PEHRl'AR-i, 1922 



GLEANINGS IN B K E C U I. T U H K 



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PACKAGES, two-pound. Queens, day-old and 

 untested. Thompson safety cages. Uesi.stant Ital- 

 ians. Write for circular. James McKee, Kiversiile, 

 Calif. 



FOB SALE — 3000_pounds of bees for spring de- 

 livery at pre-war pi'ieee. Rosedale Apiaries, Big 

 Bend. La., J. B. Marshall and H. P. LeBlanc, 

 Props. 



FOR SALE — Early package bees, nuclei and 

 queens. We handle 1800 colonies, Shipping sea- 

 son March 1 to June 1. Loveitt Honey Co., Phoe- 

 nix, .Viiz. 



MY 1922 queens for sale. The Big Yellow kind, 

 none better. Satisfaction guaranteed or monev liack. 

 Price. $1.00 each, or $80.00 per 100. E. F. Day, 

 Honoraville, Ala. 



FOR SALE — Bright Italian queens, 1, $1.25; 

 12, $12.00. Write for price* of nuclei and pound 

 packages. Safe arri%'al guaranteed. T. J. Tallev, 

 Greenville. R. D. No. 3, Ala. 



WE are booking orders now for spring delivery 

 for the famous "Colorado Queens." Send your or- 

 der early so as to he sure to get your queens. C. I. 

 Goodrich, Wheatridge. Colo. 



BEES BY THE POUND — Also QUEENS. 

 Booking orders now. FREE circulars giving details. 

 See larger ad elsewhere. Nueces Countv Apiaries, 

 Calallen. Te.xas, E. B. Ault, Prop. 



FOR SALE — Golden Italian queens readv Mav 1. 

 1 queen, $1.25; 6, $6.50; 12, $12.00; 100, $85.00. 

 Virgins, 50c each. Write for prices of nuclei. W. 

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



FOR SALE — Two-pound packages three-banded 

 Italian bees with queens, $5.25 each; 10 or more, 

 $5.00 each. One-fourth down books order. Satis- 

 faction is my guarantee. J. J. Scott, Crowville, La. 



FOR SALE — '100 or more colonies and outfit for 

 extracted honey in a productive region for bee- 

 keeping. Price, $1500. Land and homes are rea- 

 sonably priced here. B. F. Averill, Howardsville, 

 Ya. 



YOUR name on a card will bring by return mail, 

 descriptive booklet with prices of my Improved 

 Strain of Italian queens. Twenty-four years' ex- 

 perience. J. B. Hollopeter. Queenbreeder, Rockton, 

 Pa. 



IF GOOD bright Italian queens are wanted by 

 return mail, send vour order to M. Bates, Green- 

 ville, Ala. Price. "$1.00 each; $10.00 per dozen: 

 $75 per 100. Pure mating, safe arrival and sat- 

 isfaction guaranteed. 



LET us save >ou money on three-band cjueens. 

 package bees and nuclei. Special orders Bolicited. 

 Send for circular and prices. No disease. Until 

 •Tune 1 write our Apalachicola, Fla., office. Tupelo 

 Honey Co.. Columbia, Ala. 



BOOKING orders for spring delivery. Queens, 

 package bees, and nuclei. The reliable A. I. Root 

 strain. Golden and leather-colored Italians. Vir- 

 gins, r>0c ; untested, $1.25. Circular free. A. J. 

 Pinard, 440 N. 6th St., San Jose, Calif. 



FOR SALE — To clear partnership 160 colonies 

 Italians, good hives, metal-spaced, wired, full sheets 

 metal tops : 4000 good comb.s, cheaper than pound 

 packages. Will sell part of them in 10-fr. full-depth 

 l)odies, 2 and 3 each. Ed Bradley, Trenton, Ky. 



ORDERS booked now for spring delivery, 3-frame 

 nucleus and queen, $6.50: select tested. $7.50; Dr. 

 Miller'.s strain. No pound packages. Low express 

 rates and quick transit north. lOr/^ with order. S. 

 it. Crocker. Jr., Roland Park, Baltimore. Md. 



^ COLORADO HEADQUARTERS for QUEENS— 

 Northern-bred leather-colored three-band Italians. 

 Safe arrival guaranteed. Booking orders now for 

 •Tune 1st delivery. Send for circular and price list. 

 Loveland Honey & Mercantile Co., Loveland, Colo. 



MERRILL'S Selected Italian Queens combine the 

 qualitifw you want. They are large, vigorous, well 

 marked, beautiful and gentJe. Trv them at $1.00 

 each; 6, $5.50; 12, $10.80. Ready after April 15. 

 I ship nothing but the best. Order now. G. H. 

 Merrill, Greenville, R. D. No. 5, S. C. 



FOR SALE — ^20 colonies Italian bees in new 

 standard 10-frame hives. Requeened last August 

 with the famous Root (jueens. Price $10.00 per 

 colony. Also 15 colonies, same as above, in 8-frame 

 hives, halved together at the corners. Price $7.00 

 per colony. James Dearniin, Oakland, Minn. 



BRIGHT ITALIAN QUEENS, $1.00 each, 10% 

 less in dozen lots. Pure mating, safe arrival arid 

 reasonable satisfaction guaranteed in U. S. and 

 Canada. Write us for prices on package bees. We 

 have them in season. Gra\don Bros., Rt. 4, Green- 

 ville. Ala. 



FOR SALE — Three-band leather-colored bees and 

 queen.s — big cut in prices. No disease. Safe ar- 

 rival and satisfaction guaranteed. Shipping r<eason 

 April 15 to May 25. Send for circular and prices 

 on quantities. J. M. Cutts & SOn, R. D. No. 1, 

 Montgomery, Ala. 



MY GOLDEN ITALIAN QUEENS possess the 

 qualities which make beekeeping profitable. Mated, 

 $1.00 each, $10.00 per doz. Virgins, 50c each or 

 $4.25 per doz. Safe arrival and satisfaction guar- 

 anteed. Your orders solicited. Crenshaw County 

 -Vpiary (Melvin Talley, Prop.), Rutledge, Ala. 



FOR SALE — .Three-banded Italian bees and 

 queens. 2-lb. package with queen, $4.75 ; without 



queen. $3.75. Queens, $1.00 each, $11.00 per do7 



en; 25 per cent cash books order; safe arrival and 



satisfaction guaranteed in U. S. and Canada. We 



.ship nothing but the best. W. C. Smith & Co., Cal- 

 houn, Ala. 



QUEENS, package bees and nuclei. Booking 

 orders now for 1922. Shipping begins March 15. 

 Our early queens ready for northern queenle.ss colo- 

 nies at unpacking time. One untested, $1.50: one 

 select untested. $1.70. Circular free of our pedi- 

 greed strain on request. Dr. White Bee Company, 

 Sandia. Texas. 



FOR S.\LE — -Package bees for spring delivery, 

 three-handed strain, bred for business, 20% oa.sh 

 books your order. Safe arrival and satisfaction 

 guaranteed. .\ two-pound ^lackage of bees, and se- 

 lect untested queen for $5.00: 25 or more for 

 $4.75 each. Write for prices on larger lots. Caney 

 Valley Apiaries. .J. D. Y"ancey, Mgr., Bay City, 

 Texas. 



I EXPECT to be ready to start shipping 3-lb. 

 packages of bees with 1-frame brood and bees, ] 

 unte-sted queen, at $6.00; 2-frame with untested 

 oueen, $4.50. about April 15. Young tested queen, 

 oOe extra, or $1.50 each. I think I was the sec- 

 ond to ship packages of bees from this state and 

 know how to serve customers. P. M. Morgan, Ham- 

 burg. La. 



FOR SALE — 61 colonies of bees. lO-fr. standard 

 hives. No disease. With queen-excluders, brood- 

 nest, wired and foundation, 124 supers, mostly full- 

 drawn combs, lots of stores, 1 2-fr. Root Cowan ex- 

 tractor, 1 Hershiser wax press. 1 steam-heated un- 

 capping knife, 1 queen-rearing outfit and extras. 

 Had 3 1-^ tons of honey last season. JJees are in 

 good condition. Going out of business. No rea- 

 .sonable price refused. O. J. Arfsten. Locke, Box 

 17. Calif. 



BEES — 2-lb. packages, $3.50; 6 or more, $3.45; 

 12 or more. $3.40; 25 or more, $3.25"; young Ital- 

 ian (|ueens. $1.25 extra. Sh^iJiuents .\pril l(t to 

 May 1, by express f. o. b. New Orleans. Hardy 

 three-handed and leather-colored stock, free froiii 

 disease, shi])ped in Root cages on frame of founda- 

 tion, safe arrival and satisfaction guar.nnteed or 

 nu)ney refunded. 259^ deposit to book your order. 

 Order early and .state date you prefer shipment. 

 Reference. A. I. Root Co., New Orleans, La. R. S. 

 Knight. 4927 Conti St., New Orleans, La, 



