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THE BLESSED BEES. 



. $241 



50 



4-50 



32 



00 



3i 



50 



. 35o 



00 



42.50 



35 



00 



6 



00 



3- 



00 



2.00 



be considered an investment. The expense account 

 was finally arranged as follows : 



6900 honey boxes, at $3.50 per IOO 

 Expressage on same 

 Labor of my own team 

 Labor of teams drawing honey 

 Labor of self, 7m. at $50 per m. 

 34 bushels of buckwheat 

 7,000 labels for boxes 

 1,500 labels for crates . 

 Straw for packing in car 

 Stationery and Postage 



$748.00 



All other items were properly put in the invest- 

 ment account, for all were on hand in the shape of 

 tools, materials, hives, or bees. This account stood 

 thus : 



Sundries, (p. 42) $358.89 



Fence, (p. 46) 39-98 



Sundries, (p. 51) ..... 16.95 



Expressage on Italians .... 3.00 



800 frames, at $5.00 per 100 . . . 40.00 



100 feeders, at 30c. .... 30.00 



2 tin pails, at 90c. . . . . . 1.80 



Expressage on frames and feeders . 3.25 



18 barrels, at $1.25 22.50 



18 honey gates, at 50c g.oo 



Material for 50 hives, at 38c, . . . 19.00 



200 tin rabbets, at i^c. .... 3.00 



3 gallons paint at $2.00 . . , . 6.00 

 Oil, turpentine, putty, .... 1.40 

 5 yards duck, at 20c. . 1. 00 

 Paintbrush ,5 



