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November, 1908. 



American IBae Journal 



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BEE-KEEPERS' NOVELTY 

 POCKET'KNIFE 



nd address put 



f the handle as 

 t, anri on the 

 le piei-ures of a 

 «, a worker, 

 drone. The 

 I is cellQloid 

 transparent, 



thif 



to identify 



juii if you happen 



to be injured fatal- 



l^ , or are uncon- 



. Cut is exact 



'-i/i . Be sure to 



write exact name 



Mill address. Knife 



1 1 V e r e U in two 



ks. Priceof knife 



dlone, postpaid, $1.25, 



With ^-ear's aubscrip- 



hand- 

 cly finished. The cov 

 u^'ly,and can't slip off becaus 

 it sliphtly wedges over the barrel 

 at cither end This pen is non- 

 l.-akable It is very easily cleaned, 

 the pen-point and feeder being 

 quickly remove)!. Tne simple 

 feeder pives a uniform supply of 

 ■ ' ' "he pen-point without drop- 



CA 



bio 



Ev 



spotting. 



.. . _ ght to carry one in 



vest-pocket. Comes in_box 



eeper t 

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MONETTE 



QUEEN-CLIPPING 



DEVICE 



The Mimettp Qut-en- 

 Cllpplns Device la a 

 lino thing for use In 

 catchinj? and clipping 

 tiuoonft' winKS. Four 

 :in.i one-half inches 

 hlKh. It Is used by 

 many bee-keeper.s. 

 Full printed directions 

 si'Ht with each one. 



IDEAL HIVE-TOOL 



A special tool invent- 

 ed by a Minnesota 

 bee-keeper. adapt- 

 ed for prying ui 

 supers and for 

 general work 

 around the api- 

 ary. Made of 

 malleable iron, 8H 

 inches lonsj. The 

 middle part is 1 1-16 

 inches wide and 7-32 

 thick. The smaller 

 end is Vb inches 

 long, '4 inch wide, 

 and 7-32 thick, end- 

 ing like a screw- 

 driver. The larger 

 end is wedge-shaped 

 having a sharp, semi- 

 circular edge, mak- 

 ing it almostperfect 

 for prying up cov- 

 ers, supers, etc.. as 

 it does not mar the 

 wood. Dr. Miller, 

 who has used it since 

 1903 says, Jan. 7. 1907; 

 ■■ I think as much of 

 the tool as ever." 



Price alone, post- 

 paid, 40 cents. With 

 a year's subscrip- 

 tion,$1.00. Given free 

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 tions at 75c each. 



PREMIUM QUEENS 



Tliese are untested, stan- 

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 reports of which have 

 been highly satisfactory. 

 They are active breeders, 

 and produce good work- 

 ers. 



Sent only after May 1st. 

 Orders booked anytime 



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HUnOROUS BEE POST-CARDS 



0->^-^'<^i'-,?'"OwONT rou EE ny HOKEY 



™0 CHCER THTS LONELY MEABT» 



For I WOULD hu6 tou all the Tinc/ 



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A "Teddy Bear" on good terms with 

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 space I'-ixS inches for writing. Prices -3 

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BOOKS FOR BEE-KEEPERS 



Forty Years Among the Bees, by Dr. C. 



C. Miller.— 3S4 pages, bound in handsome cloth, 

 with gold letters and design, iiiustra.ed with 

 112 beautiful half-tone pictures, taken by Dr. 

 Miller. It is a good, new st«try of successful 

 bee-keeping by one of the masters, and shows 

 in minutest detail just how Dr. Miller does 

 things with bees. Price alone, $1.00. With a 

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

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A B C & X Y Z of Bee Culture, by A. I. 

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Scientific Queen-Rearing, as Practically 

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year's . . . 



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Bee-Keeper's Guide, or Manual of the 

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I^angstroth on the Honey-Bee, revised 

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 work by "The Father of American Bee-Cul- 



Gi 



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'•The Honey-Money Stories."- A 64- 

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Amerikanisohe Bienenzucht. by Hans 

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THE EMERSON BINDER 



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