty of honey, and 

 are packed in one large case on east side of build- 

 ing. Four queens are one year old, one queen two 

 years. Five queen-excluders and 12 shallow supers 

 go with bees. Bees were inspected two years ago 

 and have no disease. $40.00 for the lot. 

 M. A. Bartlett, 508 Lincoln Ave., N. W. Canton, O. 



QUEENS, three-banded Italians only. Now that 

 the booking season for nuclei has passed, and, while 

 I have a large number of orders for nuclei. I shall 

 not be too busv with these to fill your orders for 

 queens. 1 untested for April, $1.25; 12, $12.50; 1 

 untested for May 1 to June 1, $1.00; 12, $10 00. 

 I ship no queens after June 1 ; weather is too hot. 

 Discount on large orders. Safe arrival guaranteed. 

 L. R. Dockery, Carrizo Springs, Texas. 



FOR SALE — Three-banded and Golden queens, 

 also package bees. No disease and safe arrival guar- 

 anteed. Queens any time after March 15. Untested, 

 $175 each; 25 or more, $1.50 each; tested. $3.00 

 each; breeders, $10.00 each. As our honey flow is 

 practically over by May we will begin shipping pack- 

 age bees about May 15. 1-lb. package, $3.00; 2-lb. 

 package, $5.00. We will not book any orders that 

 we cannot fill. Dr. White Bee Co., Sandia, Texas. 



FOR SALE — 1921 prices on nuclei and queens, 

 1-frame nucleus, $3.00; 2-frame nucleus, $5.00; 

 3-frame nucleus, $6.50, without queens, f. o. b. 

 Macon Miss. 5 per cent discount in lots of 25 or 

 more. ' Untested queens, $1.50 each; $15.00 per 

 dozen; tested, $2.00 each; $22.00 per dozen. No 

 disease. Inspection certificate with each shipment. 

 Safe arrivals and satisfaction guaranteed in U. S. 

 Queens sold only with nuclei. 



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



FOR SALE — 2-lb. package bees without queens, 

 $4 50; 3-lb. same as above. $5.75; 5-lb swarm, 

 $8.00. Queens, each $1.50. Select tested queens 

 for breeders, $2.50 each. A few hybrid bees from 

 outyards, but remember all queens are reared from 

 our home-yard. We are now bonking orders for May 

 ■ deliveries,' 20 per cent cash with order, balance 10 

 days before shipping. Safe delivery guaranteed, also 

 free from disease of any kind. Oscar Mayeux, Lock 

 Box Ni). 15, Hamburg, La. 



FOR SALE — Three-band leather-colored Italian 

 bees and queens, two-pound packages only. Shipping 

 season from April 15 to May 20. Safe arrival and 

 satisfaction guaranteed. No disease. Order early 

 if you wish prompt delivery. Write for price list. 

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



VIGOROUS leather-colored Italian queens, fa- 

 mous three-banded stock; untested, $2; tested, $3; 

 in lots of 25 or 50, $1.50 each. Bees in packages, 

 two pounds, $6; three pounds, $7; 10 three-pound 

 packages, $7.50 each, including queens. Nuclei, 

 two-frame, $6; three-frame, $7; queens extra; in 

 lots of ten, each with queen, $7.50. Good, stiong 

 colonies in 10-frame standard hives, $18 each. I 

 believe my queens can not be surpassed; I breed 

 from select stock. Terms, cash with order for these 

 reduced prices. References furnished if required. 

 Shipments begin during latter part of April. 

 C. M. Elfer, St. Rose. La. 



PRITCHARD QUEENS (Three-banded Italians) 

 • — My first season selling direct to the trade. June 

 price: 1 untested, $1.75; 6 for $9.50; 1 select un- 

 tested, $2.00; 6 for $11.00. After July 1: 1 un- 

 tested, $1.50; 6 for $8.00; 1 select untested, .$1.75 ; 

 6 for $9.50. Write for prices on larger quantities. 

 I have a few extra-select tested queens one-year old 

 at $5.00 each. Queens clipped free of charge on 

 request. Acknowledgment and directions for intro- 

 ducing sent on receipt of order. Safe delivery and 

 satisfaction guaranteed. Let me book your order 

 now for early delivery, specifying the date of ship- 

 ment desired. Otherwise orders will be filled in ro- 

 tation. Arlie Pritchard, Medina, Ohio. 



FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN — A fine bee outfit 

 and 30 acres of good land. 40 colonies bees in Al 

 condition in one of the best wintering cellars in 

 Michigan. A fine honey-house over cellar. Queens 

 are all young, 8 and 10 frame hives, square-edge 

 Hoffman frames, all nice, straight combs; also a 

 No. 1 outfit for several hundred colonies. No. 1 wax- 

 rendering outfit, steam heat from a No. 1 high- 

 pressure boiler, large capping tank, also Peterson 

 melter and outfit, oil stove and tanks, lumber, comb, 

 foundation, etc. Apiary is nicely protected from 

 cold winds by natural-growth timber and bashes. 

 This is one of the very best locations in Michigan 

 for honey. Oceans of both alsike and white clover, 

 basswood, sumac, and considerable raspberry, with 

 plenty of spring and fall bloom. Outfit also includes 

 hundreds of supers of good extracting combs, and 

 supers ready for foundation, all in good condition. 

 The small number of colonies of bees is due tn my 

 having sold most of them last spring. Price, $1400, 

 one-half cash, balance to suit. Reason for selling — 

 old ages and inability to work. Must make some 

 change soon. 0. H. Townsend, Lake City, Mich. 



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 HELP WANTED. 



WANTED — A live young man to help me during 

 season of 1921. Allen Latham, Norwichtown, Conn. 



WANTED — Both experienced and inexperienced 

 help, board furnished. State experience and wages 

 in first letter. Stover Apiaries, Mayhew, Miss. 



WANTED — Young man of good habits, to work 

 with bees, some experience necessary. Room and 

 board furnished. State all particulars in first letter. 

 B. B. Coggshall, Groton, N. Y. 



WANTED — Experienced beeman, married man 

 preferred. State in first letter experience and abil- 

 ity, age, nationalitv, and wages wanted. 



W. J. Stahmann, Clint, Texas. 



WANTED — Man with some experience to work 

 with bees coming season. State age, experience, and 

 wages, based on our furnishing board. The Rocky 

 Mountain Bee Co., Box 1319, Billings, Mont. 



WANTED — Married man to work with bees and 

 poultry, house and garden furnished. State experi- 

 ence had, age, weight, and height. Also wages ex- 

 pected. Reference required. Also one single man 

 wanted. E. L. Lane, Trumansburg, N. Y. 



