September. 1909. 



American Vae Jonrnal 



SPECIAL CLUBBING M PREMIUM OFFERS 



In Connection With Tiie 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Sample copies free to help you interest your friends and get subscriptions. If ym will send us names of your neighbors or 

 friends we will mail tbem sample copies free. After they have received their copies, with a little talk, you can get some to sub- 

 scribe and so either eet your own subscription free or receive some of the useful premiums below. They're worth getting. We 

 5lve yon a year's subscription free for sending us two new subscriptions at 75 cents each. 



BEE-KEEPERS' NOVELTY 

 POCKET-KNIFE 



Your name and address pot 



on one side of the handle as 

 shown in cnt, anii 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 if yiiu happen 

 to be injured fatal- 

 ly, or are nncon- 

 sclous. Cut is exact 

 size. Be 3ure to 

 write exact name 

 and address. Knife 

 delivered in two 

 weeks. Priceof knife 

 alone, postpaid, $1.25, 

 With year's aubscrip- 

 t i o n , $l.T5. 

 Free for 4 

 new T.ir sub- 

 scriptions. 



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BEE-KEEPERS* 

 GOLD-NIB 

 FOUNTAIN PEN 



A really good 

 pen. As far 

 as true use- 

 fulness goes 

 is f'lual to any 

 a n y o f t h e 

 higher- priced, 

 much -adver- 

 ii.'^ed pens. If 

 ou pay more it's 

 I a m e you're 

 barged for. The 

 old Nil) is guar- 

 anteed 14 Karat 

 golfl, Iridium point- 

 ed. The holder is 

 hard rubber, hand- 

 somely finished. The cover fits 

 snugly, and can't slip off because 

 it slightly wedges <^iver the barrel 

 at either end This pen is non- 

 leakable It is very easily cleaned, 

 the pen-point and feeder being 

 quickly removed. Tne simple 

 feeder gives a uniform supply of 

 ink to the ^>en-point without drop- 



glng, bl.^tting or spotting. Every 

 ee-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, [>ostpaid, tl.OO. With 

 ayear'fl subscription, »l.»y. Given 

 free fori new subscriptions at 75 

 cents each. 



MONETTE 



QUEEN-CLIPPING 



DEVICE 



A The Monette Queen- 



rj Clipping Device is a 



f^ fine thing for use In 



/si catching and clipping 



/£5 Queens* wings. F-rur 



: '. ■' m| one-half i-- > -^ 



--h. It is u^ 



any bee-k". jh r . 



Fall printed direction- 



.'I'-nt with each one. 



Price alone, powr- 

 paid, 23 cents. With ., 

 year's sabscription, '.*>• 

 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 for 

 general work 

 around the api- 

 ary. Made of 

 malleable iron, 8H 

 inches loni^. The 

 middle part is 1 1-16 

 inches wide and 7-32 

 thick. The smaller, 

 end is Vi inches 

 long, H 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 thinkas much of 

 the tool as ever." 



Price alone, post- 

 paid. 40 cents. With 

 a year's subscrip- 

 tion.ll.OO. Given tree 

 tor 2 new subscrip- 

 tions at 75c each. 



PREMIUM QUEENS 



Taese are untested, 



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 queen 

 with a year s sub- 

 scription, $1.20. 



Queen Iree fi)r 3 new 75c subscriptions. 



HUMOROUS BEE POST-CARDS 



■' O wot4T ,ou BEE rr, HOt'EY. 

 AjO CMtCH TmiS LONELf nf.BT? 



Fob 1 wouLB kuo yco all the ^n^ 

 Am) wt WOULD iJfVEfl PyiftT 





A "Teddy Bear" on eood terms with 

 everybody, including thebeesswarming 

 out of the old-fashioned "skep." Size 

 3'/4x5'/i printed in four colors. Blank 

 space lvfx3 inches for writing. Prices -3 

 postpaid. 10 cents: 10 for 25 cents. Ten 

 with a year's subscription. 90 cents. Six 

 given free for one new 75c subscription. 



BOOKS FOR BEE'KEEPEI 3 



Forty Years Among the Bees, by Br. C. 



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

 with g"Id letters and design, illustrated with 

 112 beautiful half-tone pictures, taken by Dr. 

 Mdler. Ii is a good, new story of successful 

 bee-keepingby one ot the masters, and shows 

 in minutest detail just how Dr. Miller does 

 thini-'3 with bees. Price alone, $1.00. With a 

 gear's subscription, $1.50. Given free for 

 new subscriptions at 75 cents each. 



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

 inson.— The author is a practical and helpful 

 writer. 330 pages; bound in cloth, beautifully 

 illustrated. Price alone. $1.20. With ayear'a 

 subscription, $1.70. Given free for 4 new 

 subscriptions at 75 cents each. 



A B C & X Y Z of 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 Oueen-Rearing, as Practically 

 Applieil.by G. M. D«'nlittle.-H..w the very- 

 best queens are reared. Bounil In cloth 

 ami illustrated. Price alone, $1.00. With a 

 year's subscription, $1.40. Given free for3 

 hew subscriptions at 75 cents each. In leath- 

 erette binding, price alone, 75 cents. With a 

 year's subscription, $1.16. Given free for 2 

 new subscriptions at T5 cents each. 



Bee-Keeper's Guide, or Manual of the 

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

 structive, heli)fal, interest! PS, thoroughly 

 practical and scientific. It al.^o enntains anat- 

 omy and i>hysi<dogy r.f bees. 54* pages, 295 

 illustrations. Bound in cloth. Price alone, 

 $1.20. With a year's subscription. $1.70. Given 

 free for4 now subscriptions at 75 cents each. 



Langstroth ou the Honey-Bee, revised 

 bv Dadant.— This classic has been entirely 

 rewritten. Fully illustrated. No apiarian 

 library is complete wjthnut this standard 

 work by "The FatherOi American Bee-Cul- 

 ture." 5"i0 paffes, bound in cloth. Price 

 alone, $l.:o. With a year's sui)Scription. $1.70. 

 Given free for 4 new subscriptions at 75 

 cents each. 



•*The Honey -Money Stones."— A 64- 

 page booklet containing many short, bright 

 stories interspiT.'^fd with faets and interest- 

 ing items abuut lion'"y. 'I he manufactured 

 comb-honev iiiiHreprest-ntation is contradict- 

 ed in two Items, t-a<li oc(U[>ving a fullj>ape. 

 Has 33 tine illustrations of apiaries or apiarian 

 scenes, it also cantains 3 bee-song's. This 

 booklet should be placed in the hands of 

 everybody n»>t familiar with the fond-valueof 

 hone'v, for its main object is to interest peo- 

 ple l.i honey as a dail v (able article. Price 25 

 cents. With a year's sul'-^criptjon, 90 cents. 

 Given free for om* new subscrijition at 75c. 



Three copies Jor 50 cents- or the 3 with ft 

 year's subscrip' Ion, $1,00; 'T the 3 copies 

 given free for 2 new subscriptions at 75 

 cents each. 



Amerikanisclie Blenenzncht, by Hans 

 Buschbaiier, Is a bee-keepers' handbook of 

 13S pages, which is jusr what our German 

 friends will want. It is fullv illustrated and 

 neatly bound in cloth. Price alone, $1.00. 

 With" a year's subscription, $1.50. Given 

 free for 3 new subscript iohh at 75 cents each. 



THE EMERSON BINDER 



A stiff boar<l outsble like a book-cover with 

 cloth ba.-k. Will bold easily 3 vo'umes (36 

 numbers) of the American Bee Journal, 

 Makes reference easy, preserves copies from 

 loss, dust anti mutilation. Price postpaid, 75 

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

 Given free for 3 new subscriptions at 75 

 c ents each. 



WOOD BINDER 



Holds 3 volumes. Has wood back but no 

 (■fivers. Price, postpaici, 20 cents. With a 

 year's subscription Hi) cents. I.lven free 

 for one new r^uhseription at 75 cents. 



BEE-HIVE CLOCK 



A few <- „.)ese handsome " bronze-metal '* 

 cbxrks left. BaselO'a inches wide by 9^4 inches 

 high. Design is a straw skep with clock face 

 In mldiilo. Kfcps excellent time, durable and 

 reliatile. Weik'nt. boxed, 4 jiounds. You pay 

 exjiress (diargeft. Price $1.50. With a year's 

 Hubscrl|if Ion. $2.00. <;iven free for 6 new 

 8ubseripilc»n3 at 75 cents each. 



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