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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 



North, and be benefited by the early forage and 

 warmth of the South. The experiment was a suc- 

 cess; but on account of wearing work he has since 

 preferred to unite his weakest stocks early in the 

 spring. p. H. Elwood. 



Starkville, N. Y. 



To be continued. 



THE CENTENNIAL HONEY-EXHIBIT. 



DK. MASON'S PYRAMID OF HONEY ; A GLIMPSE AT 

 A FEW OF THE BIG BEE-GUNS. 



fRIEND ROOT:— Under the circumstances it 

 seems to me that this picture, taken in a 

 closed building, and with but little light, is a 

 pretty good production for an amateur. It 

 represents a portion of one of the honey ex- 

 hibits at the Ohio Centennial at Columbus last fall, 

 and is decorated by the faces of some bee-friends. 



The man at the right is Mr. C. E. Jones, of Dela- 

 ware, O., one of the exhibitors whose exhibit of 



Mr. N. W. McLain, known to all your readers as the 

 one having charge of the Government Apiarian 

 Experimental Station in Illinois, and at his right 

 sits "yours truly," whogot a " racket" from Ernest 

 because of his "wiggling" so as to spoil the face; 

 but the splendid picture of the indefatigable work- 

 er, and editor of the American Bee Journal, Thos. G. 

 Newman, makes up for any deficiency in mine. 



In this picture, near the lower left-hand corner, 

 is shown a portion of one of the side platforms on 

 which the exhibits were placed. The wire poultry- 

 netting, which I have mentioned before, is nicely 

 shown, with three of the posts that held it up. 

 Near the top of two of the posts were tacked cards 

 of your $1000 offer in regard to comb honey made 

 by machinery. It seems to me it would be a good 

 plan to have a goodly supply of these tacked up in 

 conspicuous places at every exhibition of honey; 

 and it might do no harm to have 1 hem on every 

 crate of honey that lenves the producer's hands. 



A PARTI A I 



•HE APICULTl'KAL EXHIBIT AT THE COLUMBUS CENTENNIAL, WITH SOME OF THE 

 PROMINENT BEE-MEN IN THE FOREGROUND. 



comb honey, etc., I mentioned in my last; and to 

 his left stands his little boy, Charley. Next to Mr. 

 Jones is the one I have once mentioned as known 

 by "our company " as " Uncle Aaron " Goodrich, of 

 Worthington, O., an enthusiastic bee-keeper' over 

 75 years old, one of the largest exhibitors, and who 

 was awarded first premium on display of comb 

 honey. Next to " Uncle Aaron " is shown Mr. J. Y. 

 Detwiler, of New Smyrna, Florida, formerly of To- 

 ledo, O., who, at an expense of $80, came to attend 

 the meeting of the N. A. B. K. Soc'y, and to see the 

 Exposition. He also acted as one of the judges in 

 the Dee and Honey Department, H. D. Cutting, of 

 Clinton, Mich., being the other judge. Whether it 

 pays or not to attend bee-conventions unless one 

 " has an ax to grind," as Mrs. Chacdock has said, 

 Mr. Detwiler had no ax to grind, and he was one of 

 the active ones in the convention. Next to him is 



In this exhibit, a portion of which may be seen 

 at the top, were shown about 150 honey-producing 

 plants, mounted on strawboard, some of them be- 

 ing hidden from view by the persons in front, as 

 was also a display of honey vinegar and different 

 kinds of honey. Over Mr. Newman's left, and my 

 right shoulder may be seen points of the nozzles of 

 Bingham smokers, an assortment of all styles and 

 sizes of which were here shown, with Bingham, 

 Novice, Muth, and Murphy honey - knives. The 

 Bingham smoker and honey-knife were awarded 

 first premiums. In the lower left-hand corner is 

 shown the gearing and a portion of the top of a 

 Muth honey-extractor, exhibited by Dr. Besse. 



The exhibit of honey shows for itself. The hon- 

 ey on the pj ramid was linden (basswood), and, be- 

 ing very nicely candied, it made a pretty display, 

 and was so frequently called sugar by visitors that 



