June 8, 1905 - 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



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DAMIfT'S FOUNDATION" 



IT EXIOELS. 



WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. 



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^ ^ BEE-SUPPLIES ^ ^ 



OF ALL KINDS. 





Beeswax Wanted at all Times. 



DADANT & SONS, Hamilton, 111. 



combs. They're by no means always at work, 

 but seem to get a lot of enjoyment out of 

 simply flying in and out of the empty hive, 

 which exercise they keep up day after day till 

 something happens in their native place to 

 make them give up the scout business. As 

 nearly as I can interpret their utterances, 

 they say, " We like this place ever so much 

 better for having combs already built; our 

 business is to spend most of our daylight time 

 here till the swarm is ready to come, and in 

 the meantime if there is any cleaning up to do 

 we may as well be at it." 



Now, Mr. Hasty, don't you go and say I'm 

 not a good interpreter. C. C. Miller. 



McHenry Co., 111. 



White Bush Clover 



I send a new flower which appeared in this 

 (Atascosa) County 2 years ago. It is a fine 

 honey-plant and produces the finest honey we 

 have. It blooms in May and lasts until 

 August. What is its name* W. T. Brite. 



Atascosa Co., Tex., May 10. 



[The plant is the white bush clover (Peta- 

 lostemon candidus), and is pretty well spread 

 over the prairie States. Being a clover it 

 would be sadly out of place if it did not give 

 the bees something fine. — C. L. Walton.] 



The Cotton Controllable Hive 



I notice on page 35!l " The Wonderful ( <) 

 Cotton ' Controllable ' Hive." I will give my 

 experience with it. In June, 1SS5. I pur- 

 chased one of the Cotton Controllable hives 

 for $4 and put a swarm of hybrid bees into it. 

 I never saw bees work better. Not being a 

 very good honey season I fed them 50 cents 

 worth of syrup to give them a start. Aug 10 

 following I took off 60 pounds of nice white 

 honey in glass honey boxes, and sold it at 15 

 cents a pound. But the hive was so expensive 

 that I abandoned it. and am now using the 



The Novelty Pocket-Knife. 



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



HOWARD M. MELBEE, 



HONEYVILLE, O. 



[This Cut is the i'CLL Size op the Knife.] 



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

 Address you wish put on the Knite. 



The Novelty Knife ia indeed a aovelty. The novelty lies Id 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 subscritjer, and on the other side pictures of a Qaeen, Drone, and Worker, as 

 shown here. 



... /'he Material entering into this celebrated knife Is of the verv best qnality; 

 the blades are hand-forged out of the very finest English razir-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 linini;s 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. 



i Why Own the Novelty Knife ? In case a good knife is lost, the chances are the 

 owner will never recover it; but if the "Noveltv" is lost, havin;; name and address 

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 lunate as to have one of the " Novelties," your Pocket-Knife will serve as an identifier: and It 

 caseof death, your relatives will at once be notified of the accident. 



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

 to a s — f.. ..^ - 1 — 1 — J _ _. _. . . 



the name < 



„i . ^' 1, . _, 'c ^.- — -^- — i-.x-.^^.... .. uHv .uv.,^ ....^..tue u.^iucuit^ ^uuiu A mother 



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

 of the recipient on one side? " 



The accompanying cnl gives a faint idea, but cannot fnlly convey an exact representation of 

 thislbeantiful knife, as th^ " Novelty " must be seen to be appreciated. 



Mow to Get this Valuable Knife.— We send it postpaid for $1.25, or grive it as a Preminm to th« 

 one sending ns\HRKE new subscribers to the Bee Journal (with ^1.00.) We will club the NovelM 

 Knife and the Bee Journal for one year, both for $2.00. 



GEORGE W, YORK £ CO. Chicago. lU 



0"Pleaso allot- -'boat two weeks for your knife order to l« tilled. 

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