Jan. 26, 1905. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



77 



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^ HAMILTON, ILL. |V 



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The Novelty Pocket=Kiiife. 



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



CThis Cut is tub txjuL Size op the Knifb.] 



Your Name on the Knife.— When ordering, be sure to say Jost what name and 

 Address you wish put on the Knlte. 



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

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

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

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

 shown here. 



The Material entering into this celebrated knife Is of the very best qnality; 

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

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

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

 the back springs of Sheffield spring-steel, and the finish <)f 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 win 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 Id 

 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 conld a mother 

 give to a son, a wife to a husband, a sister to a brother, or a ladv to a gentleman, the knife having 

 the name of the recipient on one side? 



The accompanying cxxi gives a faint Idea, but cannot fully convey an exact representation of 

 thls^autiful knife, as tty* ** Novelty " must be seen to be appreciated. 



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ChkagOblU 



when bees are working in the sections (to cut 

 out queen-cells, for example), cause any con- 

 siderable lessening of the amount of honey 

 stored '. I suspect it does. The matter ought 

 to be looked into, for in some methods to pre- 

 vent swarming there is considerable monkey- 

 ing with the brood-combs. 

 Allen Co., Ind., Jan. 3. D. McCarthy. 



Golden Italians - 

 Tongued Bees- 



Feeding — Long- 

 Plain Sections. 



I notice that a good many people condemn 

 the golden Italian bees. I have one colony 

 that is a heautiful golden in the summer- 

 time, and it is the third swarm that issued 

 from the parent hive. I intended to put them* 

 back, but they had a fine queen, and as they 

 were few in numbers I thought I would let 

 her have them and see what she would do. ■ I 

 hived them on two empty combs, and fed 

 them. In a few days she began to lay, and in 

 a short time they were a good-sized colony, 

 and to-day they are hustling to keep up life. 

 VVhen the first swarm issued from this colony 

 I took i frames, bees and all, from it to rear 

 queens from. After all this she filled the 4 

 empty frames and the bees stored about 36 

 pounds of good section honey, and the swarm 

 which issued from this colony has the hive 

 full of honey and a good winter's supply of 

 bees, while the /)<»•««( hive filled only 24 sec- 

 tions. Give me all golden Italians like the 2 

 I have and they will gather the nectar fast 

 enough. 



I use S-frame dovetailed hives and Hoffman 

 frames, and have no trouble in handling the 

 bees. The hives have handholes in the sides, 

 which I prefer to cleats, as I can stack them 

 up close together, so that mice, or bugs or 

 anything of that sort can not get in them. I 

 have a few of the old Langstroth hives, but 

 don't like them. They are too deep and the 

 covers too heavy. 



I put supi rs on top of the hives for winter, 

 and if I have; to feed I fill sections with comb 



