March, 1017 



O L E A N I N G S IN BEE C U E T U R E 



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TALKING QUEENS 



Laws Queens Speak for Themselves 



Please remember Laws' queens liavo stood the test of continuous advertising in 

 this journal for this the 28th season. Thousands of customers have testified to the. 

 merits of Laws ' bees and queens, and if there is a displeased customer I do not know it. 



I will begin mailing queens as usual in March. Single tested queen, $1.2.5. Select 

 Tested, $2.00. Untested will be ready in April ; after which see the following table. 



April to .Tune June to November 



1 12 100 1 12 100 



Untested $1.00 $ 9.00 $ 75.00 $ .75 $ 8.00 $ 65.00 



Tested 1.25 10.00 85.00 1.00 10,00 75.00 



Select Tested 2.00 18.00 120.00 1.50 15.00 100,00 



Breeding queens: Guaranteed none better, at all times: cacb $5 00 



Combless Bees AFTEE May 1st. 



1 lb. package, $1.50; 5 to 10 packages each, $1.25; 10 to 50 packages, $1.15 



2 lb. package, 2.50; 5 to 10 packages each, 2.25; 10 to 50 packages, 2.15 



3 lb. package, 3.50; 5 to 10 packages each, 3.25; 10 to 50 packages, 3.15 

 Price of queens to be added to above packages. 



Wheen 10 or more packages are bought, empty carriers to be returned at my expense. 



My queens are all reared in full colonies, plenty of young bees and abundance of fresh honey in 

 the hives. No other plan is so conducive to full-developed and long-lived queens. 



My facilities are such that I can mail from' 5000 to 6000 queens each season. Circular on 

 application. 



Five per cent discount on all orders with the cash for either bees or queens booked this month 



Purity of stock and safe delivery guaranteed to your express or post office on all bees and queens 

 from mv vards. 



I Address W. H. Lhws, Becville, Bee County, Texas | 



Three-band Italian 

 Queens 



I am now booking orders for early 

 spring delivery of queens at % cash 

 and the balance when the queens are 

 shipped. Send in your orders now and 

 get your queens when you want them. 

 Prices April 1st to July 1st. 

 1 



Untested $ .75 



Selected untested .90 



Tested 1.25 



Selected tested. . 2.00 

 After years of careful selecting and 

 breeding, I now have my stock bred up 

 to a very high standard. THEY AEE 

 BEED FROM IMPORTED STOCK, the 

 very best in the world for honey gather- 

 ing and gentleness. They are not given 

 to swarming. 



GUARANTEE that every queen will 

 reach you in first-class shape, to be 

 purely mated, and to give perfect satis- 

 faction. All queens that do not give 

 satisfaction I will replace free of charge 

 or return your money. 



BEES 



For Sale ^y 



April the 15th is the date on which we can 

 ship you the best three-banded bees and queens 

 on the market ; we have been in the bee busi- 

 ness continually for twenty-four years and 

 have been striving to secure the best three- 

 banded bees which money could buy and skill 

 produce, all these j ears. Judging from the 

 many letters which we have received from 

 satisfied customers, we have succeeded in our 

 eflforts. We believe we can furnish you with 

 the best honey-gatherers to be found anywhere. 

 You will find our nuclei better filled with bees 

 and brood than any other nuclei you can buy. 

 All our bees are on standard, wired, Hoffman 

 frames ; full sheets of foundation. File your 

 orders now, sending money when you want the 

 bees shipped. Satisfaction and safe arrival 

 guaranteed. 



We quote without queen, as follows: — 



Three-frame nuclei $2.25 



Two-frame nuclei 1.75 



One-frame nuclei 1.25 



Three pounds bees $3.25 



Two pounds bees 2.25 



One pound bees 1.50 



If queen is wanted with bees add price of 

 queen wanted. 



Young, untested queens $ .75 



Young, tested queens 1.00 



I L. L. Forehand, Fort Deposit, Ala. | | The Hyde Bee Co., Floresville, Tex. | 



