This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ...of bees This consists of the following, and is styled our Beginner's Outfit No. 1. 1 A BO of Bee Culture, cloth 81 25 1 No. 2 veil 50 1 Clark's smoker 50 6 No. 1 Dov. hives, P. W., complete in fiat 6 00 All shipped together, the price will be $8.00. Nails for hives and foundation-starters for frames aud sections, as ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ...of bees This consists of the following, and is styled our Beginner's Outfit No. 1. 1 A BO of Bee Culture, cloth 81 25 1 No. 2 veil 50 1 Clark's smoker 50 6 No. 1 Dov. hives, P. W., complete in fiat 6 00 All shipped together, the price will be $8.00. Nails for hives and foundation-starters for frames aud sections, as well as full directions for putting the hives together, are always included, If you would prefe. to have one hive all put together as a guide in uailiug the others correctly, we will include an extra hive, all put up complete, with a full sheet of foundation in three of the frames, for $2.00 extra, making the Outfit No. 1 complete with 6 hives, one of the ti being put up complete, and the others in the Hat, $10.00. For those who can afford it, we would advise, in addition to the above, the following tools, which will be found very convenient if not quite indispensable: Daisy foundation-roller $ 15 Daisy foundation-fastener 1 00 1 spur wire-imbedder 15 5 lbs. medium brood foundation 2 40 1 qt. paint for hives 45 1 Alley's queen-trap 50 1 Porter bee-escape and board complete. 85 Total additional supplies, $5 00 These, added to Outfit No. 1, compose our Beginner's Outfit No. 2, and costs, complete with extra hive, put up, $15.00; without extra hive, $13.00. These goods (except the hive put up) go at thirdclass freight, and weigh less than 200 lbs., and the freight: will be from 25 cents up to 4 or 5 dollars, depending on the distance. To most points in this and near-by States the charges will be less than $1.00 on either outfit. by The A. 1. Root Co. All rights reserved. HIVES. Size of Hives. Before describing our hives a few words regarding sizes may not be amiss. In the first place, the iangstroth frame, 9)6 in. deep by 17 % long, has been, bycom...
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