^rilS OKIGHNA.L PATENT 



DIRECT-DRAFT SMOKER 



Patented 1878 and 1882. Re-issued July 9, 1878. 

 OTBR TWENTY THOUSAND NOW IN USE:. 



The Michigan Bee-Keepers' Association, having all 

 the Smokers before it, " pronounced Bingham's Patent 

 Smoker the best." 



J. P. Moore,. Binghamton, New York, after using 

 one some time, said: "My Smoker troubles are all 

 over, and bee-keepers owe jrou a debt of gratitude." 



Professor Cook, of Michigan Agricultural College, 

 says : " It is the best in the market?' . 



R. M. Argo, Lowell, Kentucky, says: "It is all that 

 any bee-keeper could desire." 



Paul L. Viallon, Bayou Goula, La., writes, April 6, 

 1878: " Your Smokers are far superior to any ever in- 

 vented, and we bee-keepers owe you a vote of thanks 

 for your ingenious invention. Many may try to im- 

 prove on yours, but I am positive none will make a bet- 

 ter one." 



Borodino, N. Y., August 15, 1882. 



Cyprians Conquered. — All summer long it has been 

 /* which and tother" with me and the Cyprian colony 

 of bees I have, but at last I am -^* boss." Bingham's 

 Conqueror Smoker did it. If you want lots of smoke 

 just at the right time, get a Conqueror Smoker of Bing- 

 ham. Respectfully, 



G. M. DooLirTLE. 



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Patented May 20, 1879. 



The most Extehsirc Bee-Keepek-s use them exclusirely. 



The Knife is so constructed that only the thin beveled edge rests on the combs^ 

 and the caps, after being cut oflF, slide up in large sheets and roll over on the knife^ 

 like shavings from a sharp plane. As only the edge of the knife touches the honey, 

 it does not wade and stick like other knives, but glides easily over curves, planes, 

 and hollows, leaving the uncapped honey free from caps, and the cells as clean,, 

 perfect and smooth as if they had never been capped. They are two inches wide, 

 tempered and finished like a razor, and will last for a life-time. 



We are practical bee-keepers, and first invented the Bingham & Hetherington 

 Honey Knife and the Bingham Smoker for our own use in our own apiaries, be- 

 cause such knives and smokers as bee-keepers need could not be had at any price. 

 We are the patentees and exclusive manufacturets of our knives and smokers, and 

 they are the only supplies we handle. While no other implements ever offered to 

 bee-keepers have had such sale and universal commendation, we are glad to say no- 

 word of complaint has ever been made to us, or Knife or smoker returned. 



Prices. — The Conqueror Bingham Smoker 3 inch, $1 75 ' 



Large Bingham Smoker, wide shield 2% " 150 



Extra Standard Bingham SraOker, wide shield 2 " 1 25 



Plain Standard Bingham Smoker, narrow shield...2 " 1 00 " 

 Little Wonder Bingham Smoker, narrow shield...!^ " 50 



Bingham & Hetherington Honey Knife 2 1 00 



If to be sent by mail, or singly by express, add 25 cents to prepay postage or ex- 

 press charges. To sell again, apply for dozen or half-dozen rate. Send card for 

 Circular. Address, 



BIN6HAS & HETHERINGTON, Ibroiiia, Mich. 



