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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 14 14' 4 



DITTMER'S FOUNDATION 



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Has an established reputation, because made by a process that produces the Cleanest and 

 Purest, Kichest in Color and Odor. Mowt Transparent and I out;;li- 



est— in fact, the best and most beautiful Foundation made. If you have never seen it, don t 

 fall to send for samples. WorkinK wax into Foundation for Cash a specialty. Beeswax al- 

 ways wanted at highest price. A full line of SIJHPt,IES, retail and wholesale. Catalog 

 and prices with samples free on application. 



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Please mention Bae Journal when writin* 



The Novelty Pocket=Knife. 



Your Name and Address on one side— Three Bees on the other side. 



HOWARD M. MELBEE, 



HONEYVILLE, O. 



(This Cut is the i'OLL Size of the Knife.) 



Your Name on the Knife.— When ordering, be sure to say jnst what name and 

 address you wish put on the Knife. 



The Novelty Knife is indeed a novelty The novelty lies in the handle. It is 

 made beautifully of indestructible celluloid, which is as transparent as glass. Un- 

 derneath the celluloid, on one side of the handle is placed the name and residence of 

 the subscriber, and on the other side pictures of a Queen, Drone, and Worker, as 

 Bhown here. 



The Material entering- into this celebrated knife is of the very best quality; 

 the blades are hand-forgred out of the very finest English razor-steel, and we war- 

 rant every blade. The bolsters are made of German silver, and will never rust or 

 corrode. The rivets are hardened German silver wire; the lininffs are plate brass; 

 the back springs of Sheffield spring-steel, and the finish of the handle as described 

 above. It will last a last-time, with proper usage. 



Why Own the Novelty Knife ? In case a good knife is lost, the chances are the 

 owner will never recover it; but if the "Novelty" is lost, having name and address 



of owner, the finder will return it; othei 

 dress, would destroy the knife. If travelii 

 tnnate as to have one of the -'Novelties," 

 case of death, your relatives will at once b' 



dition than did the 109 colonies. I ob- 

 tained an average yield during the 

 season of 1881, of 130 pounds per col- 

 ony—next to the largest yield I ever 

 obtained in that locality. 



The condition which helped to this 

 success in spite of such long confine- 

 ment, was having the colonies in good 

 condition in the fall, with ample stores 

 of the best of fall honey (mostly buck- 

 wheat), early packing, use of first-class 

 packing material, utilized in the best 

 manner then known, a good wind- 

 break on all sides of the apiary, and 

 last, but not least, I think, the having 

 the hives almost (many of them en- 

 tirely) covered by snow during all the 

 hardest part of the winter. The hives 

 used were permanent chaff-hives, 

 somewhat on the order of the Root 

 chaff-hive, excepting that the Ijrood- 

 chamber was the same size and dimen- 

 sions as the Ideal hive still used in the 

 apiaries. 



Mr. Doolittle says that he does not 

 think it possible that bees can be con- 

 fined as long as 156 days when win- 

 tered on the summer stands, and come 

 out in perfect shape for the summer's 

 work. It looks as if that opinion needs 

 revision. O. O. PopplETON. 



Dade Co., Fla., June 27. 



- to try to destroy the name and ad- 

 nd you meet with a serious accident, and are so for 

 r Pocket-Knife will serve as an identifier; and in 

 ified of the accident. 

 How appropriate this knife is for a present! What more lasting memento could a mother 

 give to a son, a wife to a husband, a sister to a brother, or a lady to a gentleman, the knife having 

 the name of the recipient on one side? 



The accompanying cut gives a faint idea, but cannot fully convey an exact representation of 

 thisjbeautiful knife, as liy " Novelty " must be seen to be appreciated. 



How to Get this Valuable Knife.— We send it postpaid for $1.25, or give it as a Premium to the 

 one sending usaHREENEW subsckibeks to the Bee Journal (withSS-W.) We will club the Noveltj 

 Knife and the Bee Journal for one year, both for $2.00. 



A Discouraging Season. 



At this writing the stores of the bees 

 throughout the county, as far as has 

 come under my observation, have gone 

 backward from what they were one 

 month ago. As the weather was not 

 unusual for this time of the year, I can- 

 not account for this backward tendency 

 in any other way than that the reaction 

 after swarming-time is the cause of it ; 

 that the bees are busy getting up nor- 

 mal strength, and that they will yet 

 compensate for the time and money 

 spent on them. Sebastian Iselin. 



San Joaquin Co., Calif., June 26. 



Poor Year in Florida. 



This has been a poor year for bees 

 all along the coast. Here they are not 

 as heavy as on April 1. The saw-pal- 

 metto yielded no honey ; neither has 

 the mangrove. Cabbage-palmetto may 

 give them enough to winter on, but 

 there will be no surplus. 



E. M. Graves. 



Volusia Co., Fla., June 30. 



GEORGE W, YORK d CO. 



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Chicago. Bl 



Fine Prospects for a Crop. 



If the weather is favorable for the 

 gathering of it, the prospects are fine 

 for a good honey crop in this section 

 of the country. We never had a better 



VIRGINIA QUEENS. 



Italian Oueens secured bv a cross and years 

 of careful selection iroiu Red Clover Queens 

 and Superior Stock obtained of W. Z. Hutchin- 

 son. I can furnish l.irge, vigorous Untested 

 Oueens at 75 cents; after June 15, 6Uc. Tested 

 Queens, $1.00; after June IS, 75c. Write for dis- 

 count on large orders. 



CHAS. KOEPPEN, 



FREDERICKSBURG, VA. 



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