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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Dec. 14, 1899. 



The Novelty Pocket-Knife 



(A heavier and, stronger knife than the one we offered heretofore.) 



HOWARD M. MELBEE, 



HONEYVILLE, O. 



(This Cut is the Full 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 Knife. 



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. Underneath the celluloid, on one side 

 of the handle is placed the name and residence of the Subscriber. 



The Material entering- into this celebrated knife is of the very best quality; the blades are 

 hand-forged out of the very finest English razor-steel, and we warrant 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 sijrings of Sheffield spring-steel, and the finish of the 

 handle as described above. It will last a lifetime, with proper usage. 



Why Own the Novelty Knife? In case a grood 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 v;ill re- 

 turn it; otherwise to try to destroy the name and address, would destroy the knife. If traveling, 

 and you meet with a serious accident, and are so fortunate 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 ap- 

 prised 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 lady to a gentleman, the knife having 

 the name of the recipient on one side? 



The accompanying cut gives 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 fl.25. or crive it as a Premium to the 

 one sending us three new subscribers to the Bee Journal (with $3.00)", and we will also send to 

 each new name a copy of the Premium Edition of the book. Bees axd Honey. We will club the 

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



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Has no Sag in Broud-Frames. 



Thin Flat-Bottom Foundation 



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Honey. 

 Being the cleanest is usually workt 

 the quickest of any foundation made. 



J. A. VAN DEVSEIV, 



Sole Manufacturer, 

 Sprout Brook, Montgomery Co., N.Y. 



SWEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arraiij^ements so that we can 

 furnish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or express, at the followinjr prices, cash with 

 the order: 



Sft 10ft 2Sft sort 



Sweet Clever (white) 60c $1.00 $2.25 $4.0f 



AlsikeClover 7Sc 1.40 3.25 6.2S 



White Clover 80c 1.40 3.00 5.00 



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Prices subject to market changes. 



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The hive, when opened, or a comb held 

 close to one's nose, will give a kind of sour 

 smell, or odor; but one of these coffee-col- 

 ored, rotten brood, when removed from the 

 cell and held close to the nose, will have a 

 sort of rotten smell <'iily. But take a hive 

 full of brood, three-fourths of it good brood 

 and one-fourth of it bad brood, as descrilied 

 above, and place it on top of a pretty good 

 swarm to batch ; place a queen-excluding 

 zinc between the hives, and keep the queen 

 below, and in due time the brood above the 

 excluder will all be hatcht out, and all of 

 the bad brood will be cleaned out of the 

 combs, and no more trace of the bad brood 

 is seen in these hives that season. This has 

 been my own experience in my own api- 

 aries this season, and these colonies in the 

 lower hives were slightly affected, as well 

 as the brood placed on top of the colonies." 



('ondilions Favoring' Cure ot 

 Foul Brood.— Inspector West, of New 

 York State, is puzzled to know whether the 

 disease that is making so much trouble, re- 

 sulting already in the destruction of hun- 

 dreds of colonies, is one disease in various 

 degrees of severity, or several diseases. 

 There is no doubt that foul brood does not 

 in all cases show the same degree of viru- 

 lence, and the belief has been advanced 

 that where the disease has prevailed for 

 some time the bees acquire a certain de- 

 gree of immunity. In any case, some re- 

 marks that Mr. West makes in Gleanings 

 in Bee-Culture, about the disease that is 

 troubling New Yorkers, seem to apply 

 equally well to foul brood. A strong col- 

 ony, especially one strong with young bees, 

 makes a better stand against the disease- 

 than a weak one. The flow of honey is 

 important. The disease seems, to a cer- 

 tain extent, to ebb and flow with the flow 

 of honey. A good flow of honey seems to 

 lessen the amount of diseased brood, which 

 again becomes more plentiful when the 

 flow is over*. There seems to be an advan- 

 tage in large hives with an extra supply of 

 honey always in sight. 



Mr. West says: " 1 do have some fears 

 that this malady may clean us all out of 

 bees ; but I have faith, and hope that, if we 

 reach a good honey season, this dreaded 

 disease may practically disappear.'' 



Editor Root makes out a pretty clear 

 case that the New York disease is not foul 

 brood. 



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Results of the Past Season. 



I commenced the summer of 1S!I9 with 35 

 colonies in good shape, and one a little on 

 the weak list. We bad no frost after April 

 17, and everything seemed to bloom pro- 

 fusely, but the bees didn't seem to accumu- 

 late as they should, so they didn't begin to 

 swarm until July 1, and I didn't get but 4 

 swarms, making an even 40 colonies. I ob- 

 tained 937 very wtU filled sections, or 26 

 per colony, spring count, which I sold 

 readily at home for 12', cents per section. 

 They were well filled, many weighing one 

 pound and one or two ounces. I think the 

 whole crop would hold out to one pound to 

 the section. Iha Shocket. 



Randolph Co., W. Va., Dec. 1. 



A Kansas Report. 



I send you a photograph of my apiary. 

 You will notice that part of the hives are 

 under a shed, packt for winter. All the 

 hives face the south. I have 22 colonies. I 

 leave the super on with the quilt on top of 

 the brood-frames, then a chaff cushion over 

 the quilt. At the back of the hives is a 

 space of one 'foot packt firmly with fine 

 hay; also packt the same between the 

 hives. On top of the hives I have large 



