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GLEANmGS IN fJEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 



T ARISE to say to the read- 

 ers of Geeanings that 



Doolittle 



has conclutled to sell 



BEES and QT'EENS 



during- lOOV at the 

 following- prices: 



One colony bees $ 7 00 



Five " " 30 00 



Ten " ■• 60 00 



One untested queen . . 1 00 

 Three " " •. 3 00 



1 untested queen reared 

 by nat'l swarming-. 1 50 



Three ditto 3 00 



I tested queen 2 00 



3 " " 4 00 



1 tested queen reared by 

 natural swarming. 3 00 



3 ditto 6 00 



Tested'queens. 1886 rearing, each 4 00 



Extra selected, 2 years old, each 10 00 



Cl^~Circular tree, giving full particulars regard- 

 ing the bees, and each class of queens. 



Address G. ITI. DOOLITTLG, 



BORODINO, Onon. Co., N Y. 



SECTIONS. 



1 will sell nice white basswood sections for f 3.00 

 per 1000, smooth on both sides, 4piece all dovetail- 

 ed, 4Mx4J4. Send for sample. 



7tfdb W. S. WRIGHT, Battle Creek, Mich. 



MY 19TH ANNUAL PRICE LIST OF ITALIAN, 

 ■Wl CYPRIAN, and HOLY-LAND BEES. QUEENS, 

 NUCLEUS COLONIES, and APIARIAN SUPPLIES, 

 sent to all who send me their name and address. 

 U. H. BROWN, Light Street, Col. Co., Pa. 



FOR PRICES OF 



Berry -Baskets and Crates, Send to 



Melliitoeb, Hakeols 2i Gbove, Columbiana, 0. 



SElND FOR SAMPLE BASKET FREE. 

 We also sell baskets in flat. . 7-lOdb 



VERY LOW. 



Very nice brood foundation, 38 cts. 

 per lb. Bees in lO-f rame L. hives, plenty of 

 honey, straight combs, with queen, 15.00. 

 Novice' extractor, well made, 15.50. All supplies 

 correspondingly low. E. Y. PEKKINS, 



Ttfd JefTersoii, Oreene €o., Iowa. 



100 Tested Queens from Imported Mother, 



NOV., 1886, REARING, 



At $1.00 each, during the month of April. Un- 

 tested, $9.00 a dozen. J. W. K. SHAW & CO., 

 Money-Order Office, NEWIBKRIA, 



78d Iberia Par., La. 



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