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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 1 



Established 1873 

 Circulation 32,000 



72 pages, semi-monthly 

 $1.00 per year 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



Devoted to Bees, Honey, and Home Interests 

 Published by 

 The a. I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio 



J; T. Calvert, Business Manager 



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Something New=The Ideal Hive=Tool 







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

 eeason. The Tool shown here was inventea 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. Muenoh's widow, and have had the first lot made. They are ready for de- 

 livery now. 



(This picture is exactly one-half the size.) 



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

 8^ Inches long. The middle part Is 1 1-16 inches wide an 1 7-32 thicli, The smal'.er end is l% laches long, J^ 

 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." On Jan. 7, 1907, he 

 wrote us spying 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 tcol. 

 In fact, I don'i Bte 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 ; era 

 8 months* " trial trip " for only 20 cents. Address, 



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



