ticular attention will be given to making the visitors welcome. A free camping site, just three blocks north of Mr. France's home, in a 10-acre Ongrove, has been arranged for and the dmeetings can be held either in the ta grove, at Mr. France's outyard or in the Masonic Temple. Mr. France he also states that there are a number of family cottages that can be rented O at a very low rate, with or without bedding. A large, well equipped I dining hall will be available and admeals will be furnished at almost DET cost. These conditions will make In the meeting place an ideal one and it is hoped that this will be the largest gathering of beekeepers of the year in the middle west. H. F. Wilson. re st of e The Mid-West Show The Mid-West Horticultural Show will be held this year at Des Moines, Iowa, November 16, to 20. The MidWest is the big Horticultural Exposition of America and since beekeeping is recognized as an important branch of the show, we hope that many more beekeepers will take advantage of the opportunity to display their products. It is probable that special opportunity will be provided for the beekeeper who cannot attend the show to send his entries to the superintendent of the Apiary Division, who will put them on display and return them after the show. The MidWest offers special chance for staging a great honey show and we hope that beekeepers from a wide territory will have a part in its development. Manitoba Short Course The fourth annual two-weeks' Short Course in Beekeeping at Manitoba Agricultural College, with a record attendance to date of 55 students, is the best one that we have had, from every standpoint. Students were in attendance from Saskatchewan, North Dakota and Ontario, as well as Manitoba. A feature of the short course this year was our Bee Products Judging Competition. Comb honey, extracted honey, beeswax and combs were arranged into classes and judged by all members of the short course class. Prizes of $10.00 and $5.00 were awarded to those who took the two highest places in the competition. A. W. Mitchener. Interesting Notes From Utah At the annual convention of the Utah State Association, on February 1-2, Mr. Heneger, President of the Association, informed the members of plans contemplated by the Bureau of Entomology of the Agricultural Department at Washington, to estab Use Hutzelman's Solution The best Disinfectant for American Foulbrood. Forehand's Three-band Italian Bees and Queens They have been bred for are leaders in honey getting, gentleness and beauty. Untested queens, 1 to 11, $1.00; 12 to 25, 85c; 25 to 99, 80c. 1-lb. package of bees with queen, $3.00; 10 packages and up, $2.75. 100 per cent live delivery and perfect satisfaction guaranteed in United States and Canada. Descriptive circular and prices on lots of 100 or more packages of queens upon application. N. FOREHAND, Gonzalez, Florida New Prices From Old Firm Two-pound package with untested queen, $3.50 each; 25 or more, $3.00 each. Three-pound package with untested queen, $4.50 each; 25 or more, $4.00 each. Nuclei, two and three frame, $4.50 and $5.50 each; lots of 25 at 50 cents less. Queens, 1 to 10, $1.10 each; 11 to 25, $1.00 each; 25 to 50, 90 cents each; 51 to 100, 80 cents each. Our business is founded on a satisfactory guarantee basis. Our bees from the best Miller strain. For further particulars write us. All shipments F. O. B. Macon, Miss. Terms, 10% to book; balance prior to shipping. GEO. A. HUMMER & SON PRAIRIE POINT, MISS. PACKAGES ON COMBS Notice: We are advertising in Gleanings since 1915. We have the light threebanded only. We ship on date promised or refund your money. We ship on combs only, as we have proofs that it is better-it contains the natural feed. We ship only select young queens. All packages go out with a Government health certificate. All dead bees will promptly be replaced if proper express notation is furnished. Reference of my bank, Avoyalles Bank, Moreauville, La. We can ship bees on comb all over U. S., as we can get a permit. Each package contains a select untested queen. 10 3-lb. 25 3-lb. 50 3-lb. 100 3-lb. $ 45.00 103.00 212.00 400.00 10 4-lb. 25 4-lb. 50 4-lb. 100 4-lb. $ 52.00 127.00 248.00 475.00 lish a field station somewhere in the intermountain territory to study beekeeping problems. Mr. Heneger suggested that the Association try to obtain the station for Utah. Wyoming has already taken action to get the station for that state. The Cornell Library New York beekeepers are greatly interested in the success of the apicultural library at Cornell University. The Empire State Federation of Beekeepers recently raised $50 as an endowment unit in memory of Moses Quinby. The Mohawk Valley Association will do the same in memory of Julius Hoffman. The Eastern New York Association proposes to honor the living by raising similar funds in appreciation of the services of W. D. Wright and Chas. Stewart, veteran inspectors of that state. The endowment fund will insure the perpetuation of the library. North Dakota Out to Sell Honey A charter has been granted to the North Dakota Honey Producers' Association by the Secretary of State. The present capitalization is $10,000, divided into shares of a par value of $10 each. Honey producers are going to hear more of this new selling organization. Although Fargo and Moorhead beekeepers were chiefly concerned in starting it the scope is not confined to that territory, as the name indicates.-North Dakota News Letter No. 41. "Bees and Honey" on the Air Every Tuesday V. W. Binderup, the same fellow who conducts the bee school mentioned elsewhere in our miscellaneous items, is also scheduled to broadcast from KFKX, Hastings, Neb., each Tuesday at 7 p. m., on the above subject. Binderup is the new President of the Nebraska Honey Producers' Association. Try This For Association Funds A plan has been adopted by the Western New York Honey Producers' Association to give life membership to those donating one hive of becs to the association. An association TE Plans to Move New York The situation in regard to buckwheat honey is better, but the surplus in the hands of the beekeepers is still large. Some beekeepers, by placing advertisements, have been able to move large quantities in small shipments. R. B. Wilson has enlisted the co-operation of H. J. Clay, of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, and R. L. Purden, of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, who have arranged to put the Empire State Honey Marketing Co-operative Association in touch with all the trade commissioners and consuls, in those countries in Europe that use buckwheat honey. These men in turn will solicit business for the producers, among buckwheat honey dealers. This assistance from the Federal Government is a striking example of co-operation with a producers' organization for which beekeepers will be very grateful. INCREASE YOUR PROFITS BY BUYING Bee Supplies at Right Prices We have special prices for buyers of large quantities and will save you money on your supplies. We make a specialty of manufacturing hives, bodies, supers, frames, sections and shipping cases. Our motto is: "SATISFACTION GUARANTEED or Money Refunded." It will pay you to let us quote you on your requirements before placing your orders. Write for our 1926 catalog. A. H. RUSCH & SON COMPANY REEDSVILLE, WIS. April 1st TWO THOUSAND PACKAGES Italian Bees and Queens Nuclei With Queen 3-Frame-1 to 9 July 1st 1926 Combless Package With Queen $5.00 each 3-pound-1 to 9 $5.00 each 10 to 24 4.60 10 to 24 PACKAGE BEES AND QUEENS Pure Italian. Beautiful, gentle and good honey gatherers. State inspected. Your money's worth or your money back. April delivery. One 2-lb combless package, with select untested queen, $4.00; ten, $88.00. One select untested queen, $1.00: dozen, $10.00; one hundred, $75.00. We have satisfied customers everywhere. CRENSHAW COUNTY APIARIES, Rutledge, Ala. KANSAS BEEKEEPERS Lewis Beeware, Dadant's Wired Foundation at catalog prices. KENNEDY & SONS 1926 QUEEN TALKS By M. J. DEYELL, Apiarist The Value of Queens that Produce Bees Let us compare people and money, with bees and honey. People may obtain money in three ways: they may inherit it, they may steal it, or they may earn it. Bees may obtain honey in three ways: they may inherit it, which simply means that they may have it given to them; they may steal it from weaker colonies, or they may earn it, which means that they may gather it. The country wants people who are producers or earners. Up-to-date beekeepers want bees superior in honey gathering qualities. 2 It has been truly said that the queen is the soul of the colony. How then can worthwhile queens, capable of producing bees superior in honey gathering qualities, be obtained? Such queens can be obtained only by selective breeding-that is, by using carefully selected queen mothers of a known superior honey gathering strain of bees, as breeders, and of employing the best known methods of queen rearing from the time the larvae are grafted into queen cell cups until young laying queens are developed. This work requires patience, skill and an intimate knowledge of the art of queen rearing, and truly, it is an art not easily acquired. During our queen rearing experience, covering over half a century, we have made some progress in this art, but it is our desire to ever continue improving the quality of our queens. It is a satisfaction to know that there is an ever increasing thost of beekeepers who demand Root "QUALITY" queens. If interested in Root "QUALITY" queens and package bees for spring delivery, write for our free booklet entitled "Combless Package Bees," together with our leaflet entitled "How to Take Care of a Shipment of Bees in Root Bee Shipping Cages"; also our queen and bee price sheet. THE A. I. ROOT CO., Medina, Ohio Package Bees No drones shipped, no disease, full weight and fed while in transit on the best of sugar syrup. Not as cheap as advertised by some, but when service and quality are considered, with a guarantee that is a guarantee, then write T. W. BURLESON Waxahachie, Texas CITRONELLE Bees and Queens have pleased thousands of beekeepers. Send us your order, we will supply you what you want or refund your money. QUEENS Untested, $1.00 each, 12 for $10.00, or 100 for $75.00. Select untested, $1.20 each, 12 for $11.00, or 100 for $85.00. Tested, $1.50 each, 12 for $17.00. Good breeders from $5.00 to $25.00 each. PACKAGE BEES 2-lb. packages, $4.00 each; 25 or more, $3.80 each. Prompt service and satisfaction guaranteed. CITRONELLE APIARIES, Citronelle, Ala. Yes, We Send Baby Bees In fact could send no others, except we filled the package in the night-or a rain storm. Yes, queens are introduced in nuclei. They are not so aristocratic that they Just John M. cannot see you; neither have they stored 1,000 pounds of honey. Davis stock. None better. J. G. PUETT & SONS, Moultrie, Ga. 143 |