Apiil, 1909. 



American lee Journal 



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BEE-KEEPERS' NOVELTY 

 POCKET-KNIFE 



Your name and address put 



on one side of the handle as 

 shown in cut, and on the 

 other side pictures of a 

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 and a drone. The 

 handle is celluloid 

 and transparent, 

 through which is 

 seen your name. 

 If you lose this 

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 Serves to identity 

 vou if vou happen 

 to he injured fatal- 

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 .^ize. Be sure to 

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 and address. Knife 

 delivered in two 

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 alone, postpaid, $1.25, 

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 new 75e sub- 

 scriptions. 



BEE-KEEPERS' 

 GOLD-NiB 

 FOUNTAIN PEN 



A really good 

 pi^n. As far 

 a.'^ true use- 

 fulness goes 

 is equal to any 

 any of the 

 higher- priced, 

 m u c h -adver- 

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 name you're 

 charged for. The 

 Gold Nih is guar- 

 anteed 11 Karat 

 gold, Iridium point- 

 ed. The holder is 

 hard rubber, hand- 

 somely hnished. The cover flta 

 snu^'iy, and can't slip off because 

 it slijjhLly we<lges over the barrel 

 at either end. This pen is non- 

 leakable. It is very easilv cleaned, 

 the T'en-point and feeder being 

 quickly removed. The simple 

 leeiier gives a uniform .supi>Iv of 

 ink to the i^'en point without drop- 

 ping, blotting or spotting. Every 

 bee-keeper ought to carry one in 

 his vest-pocket. Comes in box 

 with directions and filler. Each 

 pen guaranteed. Here shown two- 

 thirds actual size. 



Price alone, po.stpaid, $1.25. With 

 a year's subscription, $1.75. Given 

 free for i new subscriptions at 75 

 cents each. 



MONETTE 



QUEEN-CLIPPING 



DEVICE 



The Monette Queen- 

 Clipping Device is a 

 fine thing for use in 

 catching and clipping 

 Queens' wings. Four 

 and one-half inches 

 high. It is used by 

 many bee-keepers. 

 Full printed directions 

 siiit with each one. 



Price alone, post- 

 paitl, 25 cents. With a 

 year's sabscription, 90 

 cents. Given free for sending 

 one new subscription at 75 cents. 



IDEAL HIVE-TOOL 



A special tool invent- 

 ed by a Minnesota 

 bee-keeper, adapt- 

 ed for prying up 

 supers and tor 

 general work 

 around the api- 

 ary. Made of 

 malleable iron, SH 

 inches long. The 

 middle part is 1 1-16 

 inches wide and 7-32 

 thick. The smaller 

 end is I's inches 

 long, V, 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 almostperf =ct 

 for prying up cov- 

 ers, supers, etc., as 

 it does not mar the 

 wood. Dr. Miller, 

 who has used it since 

 1H03 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.Jl.OO. Given free 

 for 2 new subscrip- 

 tions at 7Sc each. 



Size, 



PREMIUM QUEENS 



These are untested, stan- 

 dard-bred ItalianQueens, 



reports of whiih have 



been highly satisfactory 



Theyareactive breeders 



and produce good work 



ers. 



Sent only after May 1st. 



Orders booked any time 



for queens. Safe de- 

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 Price. 75 cents each, 

 6 for $4.00, or 12 for 

 $7.50. One queen 

 with a year's sub- 

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Queen free for 3 new 75c subscriptions. 



HUMOROUS BEE POST-CARDS 



O WONT TOu BEE nr HOKTX 



A-JO CHEER THIS LONELY HEjAPT? 



Fob t WOULD huo you all the Tint -^ 

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A " Teddy Bear " on good terms with 

 everybody, including the bees swarming 

 out of the old-fashioned "skep." Size 

 3'ix5H, printed in four Icolors. Blank 

 space lHx3 inches for writing. Prices -3 

 postpaid. 10 cents; 10 for 25 cents. Ten 

 with a year'r. subscription. 90 cents. Six 

 given free for one new 75c subscription. 



BOOKS FOR BEE-KEEPERS 



Forty Years Among the Bees, by Dr. C. 



C. Miller.— 3i4 pages, bound in handsome cloth, 

 with g-old lettera and design, illustra ed with 

 112 beautiful half-tone pictures, taken by Dr. 

 Mdler. It is a good, new story of successful 

 bee-keepingby one ol the masters, and shows 

 in minutest detail just how Dr. Miller does 

 things with bees. Price ah>ne, $l.0o. With a 

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

 new subscriptions at 75 cents each. 



Advanced I5ee-Cnlture, bv \V. Z. Hutch- 

 inson.— The author is a practical and heli>ful 

 writer. 3;!ii pages; bound in cloth, beautifully 

 illustrated. Price alone, $1.L'U. With a year's 

 subacription, $1.70. Given free for 4 new 

 subscrii.>tion3 at 75 cents each. 



ABC&XYZof Bee Culture, by A. I. 

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

 everything pertaining to the care of honey- 

 bees. 400 engravings. Bound in cloth, price 

 alone, $l,.'j|t. With a year's subscription, $2.00. 

 Given tree for 6 new subscriptions at 75 

 cents each. 



Scientific Queen-Rearing, as Practically 

 Applied, by G. M. Dooliitle.— 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 suI»scripiion, $1.2.>. Given free for 2 

 new subscriptions at 75 cents each. 



Bee-Keeper*s Guide, or Manual of the 

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

 structive, helpful, interesting, thoroughly 

 practical and scientific. It also contains anat- 

 omv and physiology nf bees. 544 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. 



I^anestroth on the Honey-Bee, revised 

 bv Dadant.— This classic has been entirely 

 rewritten. Fully illustrate' I. No apiarian 

 library is comicete without this standard 

 work by "The Fatnerof American Bee-Cul- 

 ture." 520 pages, bound in cloth. Price 

 alone, $1.20. Witn 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 short, bright 

 stories interspersed witli facts and interest- 

 ing items about honey. The manufactured 

 comb-honev misrepresentation i*-' contradict- 

 ed in two items, each occupying- a full page. 

 Has 33 tine illustrations of apiaries or apiarian 

 scenes. It also cantains 3 bee-songs. This 

 booklet should be placed in the hands of 

 everybody notfamiliar with the food-value of 

 honey, for its main object is to interest peo- 

 ple i\ bonev as a 'liiilv table article. Price 25 

 cents. With a gear's .sub'^ci-iption, 90 cents. 

 Given free for one new subscription at 7.'>o. 



Three copies for 50 cents; or the 3 with a 

 year's subscription, $1.00; or the 3 copies 

 given free for 2 new subscriptions at 75 

 cents each. 



Amerikanische Bienenzneht, by Hans 

 Buschbauer, is a I)ee-keepers' handbook ut 

 13S pages, which is just what <mr German 

 friends will want. It is fully illustrated and 

 neatly bound in cloth. Price alone, $1.00. 

 With a year's subscription, $1..'»0. Given 

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 Makes reference easy, preserves eopies from 

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WOOD BINDER ' 



Holds 3 volumes. Has wood back but no 

 covers. Price, postpaid, 20 cents. With a 

 year's subscription HO cents. Given free 

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BEE-HIVE CLOCK 



A few of these handsome "bronze-metal" 

 clocks leir. BaselH'-j inrlies wid.- b\ ',t U iiiehes 

 high, l^(■sl^'n is a straw skep with i-loek face 

 in middle. Keeps excellent time, durable and 

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