140 
Price of Common Swarm of Black Bees, with the 
compound or glass hive, including right and fixtures, 
all complete, . $20 00 
Note. — Parties will gain but little in purchasing a full 
Italian swarm, as it only requires about three months for a 
swarm to become Italianized after an Italian Queen has been 
introduced. As I can only furnish a limited amount of Ital- 
ian swarms, I would therefore suggest that the purchaser 
order the common Black Bees witli an Italian Queen intro- 
duced, as a portion of the swarm will become Italianized by 
the time I ship them. A large part of them will bear the 
stripe if not sent until October or November, which is the 
most proper time to ship them, especially if they are to be 
shipped any distance. 
A swarm of this kind is just as good for another year’s 
operations, and cost less money. 
Price of Italian Queens for 1865. 
Price of Italian Queen, with a few hundred 
workers to insure her safe conveyance to the place 
of destination, . . . . . . . $6 00 
It will be understood that the workers sent with the 
Queens are usually of the common kind, and are of no 
account whatever more than to take care of the Queen on 
her journey; common bees answering for the purpose just 
as well as Italians. They are not calculated, as many sup- 
pose, to commence new colonies with. With this limited 
amount, it cannot be_ done. 
Price of Two Queens if sent to one address, $10 00 
“ Three 14 00 
“ Four, 18 00 
“ Six 25 00 
Persons ordering Queens would do well to adopt the use 
of my hives, if they have not got them already. Bees and 
Queens always skipped by express, and hives, &c., can be 
