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GLEANINGS in BEE cm/ruuK. 



Jan. 



from 4i mi to 500 lbs. ol couib honey in one-pound 

 sections in crates would occupy the same space. 

 More could be used to good advantage, and less 

 could be made to do nicely, very much depending 

 upon the taste of the one arranging the display. A 

 building tin feet long would accommodate only six 

 such exhibits. 



A building modeled after either of the following 

 diagrams will be found quite convenient and satis- 

 factory. 



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32 X 60 



■ 12 X 60 



DIAGRAMS OP GROUND PLANS FOR AN EXHIBIT 

 BUILDING. 



In each diagram, A represents platforms 3 feet 

 high and 7 feet wide, boarded up from the plat- 

 forms to the ground or floor; B, platforms 6 feet 

 wide and 1 foot high on which to exhibit extractors, 

 hives, etc; (', passageways 6 ft. wide; D, doors, 3 L A to 

 4 ft. wide: E, doubledoors. each door :* feet wide. All 

 the doors are to he hungon the sides of the building, 

 and open out. The doors at D are to be fastened to 

 the posts, by hooks on the inside. One door is to be 

 furnished with a lock, so as to be fastened from the 

 outside if desired. Under the platforms A, should 

 be several doors, so that boxes, etc., in which honey 

 has been taken to the fair may be safely stored 

 away oui of sight. 



ARRANGEMENT UK SHELVING FOB II ONEV-EXH1 HITS 



in <;i \s- 

 The sides of the building should be 8 or 9 feet 

 high above the platforms. Eight feet will do nice- 

 ly, but 9 feet will give room for a display of honey- 

 plants, flags, etc., on the walls back of and above 



the honey. Light should be admitted through 

 large windows in the roof. For this size of building, 

 4 windows, about •'> feet wide and 6 feet long, 

 would be about right. The windows should be so 

 arranged that bees can escape at each end; for if 

 there are any bees in the vicinity, many of them 

 will be sure to get into the building. The platforms 

 should be made very Hrm and solid, for honey is 

 quite heavy, as every one knows. 



At the Ohio centennial it was loll lor each exhib- 

 itor to arrange his exhibit to suit his own fancy, 

 and every one put up shelving; but a portion of my 

 exhibit was on a pyramid. If shelving is used for 

 extracted honey, a very good way is to make some 

 "risers," as shown in the engraving below. 



Place the foot of the riser about 2 feet from the 

 front edge of the platform, and have the first, or 

 lower shelf, 18 inches* from the platform, and so on 

 as shown. Board up under the lower shelf, but not 

 under the others, unless preferred. When com- 

 plete, cover all with strong white paper, or muslin. 

 The top of the risers will be a foot (more or less* 

 from the side of the building, and can be supported 

 there by a piece of board. 



If any of the exhibitors live so far from the exhi- 

 bition grounds that it is inconvenient or impossible 

 to go home each night, and they wish to curtail ex- 

 penses, and have a good time, just take along a 

 straw tick and some blankets; fill the "tick " with 

 straw on the grounds, and make a good bed behind 

 the shelving. If still more independence is desired, 

 take along a good-sized box, filled with such things 

 as will " minister to the wants of the inner man;" 

 and if you are not happy it won't be my fault, for 

 "I've been there,' and know how it goes; for al- 

 though I live but a mile from our Tri-State Fair- 

 grounds 1 sometimes stay in the building over 

 night with the exhibitors for the sake of the visit. 

 As the time is near at hand when the premium lists 

 are made up by the officers, or others in connection 

 with the management of fairs, it is important that 

 some bee-keeper in each locality see to it that the 

 bee-keeping industry be not overlooked. Look well 

 also to the matter of a .iudge, or judges. At every 

 exhibition of bees, honey, etc., that I have attend- 

 ed, I should have heen willing to have the exhibit- 

 ors act as judges, and 1 believe there are not many 

 competent judges who have not been good exhibit- 

 ors; or perhaps it might better be put this way— 

 not many good exhibitors who are not good judges. 



Auburndale, Ohio. A.H.Mason. 



Now, look here, doctor. I don't want you 

 to abuse our friends because they don't put 

 in a stamp. Make your answers to all such 

 queries and forward them to us, and we 

 will credit you enough for your trouble to 

 cover postage, and may be a little some- 

 thing more. We want the friends all to un- 

 derstand, however, that they are not to ex- 

 pect a reply— they must look for it through 

 the bee-journals. Where a direct reply is 

 wished tor on some pressing matter, they 

 should by all means inclose a stamp — or, 

 better still, a stamped envelope. If the 

 question is a brief one, inclose a postal card 

 directed to yourself, and then say in your 

 letter, " Please reply on the inclosed postal 

 card.'" And I think it is an excellent idea. 



* The engraving at this point is not strictly cor- 

 rect. The first step should rise 18 instead of 9, as 

 shown, and should retreat more from the edge of 

 the platform.— [Ed. 



