American Vae Journal 



April, 1909. 



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BEE-KEEPERS' NOVELTY 

 POCKET-KNIFE 



Tour name and address put 



on one side of the handle as 

 shown in cut, and on the 

 other side pictures of a 

 queen-bee, a worker, 

 and a drone. The 

 handle is celluloid 

 and transparent, 

 through which is 

 seen your name. 

 If you lose this 

 knife it can be re- 

 turned to you, or 

 serves to identify 

 you it you hannen 

 to be injured fatal- 

 ly, or are uncon- 

 scious. Cut is exact 

 size. Be sure to 

 write exact name 

 and address. Knife 

 delivered in two 

 weeks. Price of knife 

 alone, postpaid, $1.25, 

 With year's aubacrip- 

 tlon, $1.75. 

 Free for 4 

 new 7.tc sub- 

 scriptions. 



BEE-KEEPERS' 

 GOLD-NIB 

 FOUNTAIN PEN 



A really good 

 pen. Aa far 

 as true use- 

 fulness go e s 

 is equal to any 

 any of the 

 liigher- priced, 

 much -adver- 

 tised pens. If 

 you pay more It's 

 name you're 

 charged for. The 

 Gold Nib is guar- 

 anteed 14 Karat 

 gold, Iridium point- 

 ed. The holder is 

 hard rubber, hand- 

 somely finished. The cover fits 

 snugly, and can't slip off because 

 it slightly wedges over the barrel 

 at either end This pen is non- 

 leakable It is very easily cleaned, 

 the pen-point and feeiier being 



?iuickly removed. Tne simple 

 eeder gives a uniform supply of 

 ink to the pen-point without drop- 

 ping, blotting or spotting. Every 

 oee-keeper ought to carry one In 

 his vest-pocket. Comes In box 

 with directions and filler. Each 

 pen guaranteed. Here shown two- 

 thirda actual size. 



Price alone, postpaid, $1.25. With 

 a year's subscription, $1.75. Given 

 free for 4 new subscriptions at 75 

 cents each. 



mONETTE 



QUEEN-CLIPPING 



DEVICE 



The Monette Queen- 

 Clipping Device is a 

 tine thing for use in 

 catching and clipping 

 (queens' wings. Pour 

 and one-half inches 

 biyh. It is used by 

 many bee-keepers. 

 Full printed directions 

 3fnt with each one. 

 ^ ^ Price alone, post- 

 y^^^^^^ paid, 25 cents. With a 

 '^ % ear's subscription, 90 



cents. Given free for sending ^s 



one new subscription at 75 cents. Size. 



IDEAL HIVE-TOOL 



A special tool invent- 

 ed by a Minnesota 

 bee-keeper, adapt- 

 ed for prying up 

 supers and for 

 general work 

 around the api- 

 ary. Made of 

 malleable iron, 8H 

 inches long. The 

 middle part isl 1-16 

 inches wide and 7-32 

 thick. The smaller 

 end is 1% inches 

 long, bi inch wide, 

 and 7-32 thick, end- 

 ing like a screw- 

 driver. The larger 

 end is wedge-shaped 

 having a sharp, semi- 

 circular edge, mak- 

 ing it almostperfect 

 for prying up cov- 

 ers, supers, etc.. as 

 it does not mar the 

 wood. Dr. Miller, 

 who has used it since 

 1903 says, Jan. 7. 1907; 

 " I think as much of 

 the tool as ever." 



Price alone, post- 

 paid, 40 cents. With 

 a year's subscrip- 

 tion.Sl.OO. Given free 

 for 2 new subscrip- 

 tions at 7Sc each. 



PREMIUM QUEENS 



Tljese are untested, stan- 

 dard-bred Italian Queens, 

 reports of which have 

 been highly satisfactory. 

 They are active breeders, 

 and produce good work- 

 ers. 



Sent only after May Ist, 

 Orders booked any time 



for queens. Safe de- 

 livery guaranteed. 

 Price, 75 cents each, 

 6 for $4.00, or 12 for 

 $7.50. One q u e 2 n 

 with a year s sub- 

 scription, $1.20. 

 Queen free for 3 new 75c subscriptions. 



HUMOROUS BEE POST-CARDS 



CS^?£Svv^ O ^'^'' "" KE m HONEY 





And cmecb this lonzvi mmrt? 

 For j would huj tou /ill the Tir^'/ 



And Wt WOULD HlVta PAkZ 



A " Teddy Bear " on good terms with 

 everybody, including the bees swarming 

 out of the old-fashioned "skep." Size 

 34x5!^, printed in four colors. Blank 

 space lV5x3 inches for writing. Prices -3 

 postpaid, 10 cents: 10 for 25 cents. Ten 

 with a year's subscription. 90 cents. Si.x 

 given free for one new 75c subscription. 



BOOKS FOR BEE-KEEPERS 



Forty Years Among the Bees, by Dr. O, 



C. Miller.— 334 pages, bound in handsome cloth, 

 with gold letters and ilesign, illustrated with 

 112 beautiful half-tone pictures, taken by Dr. 

 Miller. It is a good, new story of successful 

 bee-keeping by one of the masters, and shows 

 in minutest detail just ht.w Dr. Miller does 

 things with bees. Price atone, $1.00. With a 

 year's subscription, $1.50. Given free lor 3 

 new subscriptions at 75 cents each. 



Advanced Bee-Cultnre, by W. Z. Hutch- 

 inson.— The author is a practical and helpful 

 writer. iiQ pages; bound in cloth, beautifully 

 illustrated. Price alone, $l.'-'0. With a year's 

 subscription, $1.70. Given free for 4 new 

 subscriptions at 75 cents each. 



ABC&XYZof Bee Culture, by A. I. 

 & E. R. Root.— Over 500 pages describing 

 everything pertaining to the care of honey- 

 bees. 400 engravings. Bound in cloth, price 

 alone, $1.50. With a year's subscription, $2.00. 

 Given free for 6 new subscriptions at 75 

 cents each. 



Scientific Queen-Rearing, as Practically 

 Applied, by G. M. Doolittle.— How the very- 

 best queens are reared. Bound in cloth 

 and illustrated. Price alone, $1.00. With a 

 year's subscription, $1.50. Given free for 4 

 new subscriptions at 75 cents each. In leath- 

 erette binding, price alone, 75 cents. With a 

 year's subscription, $1.25. Given free for 2 

 new subscriptions at 75 cents each. 



Bee-Keeper's Guide, or Manual of the 

 Apiary, by Prof. A. J. Cook.— This book is in- 

 structive, helpfal, interestipg, thoroughly 

 practical and scientific. It aUo contains anat- 

 omy and physiology cf bees. &44 pages, 295 

 illustrations. Bound in cloth. Price alone, 



fl.20. With a year's subscription, $1.70. Given 

 ree for 4 new subscriptions at 75 cents each. 



L>ang[8tToth on the Honey-Bee, revised 

 by Dadant.— This classic has been entirely 

 rewritten. Fully illustrated. No apiarian 

 library is complete without this standard 

 work by "The Father of American Bee-Cul- 

 ture." 520 pages, bound in cloth. Price 

 alone, $1.20. With a year's subscription, $1.70, 

 Given free for 4 new subscriptions at 75 

 cents each. 



'*The Honey-Money Stories,'*— A 64- 

 page booklet containing many .-ihort, bright 

 stories interspersed with facts and interest- 

 ing items about honey. The manufactured 

 comb-honey misrepresentation is contradict- 

 ed in two items, eat-h i_>ccui>ying a full page. 

 Has 33 tine illustrations of apiaries i.>r apiarian 

 scenes. It also cantains 3 bee-songs. This 

 booklet should be placed in the hands of 

 everybody not familiar with the food- value of 

 honey, for its main object is to interest peo- 

 ple ia honev as a daily table article. Price 25 

 cents. With a year's subscription, 90 cents. 

 Given free for one new subscription at 75c. 



Three copies f<ir 50 cents: or the 3 with a 

 vear's subscription, $1.00; .jr the 3 copies 

 given free lor 2 new subscriptions at 75 

 cents each. 



Amerikanische Bienenzncht, by Hans 

 Buschbauer, is a bee-keepers' handbook of 

 13s pages, which is just what our German 

 friends will want. It is fullv illustrated and 

 neatlv bound in cloth. Price alone, $1.00. 

 With a year's subscription, $1.50. Given 

 free for 3 new subscriptions at 75 cents each. 



THE EMERSON BINDER 



A stiff board ont.'^i'l'^ like a book-cover with 

 cloth back. Will hold easily 3 volumes (36 

 numbers) of the American Bee Journal. 

 Makes reference easy, preserves copies from 

 loss, dust and mutilatitm. Price postpaid, 75 

 cents. With a year 's subscription, $1.25. 

 Given free for 3 new subscriptions at 75 

 c ents each. 



WOOD BINDER 



Holda 3 volumes. Has wood back but no 

 covers. Price, postpaid, 20 cents. With a 

 vear's subscription no cents. Given free 

 for one new subscription at 75 cents. 



BEE-HIVE CLOCK 



A few o? these handsomi' "bronze-metal** 

 clocks left. Base 111 'i inches wide by 9^4 inches 

 high. Design is a straw skep with clock face 

 in middle. Keeps excellent time, durable and 

 reliable. Weight. boxed, 4 pounds. Vou pay 

 express charges. Price $l.o0. With a vear's 

 subscription, $2.00. iiiven free for 6 new 

 subscriptions at 75 cents each. 



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