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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 inventea by Wm. Muench, a Minnesota bee-lieeper, 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 bad the first lot made. They are ready for de- 

 livery now. 



( Tfiis jncture is exactly one-half the size.) 



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

 8>^ inches long. The middle part is 1 1-16 inches wide an J 7-:J2 thiclj, The smaller end is l% inches long, '-g 

 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. Hike best the Muench tool." On Jan. 7, 1907, he 

 wrote us o^^ving ne thought "just as much of the tool as ever." 



Miss Wiison, 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. I am sure we would feel utterly fost in 

 the apiary without ii 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 11.00), 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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