March, 1923 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



We furnish colonies and nuclei of 



Italian Bees 



in hives and shipping boxes. 



Tested Italian Queens $2.00 



Untested Italian Queens 1.50 



Six Untested Italian Queens . . 8.00 



A full line of Apiarian Supplies 



always in stock. Let us quote you. 



Price list on request. 



Second-hand 60-lb. cans, 

 2 in a case, $0.30 a case. 



I. J. STRINGHAM 



GLEN COVE, N. Y. 

 Nassau County. 



FOR MAY DELIVERY 



One vigorous Italian queen, one frame of 

 emerging brood, one pound bees. Price com- 

 plete, f. 0. b. Bordelonville, $5.00. Addi- 

 tional frames of broods, each, $1.00; addi- 

 tional pounds bees each, $1.00. Queen in- 

 troduced and laying en route to yon. Safe 

 delivery and satisfaction guaranteed. No 

 disease, reference given. Orders booked one- 

 fifth down. May delivery. 

 Read what this customer says : 



"Mr. Jes Dalton, Bordelonville, La. Enclosed 

 is deposit on 2 packages for May delivery. The 

 one package I got last spring increased to 14 

 colonies and gave me 85 pounds of comb honey. 

 Respectfully, A. Russell Paul, Belvidere, N. -f." 



This shows what these balanced packages can do. 

 And this : 



"St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, U. S. A. Mr. 

 Jes Dalton, Bordelonville, La. Dear Sir: The 2 

 packages arrived last night and upon examina- 

 tion I found about a dozen dead bees in one and 

 about 200 in the other ; quite a bit of sealed 

 brood, some eggs and small larva^ Very satis- 

 factory considering the length of the shipment. 

 Both queens had laid en route and there was 

 plenty of hone.v in the combs. Yours, Axel Hoist." 

 This shipment went by rail via New Orleans and 

 New York, thence by steamer via Porto Rico to the 

 Virgin Islands ; were in the case 24 days in A\igust. 

 How is this for delivery? If they survived this trip 

 in good condition, they will go any place in the 

 United State.s. Send for address of other satisfied 

 customers. Be sure to mention Gleanings in Bee 

 Culture when writing. 



JES DALTON, BORDELONVILLE, LOUISIANA 



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QUEENS OF QUALITY. 



SWARMS OF BEES BY THE 



POUND FOR 1922. 



THREE-BANDED ONLY. 



Price of packnnes by express. 

 Mb. package, $4.00 each; 6 up to 12, $:i.90 

 each; 12 or more, $3.75 each. 2-lb. pack- 

 ages, $5.50 each; 6 up to 12, 5.25 each; 12 

 or more, $5.00 each. 3-lb. package.s, $7.25 

 each; 6 up to 12, $7.00 each; 12 or more, 

 $6.75 each. If wanted by express add 10 

 per cent extra. 



Price of Queens. 

 Select untested, $1.50 each; 12 or more, 

 $1.40 each. Select tested, $3.00 each; 12 

 or more, $2.75 each. Wings clipped on request. 

 Pure mating of all queens is guaranteed. All 

 of our queens are reared by experienced and 

 expert queen-breeders, and the business man- 

 agement is under those having over thirty 

 years' experience handling bees in a large 

 way. Give us a trial order and you will be 

 well satisfied with our prompt service and 

 strain of bees. Every package or queen or- 

 dered is guaranteed to arrive in good con- 

 dition and to give entire satisfaction. 10 per 

 cent cash with order. Bees or queens shipped 

 any day specified. 



HAYNEVILLE APIARY CO. 

 Hayneville, Ala., U. S. A. 



Light three-banded bees and queens 

 for April, May and June delivery. We 

 stand for stock, promptness, safe de- 

 livery, satisfaction . and no disease. 

 We want to please our customers. 

 All bees are shipped on Rootr Standard 

 Hoffman frame, brood and honey, 

 which means safe delivery, and equal 

 to a pound of bees. Queens introduced 

 laying en route. 



2 pounds bees, no queen, $3.75. Add 

 $1.00 for each additional pound of 

 bees or frame emerging bees. 



2-fr. nuclei well covered with young 

 bees, $3.75 ea. Add $1.00 for each ad- 

 ditional pound of bees or frame emerg- 

 ing bees. 



The package that brings results — 5 

 lbs. bees on two frames emerging bees, 

 $8.00. 



Queens for the above packages, $1.25 

 each; 5'^ discount on 20 or more 

 packages; 15% with order; balance at 

 shipping time. 



+ + + 

 THE HOME OF GOOD QUEENS. 



Oscar Mayeux. 

 Hamburg, Louisiana. 



