April, 1922 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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FOR SALE — Unsurpassed Italian queens, ready 

 June 1. Untested, 1, $1.25; 6, 7.00; 12, ?12.00; 

 50, $50.00; 100, $85.00. Tested, 1, $2.00; 6, 

 $11.00. My queens are actually laying before 

 they are sent out. J. P. Harrah, Freewater, Oregon. 



WRITE us number of packages or nuclei you 

 may be in need of. We will be glad to give you 

 our best prices, also amount of (>xi)ress. We be- 

 lieve we are so located that we can make you a 

 substantial saving. R. V. Stearns, Brady, Texas. 



FOR SALE — 12 colonies, leather-colored Ital- 

 ians, with young tested queens, in ten-frame 

 Langstroth hives. No disease in this part of the 

 country. Ready to ship May 1. Price $12 each, 

 or $140 for lot. Van Collins, R. F. D. Port 

 Chester, N. Y. 



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 e.xpress rates and quick transit north. 10% 

 with order. S. G. Crocker, Jr., Roland Park, Bal- 

 timore, 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. 

 Correspondence solicited. G. 0. Pharr, Njw Ibe- 

 ria, La. 



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. 



AVIIjLOW-DELL queens and bees have pleased. 

 Will again be ready to handle your orders. May 

 delivery with queen, two-frame nuclei, $4.00; 

 three-frame, $5.25; Jumbo, $4.75 and $6.00. Ship- 

 ping boxes returned collect. H. S. Ostrander, Mel- 

 lenville, N. Y. 



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 stores insures suc- 

 cess. Prompt delivery and safe arrival guaranteed. 

 Card brings circular of golden and 3-banded 

 queens. Ross B. Scott, LaGrange, Ind. 



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 

 Apiary (Melvin Talley, Prop.), Rutledge, Ala. 



THREE-BANDED ITALIAN QUEENS. Bred 

 from queeiis whose bees have given big crops of 

 lioney. 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. 



MERRILL'S three-band and Golden Italian 

 queens, the disease-resisting honey-gathering 

 strain. Large, vigorous, beautiful and gentle. 

 High-grade stock at reduced prices, $1.00 each; 

 6 $5.25; 12. $10.00; 25. $18.50. Satisfaction 

 guaranteed. G. H. Merrill. R. D. No. 5. Green- 

 ville, S. Car. 



• 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 will be sent you. King's Apiaries Mc- 

 Arthur, Ohio. 



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 

 subject to be laying en route. Guarantee safe 

 delivery. C. A. Mayeux. Hamburg, La. 



COLORADO HEADQUARTERS for QUEENS — 

 Northern-V)red 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. 



MY 1922 queens and bees for sale, the big yel- 

 low kind, none better. Satisfaction guaranteed or 

 money back. Price, untested! $1.00 each; $10.00 

 per doz., or $80.00 per 100. Tested, $1.75, E. F. 

 Day, Honoraville, Ala. 



THREE pounds of bees, shipped on a Hoffman 

 frame of brood and honey, with an untested Italian 

 queen for $6.00. No disease, satisfaction and safe 

 arrival guaranteed. 25% books your order for 

 April and May shipments. E. J. Beridon, Jr., Man- 

 sura, La. 



FOR SALE — Three-banded leather-colored bees 

 and queens — big cut in prices. No disease. Safe 

 arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. Shipping sea- 

 son April 15 to May 25. Send for circular and 

 prices on quantities. J. M. Cutts & Son, R. 1). 

 No. 1, Montgomery, Ala. 



THE ITALIAN QUEENS OP 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. 



FOR SALE — Golden Italian queens and bees, 

 untested, 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 arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 

 J. P. Rogers, Greenville. R. D. No. 3, Ala. 



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

 packages of bees with 1 frame, 1 untested queen 

 at $6.00; 2-frame nuclei with untested queen, 

 $4.50, about April 15. Young tested queen, 50c 

 extra, or $1.50 each. I think I was the second 

 to ship packages of bees from this state and know 

 how to serve customers. F. M. Morgan, Hamburg, 

 La. 



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 

 select 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. 



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 year 

 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. 



LARGE, HARDY. PROLIFIC QUEENS — Three- 

 band Italians and Goldens. Pure mating and safe 

 arrival guaranteed. We ship only queens that are 

 top notchers in size, prolificness and color. After 

 June 1 prices as follows: Untested. $1.25 each; 

 6 for $7.00; select untested, $1.50 each; 6 for 

 $8.50; select tested. $3.00 each. Special prices on 

 larger quantities. Queens clipped free on request. 

 Health certificate with each shipment. Buckeye 

 Queens. Zoarville, Ohio. 



GOOD queens advertise themselves. It takes 

 e.xpensive advertising to sell poor qiieens. and if 

 you don't believe it try it. We believed in for- 

 mer years we had the best three-banded queens 

 obtainable. We still believe it. Our customers 

 also tell us the same. Try a few. We have dropped 

 the price in reach of all this year. We will have 

 a few virgins for 50c when we have a surplus of 

 them. We can furnish either from imported or 

 Americanized mothers. Untested. $1.00; selected, 

 $1.25; tested. $2.00; selpct?d. $2.50. F. M. Rus- 

 sell, Roxbury, Ohio. 



