March, 1908. 



American Hae Journal 



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BEE-KEEPERS' NOVELTY 

 POCKET-KNIFE 



Diir name niid ad dress put 



le of the handle as 

 cut. and on the 

 other side pictures of 

 a queen-bee, a worker, 

 and a drone. The 

 handle is celluloid 

 and transparent, 

 through which is 

 seen your name. 

 If you lose this 

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 you if you happen 

 to be injured fatal- 

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 size. Be sure to 

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 delivered in two 

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BEE-KEEPER'S 



GOLD-NIB 

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A really good 

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 can't slip off because it slightly 

 wedges over the barrel at either 

 end. This pen is non-leakable. 

 It is very easily cleaned, the pen- 

 point and feeder being quickly 

 removed. The simple feeder 

 gives a uniform supply of ink to 

 the pen-pt.iint without dropping, 

 blotting or spotting. Every bee- 

 keepei ought to carry one in his 

 vest-pocket. Comes in box with 

 directions and filler. Each pen 

 guaranteed. Here shown ?j ac- 

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QUEEN-CLIPPING DEVICE 



The Monette Queen- 

 Clipping Device is a 

 fine thing for use in 

 catching and clipping 

 Queens' wings. -IHi 

 inches high. It is used 

 by many bee-keepers. 

 Full printed direc- 

 tions sent with each 



Price alone, post- 

 paid. 25 cents. With a 

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IDEAL HIVE-TOOL 



A special tool ii 

 by a Minnesota bee 

 keeper, adapte 

 for prying up su 

 pers and for gen- 

 eral work around 

 theapairy. Made 

 of malleable iron 

 SYs inches long. The 

 middle part is 1 1-16 

 inches wide and 7-32 

 thick. The smaller 

 end is 1 7-8inches Ion 

 1-2 inch wide, and 7-32 

 thick, ending like a 

 screw-driver. The 

 larger end is wedge- 

 shaped havingasharp, 

 semi-circular edge, 

 making it almost per- 

 fect for prying up cov- 

 ers, supers, etc., as it 

 does not mar the wood. 

 Dr. Miller, who has 

 used it since 1903 says. 

 January 7, ly07: "I 

 think as much of the 

 tool as ever." 

 Price alone, postpaid. 

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 subscription, 60 cents. 

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pREmiun 



QUEENS 



These are untested, stanc 



ard-bred, Italian Queens, 



reports of which have 



been highly satisfactory. 



They are active breeders. 



and produce good work- 

 Sent only after May 1st. 



Orders booked any time 



for 1908 queens. Safe de- 

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HUMOROUS BEE POST-CARDS 



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 out of the old-fashioned "skep." Size 

 3'4x5i4, printed in four colors. Blank 

 space mx3 inches is for writing. Prices— 

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 given free for one SO-cent subscription. 



BOOKS FOR BEE-KEEPERS 



with g-old letters and design, illustrated with lli 

 beautiful half-tone pictures, taken bv Dp. 

 Miller. It is a good, new storv of successful 

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 in minutest detail just how Dr. Miller does 

 things with bees. Price alone, Jl.OO. With a 

 year's subscription, *1.25. Given free for4new 

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Advanced Bee Culture, br W. Z. Hutchin- 

 son. -The author is a practical and helpful 

 writer. 330 pages; bound in cloth, beautifully 

 illustrated. Price alone. $1.20. With a year's 

 subscription, $1.45. Given free for 5 new sub- 

 scriptions at 50 cents each. 



A B C of Bee Culture, bv A. I. & E. R. 

 Root.— Over 500 pages describing everything 



ing to the 



of honey-be 



Giv 



$1.50. 



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Scientific Queen-Rearingr, as Practically 

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Bee-Keeper*s Guide, or Manual of the 

 Apiary, by Prof. A. J. Cook.— This book is in- 

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 practical and scientific. It also contains anat- 

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 illustrations. Bound in cloth. Price alone, $1.20. 

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Lansstroth on the Honey-Bee, revised 

 by Dadant. -This classic has been entirely re- 

 written. Fully illustrated. No apiarian library 

 is complete without this standard work bv "The 

 Father of American Bee Culture." 520 pages, 

 bound in cloth. Price alone, $1.20. With a year's 

 subscription, $1.45. Given free for 5 new sub- 

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••The Honey-Money Stories.*'— A &t-page 

 booklet. Containing many short, bright stories 

 interspersed with facts and interesting items 

 about noney. The manufactured comb-honey 

 misrepresentation is contradicted in two items 

 each occupying a full pa)?e. Has 33 fine illus- 

 trations of apiaries or apiarian scenes. It als~ 



ith the food-value of hOnev, for it.. 



object is to interest people in honev as a dailv 

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Three copiesfor 50cents; ortheSwith a vear's 

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 free for 2 new subscriptions at 50 cents each. 



Amerikanische Bienenzncbt, by Hans 



Buschbauer, is a bee-keeper's handbook of 138 



" "pes. which is jnst what our German friends 



n want. It is fully illustrated, and neatly 



ages, whicii is jnst what our German friends 

 will want. It is fully illustratedj_and neatl 

 bound in cloth. Price alone, $1.00. with a year' 



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BEE-HIVE CLOCK 



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