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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



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-^ULL Size of the Knife.] 



Your Name on the Knife.— When oideriug-, be sure to say just what aame and 

 address you wish put on the Knite. 



The Novelty Knife is iudeed a novelty The novelty lies !u tlie handle. 

 made beautifully of indestructible celluloid, which is as transparent as gh 

 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 

 shown here. 



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

 the blades are hand-forg^ed out of the very finest Eug-lish 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 linings are plate brass; 

 the back spring-s of Sheffield spring-'Steel, and the finish of the handle as described 

 above. It will last a last-time, with proper usag-e. 



Why Own the Novelty Knife ? In case "a p-ood 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; otherwise'to try to destroy the name and ad- 

 dress, would destroy the knife. If traveling-, and you meet with a serious accident, and are so for- 

 tunale as to have one of the "Novelties," your Pocket-Kxife will serve as an identifier; and in 

 case of death, your relatives will at once be notified of the accident. 



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

 g-ive 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- cu' tffves a faint idea, but cannot fully convey an exact representation of 

 this'beauliful knife, as the " Noveltj' " must be seen to be appreciated. 



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

 one sending- us 'iriREE new surscribfrs to the Bee Journal (with $3.00.) We will club the Novelty 

 Knife and the Bee Journal for one year, both for Jl.'Xi. 



GEORGE W, YORK £ CO,, 118 Mich. St., Chicago, 111. 



J^^PIease allor "-bout two weeks for your kuife order to be filled. 



snionds 1% and 3 

 h.p. gasoline eng-ines. Wanted 

 wer saws, lathes and machinerv of all 

 ROBERT B. GEDYK, La Salie, III. 

 Mention the American Bee Journal. 



MacHineri! 



FOR SALE.— Tenoa machine, 

 doviutf machine, two-spindle 

 ble, ^ua^es and saws, shafting', 

 d belting-. Fred DALTON,Walker,Mo. 

 Please mention the Bee Journal. 



The Ohio Farmer 



AND THE 



American Bee Journal, 



Both One Year for only $1.40. 



THE OHIO FARMER is clearly one of the leaders of the agricultttral papers 

 of this country. It is a 20-page weekly, often 24 pages, handsomely printed on 

 good paper, and CLEAN in both reading and advertising columns. It has the 

 largest actual staff of editors and correspondents (all farmers) of any farm paper 

 publisht, and is practically progressive in defending the farmer's interests. 



IT WILL HELP YOU MAKE "THE FARM PAY." Send to Ohio F.\rmbr, 

 Cleveland, Ohio, for a free sample copj'. 



REMEMBER, we send both the Ohio Farmer and the American Bee Journal, 

 both one year for only $1.40. Address, 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 118 MICHIGAN Street, CHICAGO. ILL. 



26 cents Cash 



This is a good time 



to send in your Bees- 



• ■* fi l^fc '4» »♦» wax. We are pa3'ine 



paid for Beeswax. * - ir,.' f:.,i.T 



low, upon its receipt, or 2.s cents in trade. Impure wax not taken at any price. 

 Address as follows, very plainly, 

 GEORGE W. YORK & CO., 118 Michigan St., CHICAGO. 



two of thim, and Oi'll ti-y to git me old woman 

 ter be radin the " Cnok-Book "' — she won't 

 rade the Jurual, an says Oim an Old Saj^er. 

 bee-joote, an she wushes she'd got marrid to 

 some foiuc young feller, wid since enuff ter 

 go ter bed at noight, and not be spiudin toime 

 an munny wid ould books an papers fnll av 

 bees, an no hunny in the house, nor wood in 

 the shanty. 



Oim hopin luck may sthrike her wid ther 

 Cook-Book upon Christmas mornin. 



C'TREXE E. MORKIS. 



I arroll Co.. Iowa, Dec. 14. 



A Slim Honey Crop. 



The honey crop was very slim here the past 

 season. The weather is fine now, and the bees 

 hare been flying for the last .S or 4 days, and 

 carrying out lots of dead bees. I am afraid 

 there will be a great many of them next spring. 



The old American Bee Journal is the pillar 

 of truth. Long may it and its editor stand 

 without fear. D. D. D.4NIHek. 



Dane Co.. Wis.. Dee. :il. 



Poopest Season in 10 Years. 



Tlie past season has been the poorest for 

 honey we have had in 10 years. The bees did 

 not make their expenses — some had enough 

 for winter — some had a little — and others 

 n<jthing. I fed over 600 pounds of sugar syrup 

 in order that they might have the required 

 amount of stores. Clover looks fine now, and 

 the prospects for next season are very good. 



Holmes Co., O., Dee. 1". Amos Miller. 



Good Season for Honey. 



The past season war- a good one for hone.v 

 in this locality. The spring was very mild, 

 and gave the bees an opportunity to gather all 

 tlie honey froin the fruit-blossoms. White 

 clover was never so plentiftil as the past sum- 

 mer, altho the weather was not as good as it 

 might have been. Alsike and sweet clovei- 

 yielded plenty of honey. The bees gathered 

 honey from wild aster and sweet clover dur- 

 ing October, gathered pollen from dandelions 

 until Oct. 3, and had a good flight on Oct. 20. 



I wish you a happy New Year, and success 

 to the American Bee Journal. 



Charles Duclos. 



Saginaw Co.. Mich.. Dec. 20. 



Honey Crop Slim the Past Season. 



The honey crop of UIOO was rather slim in. 

 this county. Clover and basswood failed en- 

 tirely, so that with the exception of some 

 honey-dew that was gathered in May and 

 June, we had a dearth of honey from apple- 

 bloom until buckwheat bloom. Btickwheat 

 yielded fairly well, and I secured enough to 



200-Egg Incubator 



for $ 1 2.00 



Perfect in ennstruetion and 



epg. Write for catalogue to-day 

 GEO. H. STAHL. Quincy. III. 



the Bee Jc 



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diKEIUEK'S POULTRY 



B. H. CREIDER, Florin, Pa. 



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