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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 



W;Z. HUTCHINSON 



KogersvUle, JJeHesee Co., ITIifli., 



has made arrangements to receive Italian queens 

 from the South early in the season. The queens will 

 be bred from imported mothers, reared by a thor- 

 oughly competent and reliable breeder, and upon 

 arrival, they will be introduced to nuclei until need- 

 ed in filling orders. These queens will be shipped 

 as soon as it is warm enough in this latitude, proba- 

 bly about May 1st, and they will be used in filling all 

 orders for untested queens until about June 15th, 

 when queens reared in the home apiary will be 

 ready to ship. Before June Ist, untested queens 

 will be $1.50 each: during June, single queen, $1.25, 

 or six for 10.00; after July Ist, single queen, $1.00; 

 six queens, $5..')0; twelve, $10.00. Tested queens 

 (reared last season in the home apiary), before June 

 1st, $3.00 each; during June, $2.50 each; after July 

 1st, $2.00 each. Sate arrival guaranteed. Make 

 money orders payable at Flint, Mich. 4tfd 



IMPORTED QUIENS. 



francs in Gold. 



In April, . . . . - 



May and June, - - - - 10 *' " " 

 July and August, - - - 9 » i. i» 



September and August, - - 7 " •' ' 



No orders received for less than 8 queens. Queens 

 which die in transit will be replaced only if sent 

 back in a letter. l-6d 



CHARLES BIANCONCINI & CO., Bologna, Italy. 



Full Stocks of 



YELLOW BEES FOR SALE ! 



St. 



WARRANTED NOT EXCELLED. 



J. jM:. MAKVIIV, 3-5d 



diaries, - Ivaiie Co., - Illinois. 



S^^E 3«:01VEY 



Nuclei, 3-f rame and tested queen 

 Nuclei, 3-f rame, untested " 

 Nuclei, 4-frame and tested " 

 Nuclei, 4-f rame, untested " 

 Tested queens, af ttr May 15 

 Untested queens, after Ma.y 15 

 Full colonies in Simplicity hives. 

 Will ship full colonies in April. 



' $3 50 



- 3 00 

 4 50 



- 4 00 

 2 00 



- 1 00 

 8 00 



I will guarantee 



every thing I send out to be flrst-class. 



3tfd DAN WHITE, New London, Huron Co., 0. 



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T. IiX:WIS & CO., TOI.EDO, OHIO, 



Manufacturers of the U. S. Standard Honey- 

 Extractor (new improvements), and all other 

 I Apiarian Supplies. Send for circular. Itfd 



50 MIXED, or 25 TRANSPARENT; no two alike, 

 or 25 GILT EDGE, with name, 10 cts. Circular of 

 Novelties free. Pack of Authors, 15c. 

 3tfd J. TOMLINSON, Medina, Ohio. 



1883 FOR SALE! 1883 



Five-frame (Langstroth frame) Nuclei, consipting 

 of a pure, young, fertile Italian queen, carefully 

 bred from best imported or home-bred mothers, 

 with five new wired combs filled with brood and 

 honey, and covered with young bees. Better than a 

 natural swarm. Send for circular and price list. 



IVILIilAm lilTTIiC:, 3-5d 



MARISSA, - - ST. CLAIR CO., - - ILLINOIS. 



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FLAT -BOTTOM COMB FOUN- 



dation.— High side-walls, 4 to 14 square 

 feet to the lb. Circular and samples 

 ^11 free. J. VAN BEUSEN & SONS, 

 Sole Manufacturers, 

 4tfd Sprout Brook, Mont. Co., N. Y. 



ANTED, circulars from all Bee and Supply 

 dealers, at once. ELIAS BEKG, Cicero, lud. 



GIVEN'S 



FOUNDATION PRESS 



— AND — 



WIRING MACHINES. 



With this Press perfect foundation can be made 

 in the wired frames, which will not sag, warp, nor" 

 break down. Samples and Circular free. 



^W For Particulai-s, address 



D. S. GIVEN & CO., 



2-4d HOOPESTON, ILl,. 



In the_V/est 



Having fitted up our shop with new machinery, 

 we are prepared to furnish all kinds of Apiarian 

 Supplies; Simplicity, Chaff, Langstroth, and other 

 hives. 



ONE-PIECE SECTIONS, $5.00 PER 1000. 



BEES andQUEENS. 



DUNHAM FOUNDATION AT BOTTOM PRICES ! 



SILYERHULL BUCKWHEAT, $1.50 PER BUSHEL. 



Job Printing done on Short Notice. 



;i-5d 



LARGE NEW LIST FREE. 



BRIGHT BROTHERS, 



MAZEPPA, - ^VAB.4lSHA CO., - MINN. 



SEND FOE A 



CATALOGUE TO 



J. IRVIN JOHNSON 



PAIiMYB.4, 

 WAYNE CO., - 



all Fruit 



CHEAP. 



VANDERVORT COMB FOUNDATION, 



ITALIAN, OYPEIAN, and HOLY -LAND aUEENS. 



I. li. SCOFIEIiD, 



CHENANGO BRIDGE, - BROOME CO., 



3-8d 

 N. Y. 



L. FDN. MOLD for $3.75. 



ALSO 



BEES FOR SALE IN IOWA. 



50 to 75 Colonies choice Italians, from noted ped- 

 igree. These will be about, as follows:— 1 new paint- 

 ed Simplicity hive, worth f l.OO; tested queen, $2.50; 

 2 lbs. bees, S3.00; 10 L. combs with brood and honey, 

 $3.50. Total, $10.00. That is in April. In May, $9.50. 

 June, $9.00; July, $8.00. Three-frame nuclei with 

 tested queen, 1 lb. bees, 3 combs, brood and honey, 

 one-half as much as full colony. Safe arrival guar- 

 anteed. My 156 colonies are O. K. to date. See new 

 circular. OLIVER FOSTER. 



Mt. Vernon, Linn Co., Iowa., Mar. 20, 1883. 



