1909(?) Black Bee Catalogue

[prakel]

I recently acquired a small catalogue of native English bees. There's no explicit date but based on a series of past customer testimonials which stop at February 1909 I'm going to hazard a guess that it was published for the 1909 season.

I'd be interested in any extra information if anyone has come across reference to this supplier previously.

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[Adam]

Not me - How much did the bees sell for? Do tell!

[Mellifera Crofter]

That's interesting, Prakel. I wonder whether the Isle of Wight disease prompted an interest in breeding pure black bees (and then they gave up in their quest in 1909)?
Kitta

[prakel]

Hi Adam, sorry for the slow response (I managed to misplace the catalogue!). Having finally stumbled across it I'm uploading the prices and a couple of other pages which may interest Kitta. The photos aren't brilliant, I'm using a rather poor quality camera at the moment but I hope they'll be clear enough.

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