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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



Dec. 21, 1899. 



The Novelty Pocket-Knif e 



(A heavier aud strouyer kuife than the oue we offered heretofore.) 



HOWARD M. MELBEE, 



HONEYVILLE, O. 



(This Cut is the Full Size of the Knife.) 



Your Name on the Knife.— When ordering, be sure to say just what name and address you 

 wish, put on the Kuife. 



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-for«red out of the very finest Engrlish 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 liniut^s are plate brass; the ba'ck springs 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 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 finderwill 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, 3-our relatives will at once be ap- 

 prised of the accident. 



How appropriate this knife is for a present I "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 oue 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 SI. 25, or give it as aPremium to the 

 one sending us THREE new strscrtrers 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 and Honey. We will club the 

 Novelty Knife and the Bee Journal for one year, both for 51.90. 



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Has no Sag in Brood-Frames. 



Thin Flat-Bottom Foundation 



Has no Fishbone in the Surplus 



Honey. 

 Being the cleanest is usually workt 

 the quickest of any foundation made. 



J. A. VAN DCIJSEI^, 



Sole Manufacturer, 

 Sprout Brook, Montgomery Co., N. Yr 



SWEET CLOVER 



And Several Other Clover Seeds. 



We have made arrangements so that we can 

 furnish Seed of several of the Clovers by freight 

 or express, at the following prices, cash with 

 the order: 



516 10ft 2SB soft 



Sweet Clever (white) 60c $1.00 $2.25 $4.00 



AlsikeClover -5c 1.40 3.25 0.25 



White Clover 80c 1.40 3.00 5.00 



Alfalfa Clover 6Dc 1.20 2.75 5.00 



Crimson Clover S5c .90 2.00 3.50 



Prices subject to market changes. 



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bee-keeper can get a lot of fun to the square 

 inch by feeding a substitute. He says in 

 the Progressive Bee-Keeper: 



" I had such a season once, and the bees- 

 and I improved it by my making a shallow 

 box about 10 feet long aud 4 feet \vide,^ 

 placing the same in a sheltered sunny nook, 

 and pouring into it some very finely ground 

 horse feed' (corn and oats ground to- 

 gether), together with some very fine 

 planer shavings, and about half as much 

 fine wheat flour as there was of the horse 

 feed. A little piece of comb and some 

 scraps of propolis were put on some live 

 coals, and the dish containing both set in 

 the center of the shallow box, with a few 

 drops of honey scattered about over the 

 contents. An hour later that ' sunny nook' 

 was a sight to behold, and one of the most 

 merry, pleasant things I ever was allowed 

 to hear and see. The air was full of dusty 

 white bees just above the box, packing the 

 contents from the box in their pollen- 

 baskets, while twice as many more were 

 rolling about amongst the bits of shavings, 

 oat-hulls, etc., in such a way that no one 

 could look on the sight without having 

 every bit of 'blues' they had ever expe- 

 rienced driven from them. Nothing in the 

 bee line ever attracted visitors as did this, 

 and the children just went wild with glee, 

 and delight while watching the bees 'cut 

 up their antics 'in and over that box of 

 feed." 



( ^■B^^^/i^J^SiBOSfeSa^Tg^gi^SSg 





First Season Fairly Successful. 



The past season was my first in the bee- 

 business, and I think I was fairly success- 

 ful. I purchast four colonies in 8-frame 

 dovetailed hives, and have increast to nine, 

 which are in fair condition for wintering, 

 and also secured 31.5 pounds of comb and 

 extracted honey. There was a fair honey- 

 flow from June 15 till July 15. from white 

 clover and basswood, tho but very little 

 late honey. A. A. Febrieb. 



Ontario, Canada, Dec. 4. 



Small Crop But Good Prices. 



My report for 1899 is as follows: 22 colo- 

 nies, spring count, increast to 33, and got 

 about 600 pounds of comb honey. I can't 

 complain, considering the year, which was 

 too cold and wet in the spring. I sold my 

 white honey for 16 and 18 cents, and the 

 dark for 14 cents a pound. Small crop, but 

 got good prices, which generally are about 

 12 cents for white, and 10 for dark. 



H. W. Savage. 



Sauk Co., Wis., Dec. 11. 



This Winter Can't be the Worst. 



A good flight of bees Dec. 10, with mostly 

 mild weather to date, seems to shorten the 

 season so that the winter cannot well be 

 one of the worst ones now. E. E. Hasty. 



Lucas Co., Ohio, Dec. 13. 



Euphorbia— Probably Not New. 



A correspondent of the valuable Bee 

 Journal asks information about a species 

 of euphorbia that he thinks secretes a large 

 amount of nectar. It is a little uncertain 

 to which species of Euphorbia Mr. Living- 

 ston refers, as the eminent botanist. Dr. 

 Gray, describes 'i'i species in the United 

 States; while Prof. Wood, in his botany, 

 describes 37 species. Mr. Livingston says 

 the species that furnishes nectar freely has 

 no petals, but the leaves (meaning prob- 

 ably what botanists call a corolla-like in- 

 volucre) are either entirely or partly col- 

 ored a bright red. Now, I find only one 

 species of euphorbia described by Dr. Gray 

 that has a colored, leafy involucre; this is 

 named hypercifolia. Dr. Gray says that 



