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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



February, 1922 



rOR SALE — Package bees and Italian queens. 

 We have been shipping packages and queens for 

 years. Try us! Allenville Apiaries, Allenville, 

 Ala. 



EXPRESS is lower on northern bees. Prices no 

 higher. 2 lbs. Italian bees with queen on comb of 

 stores in May, $5.75. Comb of stor&s insures suc- 

 cess. Prompt delivery and safe arrival guaranteed. 

 Card brings circular of golden and 3-banded queens. 

 Ross B. Scott, LaGrange, Ind. 



THREE-BANDED ITALIAN QUEENS — Bred 

 from queens M'hose bees have given big crops of 

 honey. Pure mating and satisfaction guaranteed. 

 May "15 to June 15: 1, $1.50; 6, $7.50; 12, $13.50. 

 All orders filled in rotation. First on list will be 

 first filled. J. D. Kroha, 87 North St., Danbury, 

 Conn. 



FOR IMMEDIATE acceptance: 100 good all 

 around colonie.s 3-banded Italian bees and frame. 

 Lock-.ioint hives, full sheets wired in foundation, 

 contains following: 8 standard L frames, about 3 

 lbs. bees, one good young queen, $6.00 each. With 

 extra super and frames, $9.00 each. Oscar Mayeux, 

 Hamburg, La. 



LARGE, HARDY, PROLIFIC QUEENS. Three- 

 band Italians and Goldens. Pure mating and safe 

 arrival guaranteed. We ship only queens that are 

 topnotchers in size, prolificness and color. After 

 June 1: untested queens, $1.50 each; 6 for $8.00; 

 12 or more, $1.40 each; 25 or more, $1.25 each. 

 Tested queens, $3.00 each; 6 for $16.00. Buckeye 

 Bee Co., Zoarville, Ohio. 



WE know our queens are much better than all 

 the rest. By actual test side by side, all workers 

 look ,iust alike. Three bands only. If they show 

 the slightest trace of four bands, fire them tsack to 

 us, for that shows very poor breeding indeed. Pure 

 bred Italian tees onlv show three bands. LTntested, 

 $1.00; select untested, $1.25; tested, $2.00; select 

 tested, $3.00. F. M. Ru.ssell, Roxbury, Ohio. 



CONNECTICUT queens. Highest grade 3-banded 

 Italians ready .June 1. Select untested, $1.25 each; 

 6, $6.50; 12', $12.00; 50, $47.50; 100, $90. Two 

 lbs. bees with queen, $5.00 ; 3 lbs. with queen, $7.00. 

 Two-frame nuclei with queen, $5.50; 3-frame with 

 queen, $7.50. Select virgin queens (not culls), 50c 

 each, $45.00 per 100. No disease and satisfaction 

 guaranteed. A. E. Crandall, Berlin, Conn. 



FOR MAY DELIVERY — One vigorous Italian 

 queen, one frame emerging brood, one pound bees. 

 price complete. $5.00. Additional pound bees, $1.00. 

 Additional frame of brood, $1.00. Banat mixed 

 queens and bees 5% discount. After May 25 10% 

 discount on all. Safe arrival guaranteed. Send 

 10% to book order. T. W. Livingston, Norman 

 Park, Ga. 



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 under, 

 $2.25 per pound; 25 and over, $2 per pound; nu- 

 clei, one-frame, $4; 2-frame, $6; 3-frame, $7.50; 

 queens extra. W. A. Matheny, Ohio University, 

 Athens, Ohio. 



THAT PRITCHARD QUEENS AND PRITCH- 

 ARD SERVICE made a hit last season is proven by 

 the many letters of appreciation and repeated orders 

 received. J'his vear we are BEITER PREPARED 

 with a LARGER OUTFIT AND REDUCED 

 PRICE. Untested, $1.25 each, 6 for $7.00; select 

 untested, $1.50 each, 6 for $8.50; select tested, 

 $3.00 each. Queens clipped free on request. We 

 are booking orders now. Send yours at once and 

 we will do our best to ship on date you desire. Ac- 

 knowledgment and directions for introducing Kent 

 on receipt of order. Safe arrival and satisfaction 

 guaranteed. Untested ready about June 1. Arlie 

 Pritchard, R. D. No. 3, Medina, Ohio. 



BURLESON ITALIAN BEES AND QUEENS — 

 In 2 and 3 lb. packages; 1 2-lb. package with select 

 untested queen, $5.00; 25 or more, $4.50; 1 3-lb. 

 package with select untested Italian queen, $6.25; 

 25 or more, $5.75. Ten per cent with order, bal- 

 ance 10 days before shipment; 1000 colonies to 

 draw from. Can deliver the goods on time. Safe 

 arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. T. W. Burle- 

 son, Waxahachie, Texas. 



FOR SALE — -100% queens bred from extra- 

 select Jay Smith breeder. Larger queens from my 

 cell builders reinforced with hatching brood and 

 mated in standard frame nuclei. I guarantee safe 

 arrival and entire satisfaction and that every queen 

 lays before being caged. Also package bees. I am 

 after a name and reputation. Give me a trial. 

 Select untested, 1, $1.25 6, $7.00; 12, $13.00; 25 

 to 100, $1.00 each. H. Peterman, R. F. D., La- 

 thiop, Calif. 



FOR MAY DELIVERY, 1922 — One vigorous 

 Italian queen, one frame emerging brood, one pound 

 bees. Price, complete, f. o. b. Bordelonville, $5.00. 

 Additional frames of brood, each $1.00; additional 

 pound of bees, each $1.00. Queen introduced and 

 laying en route to you. Safe arrival and satisfac- 

 tion guaranteed. No disease. Reference given. Or- 

 ders booked one-fifth down. May delivery. Send 

 for addresses of satisfied customers. Jes Dalton, 

 Bordelonville, La. 



FOR SPEING DELIVERY — Vigorous leather- 

 colored Italian queens, famous three-banded stock, 

 also bees in packages. Can ship April 15 or 

 May 1. Two pound package with laying queen, 

 $6; three-pound package with laying queen, $7.25. 

 Three-frame nucleus with laying queen, same 

 price as three pounds bees with laying queen. If 

 you wish a purely-mated queen in a jiackage, add 

 $1. I offer thoroughbred stock, and stock bred 

 for business. I am now booking orders for spring 

 delivery. Safe arrival guaranteed, or replacement 

 or money refunded. Order early. C. M. Elfer, 

 St. Rose, La. 



THREE pounds of bees, a Hoffman frame of 

 brood and honey, and an untested Italian queen for 

 $6.50. Discount allowed on large order. I guar- 

 antee satisfaction, safe arrival and free from any 

 kind of disease. I will replace any packages that 

 arrive in bad order, or shortage, if given a receijit 

 from the express company to that effect. 25 <^ 

 books your order for April and May delivery. E. J, 

 Beridon, Jr., Mansura, La. 



I WILL give packages of bees for a good bird or 

 quail dog, about a year old, and dog must be 

 trained. I would prefer a bitch, and must have the 

 dog on trial. Can furnish best of references. E. J. 

 Beridon, Jr., Mansura, La. 



LOW PRICES — High quality stock for 1922. 2- 

 frame nuclei and untested Italian queen, $5.00 

 each; 25 or more, $4.75 each. 3-frame nuclei and 

 untested Italian queen, $6.50 each; 25 or more, 

 $6.25 each. If tested queens are wanted, add 50c 

 per nucleus. All prices f. o. b., Macon, Miss. No 

 disease has ever been in our yards. Will replace 

 any loss or refund money, on purchaser sending us 

 bad order receipt from express agent. Terms: 10^^ 

 of amount with order, balance just before shipment 

 is made. Order early and get your bees when yon 

 want them. Hummer Bees, Queens and Service will 

 give satisfaction. No queens except with nuclei. 

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



ITALI.AN BEES AND QUEENS. — I am winter- 

 ing tested queens, reared late last fall, for early 

 shipments with packages. Pound packages shipped 

 with comb. Shipped when you want, with tested 

 queens, 2-lb. pkg., $5.75; 12" or more, $5.50 each; 

 3-lb. pkg., $7.25; 12 or more, $7.00 each. Nuclei, 

 per frame, same prices respectively as pound pack- 

 ages. For May delivery with untested queens, de- 

 duct 50c per package. Queens, May and June, un- 

 tested, $1.50; 12. $1.25 each; select untested, 

 $2.00; tested, $2.25; 6 $2.00 each; select tested. 

 $2.75. 10% discount on orders for ([ueens received 

 prior to Ajiril 1. Certificate of inspection with ship- 

 ment. Satisfaction and safe arrival guaranteed. 

 25%i books your order. J. L. St. Romain, Ham- 

 burg, I^a. 



