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Queenless in March 

 What is the lies! thing to do when one finds 

 early in March that a colony of his bees is 

 queenless? It is too early at this time of 

 the year to purchase queens, and if a queen 

 is reared from young brood there would be 

 no drones with which to mate her. Is there 

 any remedy, or should the colony he united 

 to one having a queen? 



ALABAMA. 

 Answer. — The best thing is to unite the 

 ith another colony, or with other colo- 

 nies. If you have a very weak colony with a 

 good queen, unite with that. Otherwise unite 

 with two or more of the weaker col.. 



Bees Cleaning Combs 



If I place hives filled with combs from colo- 

 nies that have died, under strong colonies, so 

 that the bees will clean them out. will it do 

 to leave them there until needed to hive a 

 swarm or for some other purpose? Will the 

 llieen go down and lay in them after thev are 

 cleaned? A SUBSCRIBER. 



Answer.— Yes. it will lie all right to leave 

 the combs under the colony until time for 

 surplus supers to he given. The n.ueen will 

 not go down to lay in them unless she really 

 needs the room, in which case you can do 

 nothing better than to let her lay in them. 



Natural or Shaken Swarm 



Will the plan given on page 2S0 of the 

 American Bee Journal, fo August. 1910, 

 answer equally well lor either natural or 

 shaken swarms? I want to do away with the 

 necessity of having on hand a lot of extra 

 hives and frames that would he necessary 

 were I to follow the plan of placing the old 

 hive alongside of the new one for about 3 

 weeks, and shaking the young bees off the 

 frames occasionally as thev emerge 



PENNSYLV W'l A 



Answer.— Yes, it will be all right to shake 

 the bees off all but one comb, taking away 

 that one comb a week later, giving the brood 

 taken away to weaker colonies. But I hardly 

 see how that will make any fewer frames 

 necessary, although it will take less hives 



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BEES AND QUEENS 



NORTHERN BRED ITALIAN QUEENS— 

 Ready May 1, each, $1: six, $5. 



Allen R. Simmons, Claverack, N. Y. 



-N"S that are true to name. I 



queen .... -;, : mo 



Garden City Apiaries, 



San Jose. Calif. 



FOB SALE At the yard, inn hives of bees; 

 your pick $6; the run $5. Empty hives, etc.. 

 n cost. D. E. Lohmmedieu, 



Colo, St 



TI1R EE-BANDED ITALIANS ONLY— Un- 



tested nueens, each - I 6 - 

 $35; ion, .-■ H. G Dunn 



The Willows, San Jose, Calif. 



WARRANTED QUEENS from one of Dr. 

 I each; $10 per doi 

 Package bees, without queen, $3 for 2-lb. pack- 

 more, 10c less; add prici Full colo- 

 nies in 10-frame hives. $10 each, in 8-framc 

 Danzenbaker hivi J fested 

 queens in all colonies. 

 Geo. A. Hummer & Sol i | n t, Miss. 



QUEENS BY RETURN MAIL— Choice tested 

 queens, reared last fall and wintered in 4- 

 frame nuclei, $1.26; $14 per doz. Queens of 

 this season's rearing, ui 9 per doz. 



3 band Italians only and our 

 strain is known for gentleness and honey 

 gathering qualities. Every queen guaranteed. 

 Never a case of foulbrood in our apiaries. 



I. W. K Shaw & Co., Lqreauville, La. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



A NICE 1-pound package Italian bees with 

 queen, $2. So; 2-pound package with queen, 

 $3.25, shipped c. o. d. W. II. Moses, 



Lane City, Texas. 



FOR SALE — The largest and best apiary' in 

 Western Colorado, for September delivery; 

 also small dairy and fruit ranch. Good build- 

 ing, Cause for selling, asthma; have moved 

 twice in last 20 years. J. G. Puett, 



Collbran, Colo. 



OUR select bred mated queens winter well. 



Honeymoon Apiaries, Yakima, Wash. 



FOR SALE — First-class Italian queens and 



bees in season. Send for price list. Free 



from disease; safe arrival and satisfaction 



guaranteed. M. Bates. Greenville, Ala., R. 4. 



BREEDING QUEENS— I have a few extra 

 c' oice Italian breeders for spring delivery. 

 Price $5 each. 

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



OUR BRIGHT ITALIAN QUEENS will be 

 ready to ship after April 15. Untested, 75c 

 each, $8 per doz., or $65 per 100. Safe ar- 

 rival guaranteed. 



Tillery Bros., Georgiana, Ala., Route 5. 



FOR SALE — Fine Italian queens at 90c each, 

 $9 per doz. Ready April 15. Safe arrival 

 guaranteed. 



T. J. Talley, Route 3. Greenville, Ala. 



May 



BEES AND QUEENS from my New Jersey 



apiary. J. H. M. Cook, 



lAtf 84 Cortland St., New York City. 



TESTED leather-colored queens, $200; after 



June 1, $1.50; untested, $1.00; $10 per doz. 



A. W. Yates, 3 Chapman St., Hartford, Conn. 



GOLDEN Italian Queens, untested queens, $1 

 each; six, $4.25; $8.25 per doz.. 50, $32.50; 

 $60 per 100. Tested queen, $1.50; one frame 

 nucleus, no queen, $1.25; 2-frame, $2.25; S- 

 frame, $3; breeders, $5 and $10. 

 L. J. Dunn, 54 Broadway Ave., San Jose, Cal. 



WANTED — 10 to 100 swarms of bees not over 

 50 miles from Bellevue, Ohio. 



N. B. Querin. Route No. 7. 



THE best Italian stock, three-bands and gold- 

 ens at $2.50 per lb., with untested queen; 2 

 pounds, with queen, $4. Rosedale Apiary. 

 J. B. Marshall & Son, Big Bend, La. 



BOTH Italians and hybrid bees at $2.50 pe 

 pound with untested queen; 2 pounds, wit 

 queen, at $4. 



Mrs. T. H. Carruth, Big Bend, La. 



FOR SALE— Golden Italian bees; 1-lb. pkg., 

 with queen, $2.50; 2-lb. pkg., with queen, 

 $4; 2-frame nuclei, with queen, $3.50. 



L. J. Bond, Big Bend, La. 



GOLDEN ITALIAN QUEENS— No better 

 honey gatherers anywhere at any price. Un- 

 tested, $1; tested, $2. 



Wallace R. Beaver, Lincoln, 111. 



'."MUX ITALIAN QUEENS— About May 

 1; good honey gatherers; no foulbrood; se- 

 lect tested, $1.50; tested, $1.25; untested 85c, 

 $4.75, 12 $9. No nuclei or bees for sale. 

 D. T. Caster, Rt. 2, Randleman, N. C. 



THE Sinking Creek Queen Introducing Cage; 

 5 years' test of absolute success; indispen- 

 sable for introduction of valuable queens; also 

 sevi ral queens can be kept in one hive in 

 perfect harmony; small and works on the 

 omb; especially adapted for queen 

 breeders. Price 60c per doz., 2 doz. for $1 ; 

 post paid. Sinking Creek Apiaries, Gimlet, Ky. 



SWARTS GOLDEN QUEENS produce golden 

 bees of the highest qualities; satisfaction 

 guaranteed. Mated $1. 6 for $5; tested $2. 



n I. s«..riz. Lancasti , i • Rl 2 



I ITALIAN QUEENS. June 1 to No- 

 vember, $1 each; 6 for $5. My circular 

 gives safe methods; free. J. W. Romberger, 

 3113 Locust St., St. Joseph, Mo. 



APRIL 15 I will again be ready to 

 fill orders for untested queens of my fine 

 strain of leather-colored Italians. I breed no 

 other race. Choice tested and breeding queens 

 at all times. Satisfaction guaranteed. Circu- 

 lar free. Untested queens $1 each, $9 doz.; 

 choice tested $1.50 each; fine breeders $5 each. 

 C. S. Engle, Bccville, Bee Co., Texas. 



QUEENS— H. D. Murry's strain of 3-banded 

 Italians; reared by the Doolittle method. 

 Prices untested. 1 for $1, 6 for $5, 12 for $9. 

 No disease. Safe arrival and satisfaction guar- 

 anteed. O. D. Rivers, 



Route 4, Honey Grove, Texas. 



HAVE YOU, Mr. Producer, been getting all 

 for your honey that you could expect? If 

 the price you have been getting has been less 

 than the largest price you have read about, 

 let the Domestic Beekeeper, Northstar, Mich., 

 help you dispose of your 1918 crop. Inves- 

 tigate^ 



FOR SALE— One to fifty colonies of Italian 

 bees in ten-frame hives. Bees and hives are 

 in A 1 shape; no disease. Price $10 per 

 colony. John C. Bull, 



1013 Calumet Ave., Valparaiso, Ind. 



GOLDEN QUEENS that produce Golden 

 workers of the brightest kind. I will chal- 

 lenge the world on my Goldens and their 

 honey-getting qualities. Price, $1 each; test- 

 ed, $2; breeders, $5 and $10. 



2Atf T. B. Brnckwell. Barnetts. Va. 



Get More Honey 



from 



Each Colony 



(l Don't be satisfied with 

 your usual crop. Get a big- 

 ger one this year. 



CJ There is often enuf honey 

 lost in an apiary, thru lack 

 of enuf supplies at the right 

 time, to pay the entire ex- 

 pense of running that apiary 

 for a whole year. 



fl Don't lose honey that 

 way. Get your supplies now, 

 before it is too late and be 

 sure to order 



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