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Something New=The Ideal Hive=Tool 



Bee-keepers have long needed a Tool with which to work among the hives during the bee- 

 season. The Tool shown here was invented by Wm. Muench, a Minnesota bee-keeper, some 

 years ago, but it was not on the market before. We have lately bought this Tool, and ail 

 rights, from Mr. Muench's widow, and have had the flrst lot made. They are ready for de- 

 livery now. 



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DESCRIPTION.— The Ideal Hive-Tool is made of high-grade malleable iron, much like wrought iron, 

 syd inches i.ing. The middle part is 1 i-iB iiiclies wide an 1 7-32 thii k, The smaller end is ]% inches long, '.; 

 inch wide, and 7-.32 thick, ending like a screw-driver. The larger end is wedge shaped, having a sharp semi- 

 circular edge, making it almost perfect for prying up covers, supers, etc., as it does not mar the wood. 



What Dr. Miller and Miss Wilson Say of It: 



In the first edition (1903) of Dr. Miller's " Forty Years Among the Bees," page 58, he 

 says* " Of all the hive tools I have tried, I like best the Muench tool." Ou Jan. 7, 19ur, be 

 wrote us saying he thought "just as much of the tool as ever." 



Miss Wilfon, Dr. Miller's assistant, says this of the Ideal Hive-Tool : " It is an ideal tool. 

 In fact, I don't see how it could ba improved upon. I am sure we would feel utterly lo-t in 

 the apiary without it You will have to try one yourself if jou want to know its v/orth." 



The Ideal Hive-Tool Free to a New Subscriber. 



To a new subscriber to the Weekly Bee Journal for one year (at $1,00), we will mail 

 an Ideal Hive-Tool free ; or we will mail the Hive Tool alone fur 30 cents (stamps or silvi^r, if 

 more convenient). Sample copy of the Weekly American Bee Journal sent on request; or a 

 3 months' " trial trip " for only 20 cents. Address, 



QEORQE W. YORK & CO., 334 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



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