Dec. 20, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



813 



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 Full Size of the Knife.] 



Your Name on the Knife.— Wbea ordermg-, be sure to say just what name aud 



address vou wish put on the Knite. 



The Novelty Knife is indeed a novelty The novelty lies In the handle. It is 

 made beautifully of indestructible celluloid, which is as transparent as g-lass. Un- 

 derneath the celluloid, on one side of the handle is placed the name aud residence of 

 the subscriber, and on the other side pictures of a Queen, Drone, aud Worker, as 

 shown here. 



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

 the blades are hand-forg-ed out of the very finest Eng-lish razor-steel, and we war- 

 rant every blade. The bolsters are made of German silver, aud will never rust or 

 corrode. The rivets are hardened German silver wire; the linint,'s are plate brass; 

 the back springes 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 g'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- 

 tunate as to have one of the '* Novelties," your Pocket-Knife 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 

 give to a sou, a wife to a husband, a sister to a brother, or a lady to a g'entleman, the knife having 

 the name of the recipient on one side? 



The accorapanyingr cu' ^'ives a faint idea, but cannot fuily convey an exact representation of 

 this^beautiful knife, as the '* Novelty " must be seen to be appreciated. 



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

 one sending us ihree new subscribers to the Bee Journal (with $3.00.) We will club the Novelty 

 Knife and the Bee Journal for one year, both for $1.90. 



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 AvvTune length, 4.!l niillimetcTR. 



It will 1m^ seen ttiiit the ineueurements are 

 very irregular, proliably owlii(,' to the fact 

 that the bees wen; of all aires, as .Mr. Ger- 

 liracht says he ran them into the cage just as 

 they came. These colonies were on a double 

 stand, with the entrances only a few inches 

 apart. This will easily account for the one 

 lonff-tungued bee in the cage with the five- 

 Ijanded ones, ai they doubtless workt from 

 one hive to another to a certain e.xtent. One 

 experiment, of course, does not absolutely 

 prove anything-, but after many cases of this 

 kind I ant sure that the difference of length of 

 timgue goes with tbe corresponding difference 

 iu honey-production, other things being equal. 



The more work I do along this line the 

 more certain I am that there is nothing in 

 bee-culture to-day that furnishes the oppor- 

 tunity for improvement that is offered along 

 this line of improving the .strains of our bees. 

 I am contident that there are tons of honey 

 going to waste every year si:nply because the 

 Ijees have not the ability to gather It. As I 

 have said before, it probably will not be prac- 

 tical for every bee-keeper to run an experi- 

 ment station of his own. but he can well afford 

 to pay more attention to tiis phase of im- 

 lirovement, and select his breeding-stock from 

 his best workers, even if they are not the 

 highest colored bees in his yard. 



J. M. Rankix, 

 Apiarian Oept. Mich. Agricultural College. 



Two Almost Entire Failures. 



We have had two seasons in .succession of 

 almost entire failures of the honey crop, and 

 at least .50 percent, if not more, of the bees 

 have perislit from starvation, and the effects 

 of foul brood, which has gained a firm foot- 

 hold here. 



There are no bees kept here except as a side- 

 issue, altho some keep from half a dozen to 50 



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