494 GLEANINGS IK BEE CULTURE June, 1917 



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[talking queens] 



I Laws' Queens Speak for Themselves | 



i Please remember Laws' queens have stood the test of continuous advertising in | 



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



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



I Untested will be ready in April; after which see the following table. | 



1 April to June June to November = 



i 1 12 100 1 12 100 I 



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



i Tested 1.25 10.00 85.00 1.00 10.00 75.00 I 



I Select Tested 2.00 18.00 120.00 1.50 15.00 100.00 | 



H Breeding queens: Guaranteed none better, at all times: each $5.00 | 



j Combless Bees AFTER MAY 1st. | 



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



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



1 3 lb. package, 3.50; 5 to 10 packages each, 3.25; 10 to 50 packages, 3.15 | 



1 Price of queens to be added to above packages. | 



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



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



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



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



1 application. | 



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



s from my yards. | 



I Address | 



I W. H. Laws, Beeville, Bee Co., Texas I 



I OF QUALITY | 



I Capacity of Yard over 1000 Queens a Month | 



I After 20 years of careful selecting and breeding I now liave a strain of bees i 



I that cannot be excelled by any. . . . My queens are all bred from IMPOETED | 



I STOCK, the very best in the world for honey-gathering and gentleness. They are f 



I not given to swarming. What more do you want in bees than the three above 1 



I qualities? 1 



I Prices April 1st to July 1st. | 



1 1 6 12 1 6 12 I 



I Untested $ .75 .$4.25 $8.00 Tested $1.25 $7.00 $13.00 | 



I Selected untested. .90 5.00 9.00 Selected tested. . 2.00 11.00 20.00 | 



I GUARANTEE. — You take no risk in buying my queens, for I guarantee every | 



1 queen to reach you in first-class condition, to be purely mated, and to give perfect | 



1 satisfaction. All queens that do not give satisfaction I will replace or return | 



I your money. Send for circular. | 



I L L. Forehand, Ft. Deposit, Alabama | 



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