September, 1908. 



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IDEAL HIVE-TOOL 



A special tool invent 

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 Having a sharp, semi- 

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 it does not mar the 

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 the tool as ever." 



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BOOKS FOR BEE-KEEPERS 



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llL' beautiful half-tone pictures, taken by Dr. 

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 in minutest detail just how Dr. Miller does 

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Advanced Bee-Culture, bv W. Z. Hutch- 

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ABC&XYZof Bee Culture, by A. I. 



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Bee-Keeper's Gnide, or Manual of the 

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Langstroth on the Honey-Bee, revised 

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••The Honey-Money Stories. *'-A 64- 

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 comb-honev misrepresentation is contradict- 

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 Has 33 tine illustrations of apiaries or ^pIarlan 

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