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Something New=The Ideal Hive=TooI 



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 first 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, 

 83^ inches long. The middle part is 1 1-16 inches wide and 7-32 thiclj, The smaller end is 1 finches 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 anfl 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 beet the Muench tool." On Jan. 7, 1907, he 

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



Miss Wilson, 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 be improved upon. lam sure we would feel utterly lost in 

 the apiary without it You will have to try one yourself if you want to know its worth." 



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 for 30 cents (stamps or silver, 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, 



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



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