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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Jan. 2, 19C2. 



The Novelty Pocket= Knife. 



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



HOWARD M. MELBEEp 



HONEYVILLE, O. 



[This Cut is tiik i-'ULi^ Size of the Knife.] 



Your Name on the Knife.— Wheo oiderlug-, be sure to say just what name and 

 address you 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 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 rery best quality; 

 the blades are hand-forged out of the very finest English 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 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 

 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 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 cu' gi ves a faint idea, but cannot fully 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 \ hkee new subscribers to the Bee Journal (with $.^00.) We will club the Novelty 

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



GEORGE W, YORK L CO, St., Chicago, 111. 



*S*Please alloT^ ■•bout two weeks for your knife order to be lilieo. 



Dittmer's Foundation ! 



Retail— Wholesale— Jobbing. 



I use a PROCESS that produces EVERY 

 ESSENTIAL necessary to make it the BEST 

 and MOST desirable in all respects. My PRO- 

 CESS and AUTOMATIC MACHINES are my 

 own inventions, which enable me to SELL 

 FOUNDATION and 



Work fax Into Fonnilatioii For Casli 



at prices that are the lowest. Catalog giving 



Full Line of Supplies, 



with prices and samples, tree on application 

 BEESWAX WANTED. 



GUS, DITTMER, Augusta, Wis, 



Please mention Bee journal when ■writing 



BEE- SUPPL IEST^ 



Alannfacturers' prices. Complete stock. Sen 

 for our catalog. 



FRED. W. MUTH & CO. 



S.W.Cor. Front i Walnut Sts. CINCINNATI, 0. 



The Handsomest Calendar 



of the season (in ten colors) sis beauti- 

 ful heads (on six sheets, 10x12 inches), 

 reproductions of paintings by Moran, 

 issued by General Passenger Depart- 

 ment, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul 

 Railway, will be sent on receipt of 

 twenty-five cents. Address, F. A. 

 Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chi- 

 cago. 51A3t 



A Cool Million of 



Snowy Wisconsin Sections 



AND l.ooo BEE-MIVES 



ready for shipment. Send for circular. 



R, H. SCHMIDT & CO., 



lAot SUEBOYGAN, WIS. 



J^ease mentioii Bee Journal when 'writing 



with the "incompftralilH' 



BORDEAUX NOZZLE^ 



md oar world V beHl outfit you are a1 

 k luta mnBt<;r of the Hituatlon. Insects anii di3-l 

 leas« fall before this all confjuerioE outflt.J^ 

 ■ See the book. It Is free. Write for il nnw.v 

 I THE HEMINO CO., SALFH, OHIO. ft 

 ' We8t«rn Agts., Henioo & Hubbell, Chicago, i, 



4'>A13t Please mention the Bee Journal. 



A New Game. — A new ffuessinf? game is 

 to show some illustration, or give a name 

 either of them made familiar through adver- 

 tising, and guess who uses the illustration, or 

 what line of goods is handled by the adver- 

 tiser named. If one were to mention the 

 name Shumway, almost every one would say 

 at once, " Seeds," so thoroughly have the 

 two been advertised for more than 30 years. 

 Mr. Shnmway's announcement appears else- 

 where in this issue, and is headed. "■ Good 

 Seeds Cheap." It contains a special offer, 

 and mentions his new catalog. Write for it 

 to-day. Address. R. H. Shumway, Rockford, 

 111., and please mention this paper. 



Handy Farm Wagons 



mai:e the work easier for liMtli the man ami team. 



The tires heint' \vi(le Ihey d jteut into the irruiiiKi ; 



the labor of loadintr is reduced manv times. hecatise 

 of the short lift. The.v are etiuipped with «inr fam- 

 ous Klcetrlc Steel Wheel*, eitherstraiirht iirstaL,'- 

 trer spolies. Wheels any height from :it loCu irit-hes. 

 White hickory axles, steel iiotinds. ( inn nintfcil to 

 carry 4000 I lis. Why not ^et started littlil liv jinttiiiu' 

 in one of these wafons. We make tnii- steel wlieels 

 to tit any wat'on. Write for the catalog. Itistree. 

 ELECTRIC WHEEL CO., BOX 16, QtlNCV, ILL. 



Please mention Bee Journal ■when ■writing: 



I contracted the hive-entrance so that only 

 one bee could enter at a lime, there was no 

 fifjhting, and the hive was soon empty. 



I fed asain, and the robbery was repeated, 

 so I piled hay in front of the hive and fed 

 under this: but the bees crawled ri^ht into 

 the hay. I then poured several pails of water 

 over the hay, and the trouble ceased. 



After this I fed >!2.00 worth of sugar. The 

 two colonies had their combs full. Tlie third 

 colony got rather slow about carrying it in, 

 so I think they have enough for winter. I feci 

 this sugar in the open. 



I have received the Emerson binder, and 

 must say that it is the best way to get the full 

 worth of the .Journal ; easy to refer back and 

 find articles which you lieed just now and 

 don't quite remember. I have a fullshectof 

 lined paper in the back of my binder, in 

 which I keep a memorandum of articles that 

 I will need later on. Theodore Fluegge. 



Dupage Co., 111., Dec. 16. 



Hone,y-Loeust. 



I enclose some leaves and a blossom for 

 naming. The bark is very smooth, and the 

 tree has a fine foliage. 



Frogs and toads can be found in creeks, 

 springs, old wells, and in crab-holes near 

 marshes. They sometimes freeze, which 

 makes them Ijlind, or partly so. A fish may 

 be frozen as hard as a stick, but will swim 

 after being in water awhile, but the eyes are 

 damaged. 



I am much pleased with tlie American Bee 

 .Journal. F. DuR.\NT. 



Winnebago Co., Wis., Dec. 12. 



[The specimen sent for identification is the 

 honey-locust — Gleditschia triaeanthos — and, 

 belongs to the Leguiiiinosiv family. Prof. 

 Cook, in the Bee-Keepers' Guide, page 363, 

 calls attention to the honey-locust as an ex- 

 cellent nectar-producing plant, along with 

 others of the same family. These plants 

 blossom early in the year, in May and June, 

 and the bees produce a fair quality of honey- 

 from them. — C. L. W.ii.TON.] 



Bees Flying— No Snow. 



The ground is bare and no frost in it. The- 

 last few days the temperature has stood at 5.> 

 and 60 degrees, and my bees are flying. We 

 have not liad snow enough yet to track a cat. 

 To be sure, all through November it was very 

 cold. For the last two years we have not had 

 snow enough to go sleighing. 



Henrt M. Bartlett. 



Plymouth Co., Mass., Dec. 14. 



Enjoys Her Bees. 



I enjoy the pictures of the apiaries, and will 

 try to send one of my apiary. My bees are in 

 good order, and well packed for winter. I 

 have them on the summer stands with blan- 

 kets over the brood-combs instead of the 

 gum-cloth, and bags of open canvas tilled 

 with dry leaves on ttie blankets. I have never 

 lost a colony from cold. My bees are a great 

 pleasure to me. Mrs. E. G. Bradford. 



Newcastle Co., Dela., Dec. 10. 



Eaply Winter is Warm. 



The weather is (|uite warm to-day, and bee& 

 are fiying. If the winter continues this way 

 there will be no loss of bees from freezing, 

 that's positive, but when we have a warm, open 

 winter we also have a jjoor season for honey 

 the following summer. W. W. McNeal. 



Scioto Co., Ohio, Dec. 13. 



Did Well Witli Bees. 



I have done remarkably well with my bees, 

 this year, and am satisfied with the results of 

 the season, 40 pounds to the colony being my 

 average. I have sold all I had to spare right 

 here in my home market for 15 cents per sec- 

 tion. I do not produce any other kind of 

 honey. When my customers buy the sections. 



