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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



April 5, 1900. 



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but have been selling vehicles and harness 

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 These factsspeak volumes for the quality of 



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The Novelty Pocket=Knife. 



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



[This Cut is the Full Size of the Knife.] 



Your Name op the Knife.— When ordering-, be sure to say just 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 beautifull.v of indestructible celluloid, which is as transparent as glass. Un- 

 derneath the celluloid, on one side of the haridle 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 entering- into this celebrated knife is of the very best quality; 

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

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 corrode. The rivets are hardened German silver wire; the linings 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 

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

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

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The accompanying- cut g^ives a faint idea, but cannot fully convey an exact representation of 

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honey in the top story, and empty 

 combs in the bottom story. All I have 

 to do is to make a rim the same size as 

 the outside shell, to sit on top. If any 

 one wishes to try this experiment in 

 wintering in two stories, we can ex- 

 plain it in another way. 



I am 13 years of ag^e. 



Miss Emma Banker. 



Brown Co., Minn., March 19. 



A Minnesota Report. 



This part of Minnesota (a little south 

 of central) is favorably endowed by 

 nature for keeping- bees. Basswood, 

 white clover, and a variety of honey- 

 producing wild flowers abound in " the 

 most favored places. Farmers are be- 

 ginning to sow alsike clover, and find 

 that it grows well. An occasional stalk 

 of sweet clover seen in gardens and 

 elsewhere, stands as proof that their 

 kind will do well here. 



I would guess that we have about 

 1,000 colonies of bees within a radius 

 of 10 miles from here. A great many 

 of these are kept in a rude way. I 

 commenced in the bee-business last 

 spring with 11 colonies. One of these 

 was weak, and " dwindled out," so I 

 had only 10 to begin the season with. 

 These increast to 23, and gave a sur- 

 plus of about 400 pounds of comb 

 honey. The season for this place was 

 not very good. 



We have a good market here at home 

 for comb honey at IS cents per pound. 



Bees seem to be wintering well here 

 this winter. They will need to be in 

 winter quarters about two or three 

 weeks yet. 



From my experience last spring I 

 learned that early breeding can be 

 helpt along to protect them in some 

 way to keep them warmer. For one 

 thing, use a pad or cushion of some 

 kind over the brood-frames. Perhaps 

 nothing would answer better than a 

 chaff cushion. But since the present 

 age of " blowers," chaff is a scarce 

 article. As a substitute I think of 

 trying bran. I have an excess of 

 supers, and mean to utilize them to 

 hold the bran. I will tack thin muslin 

 on the inside of the super, and let it 

 sag downward to a level with the bot- 

 tom ; then fill in enough bran to make 

 a warm cushion. The brood-frame 

 cloth will intervene so the super-cloth 

 can not be waxt down. In this way it 

 can be put off and on with convenience, 

 and even used over the section super 

 during the early part of the honey-flow 

 to protect the bees during the cool 

 nights, so common in this part until 

 late in the summer. If I am wrong 

 about substituting bran for chaff, I 

 will be pleased if some one will kindly 

 inform me. . 



I believe bee-keeping is one of the 

 fine arts, and to keep abreast with the 

 times one should take literature on the 

 subject. Another thing, I believe the 

 life and activity of the bees in an api- 

 ary will be increast by adding an occa- 

 sional fine queen from another yard. 

 E. S. Roe. 



Todd Co., Minn., March 26. 



Mild Winter, Smelter Smoke, Etc. 



Spring is with us once more, the bees 

 are humming, the birds are singing, 

 and the bee-keepers are hopeful. They 

 are looking into the future with re- 

 newed confidence, and why should they 



