GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



February, 1922 



LAND WANTED — I may be willing to exchange 

 50 or 100 colonies of bees for land, preferably in 

 Arkansas or Mississippi. Bees are in standard 10- 

 frame factory-made hives, painted white, everything 

 first class, and bees absolutely free from disease. 

 Write fully in first letter. C. M. Elfer, St. Rose, 

 La. 



ON 50-50 BASIS — South coast country apiary 25 

 miles from city of 150,000. 100 strong colonies 

 Italian bees. Complete modern equipment. Room 

 for several out-apiaries. 6000 lbs. of honey this 

 year, while other crops were failures. 10 acres 

 truck and strawberry land. New bungalow, barn, 

 chicken and hog houses on rental basis. Team of 

 horses, stock and farm implements. References re- 

 quired as to ability and honesty. Built up the 

 iDusiness mysfelf, beginning with nothing. It's an 

 established l)usiness, not a speculation. Good 

 schools and churches. A Thorstenberg, Sugar Land, 

 Texas. 



SEEDS AND PLANTS. 



"We will not guarantee the purity of any seed 

 advertised nor any nursery stock, as nurserymen 

 ordinarily will not do this themselves; but any 

 seedman or nurseryman advertising in our columns 

 will have given us excellent references in advance, 

 and our readers may consider this fact in their 

 favor." — iFrom Our Guarantee and Advertising Con- 

 ditions. 



HUB AM clover seed, % lb., $1.00; lb., $1.75; 10 

 lbs., $16.50. Noble Nursery, Noble, Okla. 



PURE Hnbam for a quick clean-up, oz. 20c: lb., 

 $1.25; 10 lbs., $10.00. L. B. Harber, Mt. Olivet, 

 Ky. 



NORTHERN-GROWN HUBAM, $25 for 25 

 pounds, f. o. b. Ames. Blair Bros., Rt. 4, Ames, 

 Iowa. 



FOR S.VLE — Hubam clover seed, genuine 

 Huche.s strain. Seed scarified Free sample. Jas. 

 H. Kitchen, Springfield, C. R. No. 5, Ohio. 



GUARANTEED pure Hubam clover seed (un- 

 hulled), 1 lb., $1.10; 10 lbs.. $10.00, postpaid. 

 Hughes variety. Evan Jones, Williamstown, N. J. 



FOR SALE — Yellow sweet clover, biennial, hull- 

 ed, $6.00 per bushel; white, $5.00. R. L. S'nod- 

 grass, Augusta, Kansas. 



BIENNIAL sweet clover seed, in the hull, at 5c 

 a pound, or 5 lbs. postpaid, for $1.00. Sow a little 

 and get it started around each apiary. Stover 

 Apiaries, Mayhew, Miss. 



CANADIANS. ATTENTION! Ontario-grown 

 Hubam sweet clover seed for sale. $2.00 per lb., 20c 

 per oz. Scarified and hulled in Superior machine. 

 Buv in Canada and save exchange and duty. H. D. 

 Clark, 41 St. Clair Ave., Hamilton, Ont. 



HUBAM — The annual white blossom sweet clo- 

 ver. Guaranteed genuine Hughes strain, produced 

 under cultivation. Gleaned and .scarified seed. Cul- 

 tures for inoculation will be furnished at cost. 14.500 

 seeds, 25c; lb. $2.00. Lloyd A. Sheffield, East Lan- 

 sing, Mich. 



HUBAM CLOVER — Produced under cultivation. 

 Original seed (Ames. Iowa, strain) from Henry 

 Field Seed Co., at $8.00 per lb. Purity of our seed 

 attested under oath. Aiifidavit, each shipment. No 

 weed seeds, none moldv, none better at any price. 

 1 lb., $1.45; 10 lbs., $13.50, delivered. Chas B. 

 Phelps, Shawnee, Okla. 



HUBAM — Gleanings has copy of certificate. 

 Henry Field Seed Co., by Henry Field, Pres., at- 

 testing my purchase of seed, Feb. 10, 1920, and 

 .Tan. 11, 1921. No other sweet clover grown near 

 ours. References gladly furnished. Note our de- 

 livered prices: 1 lb.. $1.45; 10, $13.50. Chas. B. 

 Phelps, Shawnee, Okla. 



GUARANTEED NORTHERN-GROWN HUBAM 

 SCARIFIED and recleaned seed, $75 for 100 

 pounds f. o. b. Ames. Blair Bros., Rt. 4, Ames, 

 Iowa. 



NORTHERN-GROWN HUBAM, GUARANTEED 

 GENUINE scarified and recleaned seed. $25 for 25 

 pounds; $75 for 100 pounds, f. o. b. Ames. Smaller 

 orders, $1.50 a pound. Prepaid. Blair Bros., 

 Rt. 4, Ames, Iowa. 



HUBAM CLOVER, NORTHERN GROWN — This 

 seed has been recleaned and scarified by the Michi- 

 gan Farm Bureau, and was originally grown from 

 seed procured by Prof. Hughes. It was grown un- 

 der cultivation in Missaukee County, Mich., and 

 where the common bienial has not been grown. 

 Therefore, there has been no possible chance for 

 hybridity. and is the pure guaranteed annual va- 

 riety of the famous Hubam clover. Now selling at 

 $2.00 per lb. Quotations made on larger quanti- 

 ties. Earl L. Baker, Lake City, R. D. No. 3, Mich. 



BEES AND QUEENS. 



FOR SALE — Italian queens, nuclei and pack- 

 ages. B. F. Kindig, E. Lansing, Mich. 



HARDY Italian queens, $1.00 each. W. G. 

 Lauver, Middletown. Pa. 



TRY ACHORD'S BEES and QUEENS. Price 

 list by return mail. W. D. Achnrd, Fitzpatrick, Ala. 



FOR SALE — Italian queens, nuclei and packages. 

 W. T. Perdue & Sons, Ft. Deposit, R. D. No. 1, 



Ala. 



A card will bring our circular and price list of 

 our reliable bees and queens. R. V. Stearns, Brady, 

 Texas. 



BOOKING orders now for early queens and pack- 

 age bees. Write for prices. Sara-sota Bee Co., Sara- 

 sota, Fla. 



WARNER'S QUALITY QUEENS— Write for il- 

 lustrated catalog. Elton Warner, R. D. No. 1, 

 Asheville, N. C. 



FOR package bees and Italian queens, write 

 Jones & Stevenson, Akers, La. Safe arrival and 

 satisfaction guaranteed. 



FOR SALE — Carload bees, nuclei, pound pack- 

 ages, full colonies. See our ad elsewhere. The 

 Stover Apiaries, Mayhew, Miss. 



PHELPS GOLDEN QUEENS will please tou. 

 Mated, $2.00; 6. $10.00; or $18.00 a doz. C. W. 

 Phelps & Son, Binghamton, N. Y. 



FOR SAIjE — 200 colonies Italian bees in two- 

 story 10-frame hives. No disease. Modern outfit 

 in Al condition. H. A. Jett, R. D. No. 1, Box 155, 

 Tucson, Ariz. 



PACKAGE BEES — $1.50 per pound. Untested 

 Italian or Carniolan queens, $1.25 each. See lar- 

 ger adv. Circular free. J. E. Wing, 155 Schiele 

 Ave., San Jose, Calif. . 



QUEENS OF QUALITY for 1922. Three-banded 

 Italians only. After April 15. untested, $1.25; 

 tested, $2.00. Satisfaction guaranteed. P. M. Wil- 

 liams, Ft. Deposit, Ala. 



FOR SALE — 500 colonies in 4 yards, with power 

 extractor, easy terms, near English colony. Very 

 healthful, wonderful flows, local market. M. C. 

 Engle, Herradura. Cuba. 



FOR SALE — Comb packages, 3 lbs. bees, one 

 good untested queen on a standard frame of honey 

 and emerging brood, $6.50; 2 lbs. same as above. 

 $5.00. 15% down to book order. To be shipped 

 April 20 to .June 1. Queens introduced if wanted 

 suli.iect to be laying en route. Guarantee safe de- 

 livery. C. A. Mayeux, Hamburg, La, 



