Lilly's complete annual catalog : seeds fertilizers stock foods bee supplies spray materiels poultry supplies . riving considerableprofit from the sale of surplus honey. The work is light, easy, and there is a fascinationabout it that makes it worth while even if no pecuni-ary profits were derived. Any person who is a loverof nature will be delighted with the intelligence dis-played in the everyday life of a colony of bees. Astudy of their little world discloses system, govern-ment, social economy, industry and perseverance thatwe humans would do well to copy. Many have not entered into the bu
Lilly's complete annual catalog : seeds fertilizers stock foods bee supplies spray materiels poultry supplies . riving considerableprofit from the sale of surplus honey. The work is light, easy, and there is a fascinationabout it that makes it worth while even if no pecuni-ary profits were derived. Any person who is a loverof nature will be delighted with the intelligence dis-played in the everyday life of a colony of bees. Astudy of their little world discloses system, govern-ment, social economy, industry and perseverance thatwe humans would do well to copy. Many have not entered into the business on accountof a fear of stings, but that is a fallacy. Bees arereally gentle little things, and use their stings only fordefense. To obtain satisfactory results from bees, proper ap-pliances and fixures must be provided, and the bestof these appliances will be found to be the mosteconomical in the end. If bee supplies are required in very large quantities, please advise articles and quantitieswanted and we will quote lowest possible quantity prices. SEATTLE PORTLAND 10 DOVETAILED HIVES FOR COMB HONEY. lJ/2-Story Hive, Open. One and One-Half and Hive. Closed. Two-Story Hives The Dovetailed Hive as shown above is the Stan-dard Comb Honey Hive. It is furnished in twosizes, eight-frame and ten-frame. If you are be-ginning to equip a new apiary we recommend theten-frame. The above illustrates a V/2 story hive; when twosupers are included it is then a 2 story hive forcomb honey. The Bottom as regularly furnished is reversible,so that it can be used either side up. one side form-ing a %-inch entrance and the other a £g-inch en-trance for the bees. The Body or brood chamber is equipped with theHoffman self-spacing brood frames, eight with theeight-frame hive and ten with the ten-frame hive. A Division Board is furnished with each eight-frame body, as it is required to fill the space properlywhen all eight frames are in place. In the ten-framesize, however, it is not furnished, a
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