144 Richard Frotscher's Almanac and Garden Manual 
In this age of progress and improvements, on every well regulated 
farm or plantation, the Apiary is an adjunct of the garden,— a colony 
of bees is as common as the cabbage plot. 
The production of honey is attended with very little difficulty or 
expense. It is a pleasant and healthy article of food, and wjth proper 
attention the Apiary may be made a sure and largely profitable source 
of revenue. 
I therefore make no apology for introducing the card of the 
Home Apiaries, of which Messrs. J. W. lv. Shaw & Co., reliable and 
experienced bee-raisers, are proprietors. My readers will find them 
courteous gentlemen to deal with, and their orders will be promptly 
and satisfactorily attended to. 
H. STECKLEH, SR. J. W. K. SHAW. A. G. SHAW. 
J. W. K. SHAW & CO., 
PROPRIETORS OF 
HOME APIARIES. 
200 COLONIES. QUEEN REARING A SPECIALITY. 
All untested Queens from the “Home Apiaries ” in 1885, will be 
reared from Queens imported by us from Italy, received in July, 1884. 
We are testing their qualities, and will send out no Queen below a 
certain standard of excellence. 
Tested Queens for those who wish them for Queen-rearing, well 
reared and tested in September, October and November, 1884, for 
early Spring orders, 1885. 
(September 1st, 1884. The Queens received from Italy prove very 
prolific, Bees lighter, Queens darker than old stock.) 
&#~Proposals from supply dealers to mail weekly a given number, 
will have our best rates and careful attention. Two hundred colonies 
will be worked during the early spring months. (February, March, 
April and May.) Order book now ready. Write for dozen rates. 
Untested Queen . ..SI.00 
Beauties, best only, tpsted Queen. 3.00 
Safe arrival guaranteed. Prices given in February for Nuclei, 2, 
3, 4 Frames.—Langstrofch. 
Address, 
.8. W. K. SHAW A: CO., 
LOREAUVILLE, IBERIA PARISH, La. 
