March, 1918 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



183 



QUEENS THAT WILL PLEASE 



OVER 20 YEARS OF CAREFUL SELECTING AND BREEDING 



i i They are bred from IMPORTED stock. The very best for 



= riTARATVTFF ^ honey gathering and gentleness. They are not given to 



I G UAKA.IN ItJl,. I swarming and are highly resistant to diseases. Give me your 



I You take no risk I order and if after you have given my queens a fair trial, you 



i in buying my I 3""® "O* satisfied in every way that they are as good as 



I queens, for I I you have ever used, just return them and I will send you 



^ guarantee every I queens to take their places or return your money with any 



1 queen to reach i postage you have paid out on returning the queens. 



i you in first class i 



= ^ I-.- , 1 = PRICES APRIL 1 TO JUNE 15th. 



I condition, to be = 



I purely mated, i i 6 12 



^ and to give per- ^ Untested. $1.00 $5.(10 $9.00 



i feet satisfartion = Select Untested. 1.15 6.00 10.00 



; leci SaUSiaCllOn. ^ Tested. 1.50 8.00 17.00 



i I Select Tested 2.00 11.00 20.00 



L. L. FOREHAND 



FORT DEPOSIT, ALABAMA I 



Queens g^^g \^j ^^^ PoUnd ^^^^^^ 



Three-banded and Golden Italians. Tlie best of either. They are hustlers — gentle to handle, 

 cap their honey white, are very resistant to European foul brood. We have added B. M. Car- 

 away's queen-rearing outfit to ours; also have with us one of his assistants, so we hope to fill 

 all orders promptly. We had fine success last season shipping bees by the pound in our newly 

 devised shipping-cage, a number of shipments going as far as Idaho and Wyoming. Mr. R. B. 

 Millis, Corinth, N. Y., wrote, "Bees arrived in fine shape; not 50 dead bees to the cag0." 2-lb. 

 size. Satisfaction and safe arrival guaranteed. Reference: The Guaranty State Bank, Robs- 

 town, Texas, or The City Nat. Bank, Corpus Christi, Texas. 



1 6 12 50 100 



Untested Queens . $1.15 $6.35 $11 . 50 $43.70 $ 85 . 00 



Select Tested 2.50 11.50 20.70 74.75 138.00 



Bees, lib. package 1.75 9.80 18.40 74.75 138.00 



Bees, 2-lb. package 2.90 17.25 33.95 132.25 240.00 



When ordering pound packages add price of queen wanted. 



Get our prices on empty bee-cages. Circular Free. 



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