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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



NOVKMBER, 1922 



FOR SALE — 50 colonies or nioro of Italian bees 

 in 10-frame L. hives and wired combs. Woodward 

 Apiaries, Clarksville, N. Y. 



FOR SALE — 100 colonies of Italian bees. Good 

 reason for selling. No disease. Write for particu- 

 lars. Wm. C. Rinehart, Mt. Aetna, Pa. 



FOR SALE — 1000 colonies bees, 10-frame 

 Langstroth hives, fully eqiiipped for comb and e.\- 

 tracted honey, auto truck, big warahouse, 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. 



ITALIAN BEES — Brood and young queens for 

 delivery April 15 to June 15. One frame emerg- 

 ing brood and bees, one extra pound of bees, one 

 young Italian queen, all for $5.00. 25 or more, 

 $4.75, 50 or more, $4.50. Bright three-banded 

 stock only, no disease, safe arrival and satisfac- 

 tion guaranteed, 25% deposit to book order. R. S. 

 Knight, R. P. D No. 2, New Orleans, La. 



PLACE your early orders now for queens and 

 package bees. Golden Italian and Caucasian 

 queens, April 1-to May 15, 1923. Untested, 1. 

 $1.50; 12, $15.00; 25, $1.00 each; 2-lb. package 

 bees, $5.00; 3-lb. package, $6.50; 209o off above 

 prices after May 15. Golden Italian breedei-s. 

 $15.00 to $20.00. Safe arrival guaranteed. Terms, 

 25% with order. Sarasota Bee Co., Sarasota, Fla. 



PACKAGE BEES — Now booking orders for 

 spring delivery; superior Italian queens and bees, 

 three-banded, leather-colored; thoroughbred; spe- 

 cialty of 3-frame nuclei with queen, $6.50 each; 

 25 p3r cent books order, balance payable just prior 

 to shipment; satisfaction and safe arrival guaran- 

 teed. Ten or more nuclei with queen, $6.00 each. 

 C. M. Elfer, St. Rose, La. 



PACKAGE BEES FOR 1923 — Three-band Ital- 

 ians, bred for business. A 2-lb. package of the Yan- 

 cey hustlers with a select untested queen for $5.00; 

 25 or more, $4.75 each. Attractive prices on large 

 lots. One-fifth cash books your order. Order early 

 and make sure of shipping dates. We do not 

 accept more orders than we can fill prompt- 

 ly. Caney Valley Apiaries. Bay City, Texas, Yan- 

 cey Bros., owners. 



AFTER 30 years in the bee business, I wish to 

 retire and offer my entire lots of bees. 2100 colo- 

 nies, well located, in the alfalfa and sweet clover 

 district. Free from disease, equipped for comb 

 and extracted honey. Also a modern fire-proof 

 wareroom. 40 x 60, also a modern 7-room house, 

 oak floors throughout, hot water heat and full 

 basement. All located on Main street adjoining 

 the biisiness district, paved streets. Part cash, 

 balance terms to suit. Bert W. Hopper, Rockv 

 Ford. Colo. 



FOR SALE, 1923. PACKAGE BEES — All bees 

 are shipped on standard Root frame, emerging 

 bees with honey, April 25 to May 30. 2-lb. pack- 

 age three-banded Italians. $5.50; 3-lb. package. 

 $6.50; 4-lb. package. $7.50. June 1 to 30th: 2- 

 frame nuclei with untested queen, $5.00; 3-frame, 

 $6,00; 4-frame, $7.00. An untested queen with 

 each package or nucleus. Safe delivery guaranteed, 

 free from any contagious bee disease. Certificate 

 will accompany each shipment. No shipment of 

 bees by parcel post. Send 15% to book order. A. 

 J. Lemoine. Moreauville, Box 55, La. 



BOOKING ORDERS FOR MAY DELIVERY. 

 1923 — My introduced-laying-enroute queens and 

 packages, one good, vigorous, young queen. 1 

 standard Hoffman frame of emerging brood and 

 adhering bees, and 1 additional pound of bees; 

 price, complete, f. o b. Bordelonvillc, $5.00. Ad- 

 (litinnnl frames of brood or additional pounds of 

 field bees to make larger packages, $1 each re- 

 spectively in above package. Bees and queen 

 Italian. Queens introduced and laying enroute to 

 you. Health certificate attached. Safe arrival 

 and satisfaction guaranteed. One-fifth cash books 

 order. Send for circular and names of satisfied 

 customers in your state. Complete references 

 given. Jes Dalton. Bordelonville. La. 



FOR SALE — Bright Italian queens, 1, $1.00; 

 12, $10.00; 100, $75.00. Safe arrival guaranteed. 

 T. J. Talley, Greenville, R. D. No. 3, Ala. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



OLD TIME wool socks, home knit, ribbed ; 

 black, blue, slate, grey, green heather. Single 

 pair-, 75c; three pairs, $2.00, prepaid. Mrs. Geo. 

 M. Jeffus, Crockett, Texas. 



THE BEE WORLD — The leading bee journal 

 in Britain, and the only international bee revisw 

 in existence. It is read, re-read and treasured. 

 Will it not appeal to you ? Specimen copy free 

 from the publishers. The Apis Club. Benson. 

 Oxon, England. Send us a post card today. It is 

 well worth your little trouble. 



MEDICINAL roots and herbs are very profitable 

 to grow. We especially recommend growing Golden 

 Seal which with good care will yield as high as 

 $10,000 per acre for each crop. It takes several 

 years to mature but will average $1000 a year. 

 Special Crops, a monthly paper, tells how. Sample 

 co])y, 10c. $1.00 per year. Address Special Crops 

 Pub. Co., Box "G," Skaneateles, N. Y. 



HELP WANTED. 



WANTED — On a large farm, a man of energy 

 and experience to take full care of bees, and dur- 

 ing season of the year when bees do not require 

 attention to do other work. Home apiary is on a 

 state road and bee man must be a person of 

 good address and a good salesman, neatness and 

 accuracy essential. Records of colonies kept. 

 Salary $20.00 per week. Good house equipped 

 with running water, furnace and electric light 

 fixtures, rent free. Do not apply unless you would 

 be interested in developing the business and 

 would come intending to stay. Address Mount 

 Hope Farm, Williamstown, Mass. 



TRADE NOTES. 



Inasmuch as M"e expect to discontinue listing 

 the following articles in our general catalog we 

 are offering them at a big reduction in order Xn 

 close out present stock: 



14 C472802 — Root capping-melters, price 



each $12,00 



15 C472S03 — Dadant uncapping-cans, price 



each 13.00 



14 C472808 — Boardman solar wax-extrac- 

 tors, price each 19.00 



50 C271801 — Demuth winter cases complete, 



nailed, slightly shopworn. Price each. .50 



60 C261602 — -Metal top telescope cap covers 

 with inner cover, 8-frame, K. D., price 

 each 1.50 



80 C262606 — Metal top telescope cap covers 

 with inner cover, 10-frame, K. D., price 

 each 1.60 



3 C261601 — Metal top telescope cap covers 



with inner cover, 8-frame, nailed and 



painted, price each 1,90 



2 C262601 — Metal top telescope cap covers 

 with inner cover. 10-frame, nailed and 

 painted, price each 2.00 



4 C271701 — Dovetailed winter cases, 8- 



frame with wood cover complete, nail- 

 ed and painted, price each 2.75 



1 C271702 — Crate of 5 dovetailed Avinter 



cases, 8-frame, with wood cover, com- 

 plete. K. D., price per crate 6.25 



2 C492001 — One and one-half horse-power 



Busy Bee gasoline engines. Price each 35.00 

 4 one-half-inch honey pumps. Price each, 



complete with fittings, $7.00; complete 



without fittings 5.00 



6 C499121 — Dadant electric wire imbed- 



ders. Price, each .75 



80 Bee Models — The Anatomy of the Bee 



price, each 25 



