March, 1922 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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FOR SALE — Package bees and Italian queens. 

 We have been shipping packages and queens for 

 years. Try us I Allenville Apiaries, Allenville, 

 Ala. 



FOR SALE — Three-banded Italian bees, with 

 good queens, in either Jumbo or Langstroth hives. 

 No disease. Send for complete description. The 

 Hofmann Apiaries, Janesville, Minn. 



BOOKING orders for spring delivery. Queens, 

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

 strain. Golden and leather-colored Italians. Vir- 

 gins, 60c; untested, $1.25. Circular free. A. J. 

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



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. 10% with order. S. 

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



BEES BY THE POUND — I am prepared to fur- 

 nish for April or May deliveries Italian bees in one, 

 two or three pound packages. Shipped in Root- 

 Pritchard or Root combless shipping cages. Corre- 

 spondence solicited. G. O. Pharr, New Iberia, La. 



COLORADO HEADQUARTERS for QUEENS — 

 Northern-bred leather-colored three-band Italians. 

 Safe arrival guaranteed. Booking orders now for 

 June 1st delivery. Send for circular and price list. 

 Loveland Honey & Mercantile Co., Loveland, Colo. 



BRIGHT ITALIAN QUEENS, $1.00 each, 10% 

 less in dozen lots. Pure mating, safe arrival and 

 reasonable satisfaction guaranteed in U. S. and 

 Canada. Write us for prices on package bees. We 

 have them in season. Graydon Bros., Rt. 4, Green- 

 ville, Ala. 



FOR SALE — Three-band leather-colored bees and 

 queens — big cut in prices. No disease. Safe ar- 

 rival and satisfaction guaranteed. Shipping season 

 April 15 to May 25. Send for circular and prices 

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

 Montgomery, Ala. 



MERRILL'S Selected Italian Queens combine the 

 qualities you want. They are large, vigorous, well 

 marked, beautiful and gentle. Try 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 — ^200 colonies Italian bees in new 

 standard lOframe hives. Requeened last August 

 with the famous Root queens. Price $10.00 ner 

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

 hives, halved toge+her at the corners. Price $7.00 

 per colony. James Dearmin, Oakland, Minn. 



PHELPS' GOLDEN ITALIAN QUEENS com- 

 bine the qualities vou want. They are GREAT 

 HONEY-GATHERERS, BEAUTIFUL and GEN- 

 TLE. Virgins, $1.00; mated, $2.00; 6 for $10.00, 

 or $18.00 per doz. ; tested, $5.00. Breeders, $10.00 

 to $20. Safe arrival guaranteed only in the U. S. 

 and Canada. C. W. Phelps & Son, Binghamton, 

 N. Y. 



MAY deliverv, one, two and three pound pack- 

 ages, $.3.00, $4;00 and $5.00. Nuclei, $3.00, $4.25 

 and $5.50, with select untested Italian queens. Spe- 

 cial orders solicited. Select untested three-band 

 .queens, April and May, $1.25, 6 or more, $1.00 

 each. 20% books order. State health certificate. 

 Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. Address 

 Apalachicola, Fla., office. Tupelo Honey Co., Colum- 

 bia, Ala. 



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

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

 ian queens, $1.25 extra. Shipments April 10 to 

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

 three-banded and leather-colored stock, free from 

 disease, shipped in Root cages on frame of founda- 

 tion, safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed or 

 money refunded. 25% 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. 



THE ITALIAN QUEENS OF WINDMERE are 

 superior three-banded stock. Our aim is not quan- 

 tity but quality. Our first consideration is to give 

 perfect satisfaction. Untested, $1.50 each; 6 for 

 $8.00; tested, $2.00 each; select tested, $3.00 each. 

 Prof. W. A. Matheny, Ohio University, Athens, 

 Ohio. 



FULL COLONIES, 2-FRAME NUCLEI, PACK- 

 AGE BEES and ITALIAN QUEENS from the api- 

 aries of E. R. King, formerly Deputy Inspector of 

 Ohio, later in charge of Apiculture at Cornell Uni- 

 versity. Write us what you want. Prices and in- 

 formation win be sent you. King's Apiaries, Mc- 

 Arthur, Ohio. 



FOR SALE — 18 colonies Italian bees, on full 

 sheets wired foundation in Hoffman frames, will 

 sell one or all and deliver when weather allows. No 

 disease. A certificate if desired. Many of these 

 colonies are headed bv 1921 queens from the Stover 

 Apiaries. $10.00 for 'Stover queens; $9.00 for oth- 

 ers. Benj. B. .Jones, Lake Roland, Md. 



FOR SALE — 200 colonies of the celebrated 

 Moore strain of leather-colored Italians. They are 

 in Langstroth hives, combs all built on wired foun- 

 dation. All have tested queens less than one \ear 

 old. No disease among or near them. Price in lots 

 of one to 50, $12.00 each; 50 to 100, $11.50 each; 

 100 or more, $11.00 per colony. Elmer Hutchin- 

 son & Son, Lake City, Mich. 



FOR SALE — Golden Italian queens and bees, un- 

 tested, 1 queen, $1.00; 1 doz., $10.00; 100, $75.00. 

 2-lb. package, with queen, $5.00; 1-lb. package with 

 queen, $3.00; 12 or more, 5% off. 2-frame nucleus 

 with queen, $5.00; 15 or more, 5% off. Safe ar- 

 rival and satisfaction guaranteed. J. F. Rogers, 

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



FOR SALE — Package bees for spring delivery, 

 three-banded strain, bred for business, 20% cash 

 books your order. Safe arrival and satisfaction 

 guaranteed. A two-pound package 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. Yancey, Mgr., Bay City, 

 Texas. 



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 thaft all 

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

 look just alike. Three bands only. If they show 

 the slightest trace of four bands, fire them back to 

 us, for that shows very poor breeding indeed. Pure 

 bred Italian bees onlv show three bands. Untested, 

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

 tested, $3.00. F. M. Russell, Roxbury, Ohio. 



CONNECTICUT queens. Highest grade 3-banded 

 Italians readv 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. 



THAT PRITCHARD QUEENS AND PRITCH- 

 ARD SERVICE made a hit last season is proven by 

 the manv letters of appreciation and repeated orders 

 received! This vear we are BETTER PREPARED 

 with a LARGER OUTFIT AND REDUCED 

 PRICE. Three-banded Italians, untested, $1.25 each, 

 6 for $7.00; select untested, $1.50 each, 6 '"r $8.50; 

 select te.sted, $3.00 each. Queens clipped free on 

 request. We are booking order.s now. Send yours 

 at once and we will do our best to ship on date you 

 desire. Acknowledgment and diiections for intro- 

 ducing sent on receipt of order. Safe arrival and 

 satisfaction guaranteed. Untested ready about 

 June 1. Arlie Pritchard, R. D. No. 3, Medina, Ohio. 



