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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



September, 1922 



PACKAGE BEES — $1.50 per pound. Untested 

 Italian or Carniolan queens, $1.25 each. Circular 

 free. J. E. Wing, 155 Schiele Ave., San Jose, Calif. 



FOR SALE — ^Golden Italian queens, 1 imtested, 

 $1.00; 6 for $5.00; tested, $2.00; hybrids, 3 for 

 $1.00. J. F. Michael, Winchester, R. D. No. 1, 

 Ind. 



QUEENS — Golden or three-banded Italians of 

 highest quality. Every one guaranteed or your 

 money back. 75c each; 6, $4.00; 12, $8.00. G. H. 

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



FOR SALE — Three-banded Italian queens, un- 

 tested. $1.50 each; 6, $8.00. Ready now. Satis- 

 faction guaranteed. ' Chas. W. Zweily, Willow 

 Springs, 111. 



POOLE'S three-banded Italian queens are guar- 

 anteed to arrive safely and give satisfaction. Un- 

 tested, 80c each; 25 or more, 75e; tested, $2.00. 

 Rufus Poole. Greenville, Ala. 



JENSEN'S queens may not be as cheap in 

 price as some; but at the price we offer them 

 they have few competitors, quality considered. Un- 

 tested, 75c. Select untested. 90c. Jensen's Api- 

 aries, R. D. No. 3, Crawford, Miss. 



HEAD your colonies with Williams' Italian 

 queens of quality and get more pleasure and profit 

 from your bees. They produce bees that are gentle, 

 hardy" and hustling. Descriptive circular free. Se- 

 lect untested, 75c each. P. M. Williams, Ft. De- 

 posit. Ala. 



SPECIAL REDUCED PRICES on Italian queens 

 for August and September. Untested. 1. $1.00; 6 

 $5.75; 12, $11.00; 50. $45.00; 100. $85.00. Test- 

 ed 1 $2 00; 6, $11.00. The place where you gst 

 the best. J. D Harrah, R. F. D.. No. 1, Free- 

 water, Oregon. 



FOR SALE — 60 colonies of bees, 100 supers, 

 extractor tank, queen-excluders and complete out- 

 fit for extracted honey. Good location, building 

 and lots, and retail honey trade. Reason for sell- 

 ing, poor health. Write for particulars. P. B. 

 Raraer. Harmony, Minn. 



TESTED QUEENS — One-year-old tested three- 

 banded Italian queens, descended from the famous 

 Moore strain. Were reared in full colonies and 

 are very fine queens. Price. $1.50 each; 6 for 

 $8.50; 12 for $16.00. Safe arrival and satisfac- 

 tion guaranteed. Elmer Hutchinson & Son, Lake 

 City, Mich. 



FOR SALE — DEPENDABLE GOLDEN ITAL- 

 IAN QUEENS add beauty to your bee quality. 

 Virgins. 60c: 5 for $2.50; untested, $100; 6 for 

 $5.00; select untested. $1.50; 6 for $6.50; tested, 

 $2.50; 5 for $10 00; selected, $3.00; breeders, 

 $5.00. Safe arrival and quality guaranteed. S. H. 

 Hailey. Pinson. Tenn. 



BALANCE of season we will furnish a 2-lb. 

 package of our three-banded hustlers with a select 

 untested queen for $4.75; 25 or more. $4.50 each. 

 Select untested queens from our best breeders. 

 $1.00 each: $10.00 per doz. Tested, $1.50 each; 

 $15.00 per doz. Caney Valley Apiaries. J. D. Yan- 

 cey, Mgr., Bay City, Texas. 



GOLDEN ITALIAN QUEENS — ^Bredfrom finest 

 strain in U. S. Mated to select drones. THEY 

 POSSESS THE QU.\LITIES WHICH MAKE 

 BEEKEEPING PROFITABLE. Untested, 75e; 

 dozen, $7.50; virgins, 25c; tested, $1.50. Safe 

 arrival and .satisfaction guaranteed. Crensliaw 

 County Apiary. Rutledge, Ala. 



ITALIAN QUEENS — Three-banded, select un- 

 tested, guaranteed. Queen and drone mothers are 

 chosen from colonies noted for honey production, 

 hardiness, prolificness, gentleness and perfect 

 markings. Price, $1.25 each, 12, $1.00 each. Spe- 

 '•ial prices on larger orders. Send for circulars, 

 J. H. Haughey Co., Berrien Springs, Mich. 



FOR SALE — Golden Italian queens — good 

 queens at low price. Untested, $1.00; 6 for $5.40; 

 12 or more, 80c each; tested, $1.50 each; select 

 tested, $2,50 each. No disease of any kind. Bees 

 very gentle and good honey-gatherers, not apt to 

 swai-m unless crowded for room. 18 years a 

 queen-breeder. D. T. Gaster, Randleman. R. D. 

 No. 2, N. C. 



PHELPS' GOLDEN ITALIAN QUEENS com- 

 bine the qualities you 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. 



FOR SALE — 1000 colonies bees, 10-frame 

 Langstroth hives, fully equipped for comb and ex- 

 tracted honey, auto truck, big Avarehouse, located 

 at Laurel, Montana, one of the best honey-produc- 

 ing sections in Montana; $7.50 per colony, with 

 or without locations. Weber Brothers Honey Co., 

 Blackfoot, Idaho. 



HOLLOPETER'S ITALIAN QUEENS are bred 

 up to a standard and not down to a price, yet 

 nrice is low where quality and service count. Se- 

 lect untested each. $1.25; 6. $7.00; 12, $13.00; 

 25, $25.00. Write for mailing date and price on 

 larger lots for requeening. Pure mating, no dis- 

 ease, safe arrival and satisfaciion guaranteed. J. 

 B. Hollopeter. Rockton, Pa. 



LAST fall I had selected and tested six queens. 

 Will use them as breeders this season in my queen 

 yard. Their surplus honey capacity is from 216 

 lbs. to 288 lbs. each. I guarantee that every 

 queen bought of me in 1922 is to be the d-iughter 

 of one of these queens. Bees are three-banded. 

 Mated, in June. $1.25 each; 6, $7.00; 12. $13.50; 

 25 or more, $1.00 each. After July 1. $1.00 each 

 straight. Julius Victor, Martinsville, N. Y. 



On account of old age. I will sell 350 colonies 

 of bees, with or without locations. These bees are 

 equipped with 300 extracting supers with combs 

 built on wired foundation and 500 comb-honey 

 supers. They produced last year 23 tons of ex- 

 tracted and comb honey and will do as well or bet- 

 ter this year. Price. $2200. Terms, one-half 

 cash, balance in one year with bees as security. 

 M. A. Gill, Hyrum, Box 26, Utah. 



FOR SALE — 250 to 350 colonies of fine Italian 

 bees on good straight L combs with a full eqiiip- 

 inent of supplies for e.xtracted-honey production. 

 Also 47 acres land in Harrison County, Iowa, near 

 town ; has about 20 acres fine natural basswood 

 grove. Has good improvements, especially for bee- 

 keeping. Probably as good an equipment as there 

 is in the state. This is a good paying business, 

 with outyards already established, everything 

 complete. Can give long time on part of the 

 price, but Mould require $8000 or $9000 to swing 

 it. Any one having that much capital to invest in 

 a dandy country home and a paying business, will 

 find it by addressing E. S. Miles & Son, Dunlap, 

 Iowa . 



BEES FOR SALE in lots of one colony up to 

 100 or more, as desired or a series of outyards. 

 including small house in town, 32foot honey- 

 house. 8-frame power extractor, engine, sawtable. 

 150 new hives in K. D Ford auto, and various 

 other items required in this line of business. 

 Past 19 years I've produced upwards of 75 

 tons of honey in this locality. If whole outfit 

 is wanted it can be bought as a going concern, 

 by paying 259$? down, and balance remain one, 

 three or five years at 7% with acceptable back- 

 ing of notes. Cause for selling, doctor's in- 

 sistance. age. ill health, and laziness on my part. 

 Correspondence solicited. A. W. Smith. Birming- 

 ham. Mich. 



