Show A 10 one who shipped all the world in box imagine a queen traveling around the world on 10 cental it aecus CUB and yet it is a fact there is a cf tain man according to the st louis bo public who will do this for any who will send him an order whether il comes from england china or any other foreign country and he saya 1 I have frequent demands from fill parts of the world yen see Z bend these queens as follows yon will notice that there are two little circular apart menta in this royal carriage and be produced a little wooden box one in which the queen is kept and the other for her suit the little plug in the center of the box is solidified candied honey which will furnish food to the regal party until they arrive at theia theix destination the compartments are covered with a fine wire gauze to prevent the escape of the insects this large one in the first compartment the one with the delicately shaped long body and beautiful markings is an italian queen bee and she is valued at 10 I 1 have queena valued all the way from 2 to 26 the others in the second compartment are the suit or worker bees that will accompany her on the trip not only for company but aloo for the heat they will produce to keep her comfortable on the stormy voyage over the great cold after wo have the bees safely stowed away in their proper compartment we switch the little lid around and fasten it with a tiny screw at the ends and on its top surface the address of the consignee is written the stamp is affixed and away goes her a queen bold into slavery for the trifling sum of 10 and sent to her destination on a 20 cent stamp bee has grown so rapidly in the united states that there f aimers now who have not a substantial apiary and who do not net a hanscome hand come income each year from the honey the bees yield and besides the banners then are thousands of gentlemen and ladies who are apiarists purely from tha fail ci nation aba hobby affords |