1889 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



60c 



more of a similar character. We trust that such is 

 the case; for although the language is foreign to 

 us, the pictures are readily translated into any 

 tongue desired. The price is, we understand, 50 

 pfennig, or half a mark— which would be equiva- 

 lent to 12 cents. The paper and printing are of the 

 very best. We cordially recommend the work to 

 all who can read German. The book is 7*4 x 6 l / 2 

 inches. 



MAKE AL.L YOU CAN OF THE FAIRS. 



Our experience last fall at the Ohio Centennial at 

 Columbus has taught us that much can be done at 

 fairs toward educating the people in our favorite 

 pursuit, and correcting many of the false ideas 

 current among them. Much can be done toward 

 correcting the public mind on the subject of manu- 

 factured {?) honey by distributing our $1000 reward 

 cards, and by having a comb-foundation mill, with 

 samples of wax sheets before and after they have 

 passed through the mill. The worst falsehoods are 

 those which contain a grain of truth, and there is 

 no doubt but that the comb-foundation industry 

 furnishes a foundation and gives strength to the 

 story of manufactured comb honey. In the minds 

 of the great mass of the people, except those di- 

 rectly interested in the use of comb foundation, 

 this product has made a vague impression, and it is 

 not strange, knowing human nature as we do, that 

 this foundation is exaggerated into fully complet- 

 ed comb, and filled with honey or a substitute. 

 One of the best ways to correct the false notions, 

 and shear off the great overgrowth of imagination 

 from the facts is to show to the masses at the fairs 

 how comb foundation is made, explaining the impos- 

 sibility of accomplishing the manufacture of com- 

 plete comb honey. Have a piece of natural comb 

 and a piece of the thinnest comb foundation and a 

 magnifying-glass, so that each may be examined. 

 Hand to the skeptical and unbelieving one of our 

 reward cards, offering $101)0 for proof to the contra- 

 ry of your statements. In all your efforts, be pa- 

 tient and Christlike, remembering that these neigh- 

 bors who have been misinformed have not had 

 your opportunities for knowing the facts. If this 

 policy is persistently carried out there can not fail 

 to come increased confidence in bee-keepers as a 

 class and their product, and increased consumption 

 of honey. 



THE PARIS EXPOSITION, AND THE UNITED STATES 

 HONEY EXHIBIT. 



The Paris correspondent of the British Bee Jour- 

 nal, under date of June 27, says: 



The United States have a very considerable ex- 

 hibit, contributed by nearly all the leading makers 

 in the States, and shown as a joint collection. It is 

 arranged on a floor-space of about 30 ft. long by 4 

 feet wide, and on the walls above are various small 

 articles; also the well-known diagrams by Mr. 

 Cheshire, of the British Bee-keepers' Association. 



In regard to our own exhibit, he continues: 



Mr. A. I. Root, of Medina, O., of course is to the 

 fore. He shows his well-known lawn hive, his two- 

 story hive, and his l^-story hive. These are so well 

 known as to need no further comment. There is 

 also one of his latest natural-based foundation- 

 machines, and a large can for catching the wax 

 cappings when extracting is doneonalarge scale, 

 a< it is in the States, 



Of W. T. Falconer's exhibit he says: 



Every thing is got up in splendid style, and is 

 clear varnished. 



The world-wide word "Chautauqua," as applied 

 to Falconer's hive, is disguised by the printers, 

 doubtless, under the name "Chantangua." 



Of the sections made by G. B. Lewis & Co., of 

 Watertown, Wis., the correspondent says: 



For an article that is produced by the million, 

 they can not be surpassed. 



Br. Tinker's perforated zinc is very much ad- 

 mired, and the writer is very anxious to know 

 where the doctor gets such perfect zinc. Why, he 

 makes it himself, at his home in New Philadelphia, 

 O. Of Dadant & Son's foundation the writer t-ays: 



It is so thin and clear that their name, which is 

 printed on paper, and placed behind the founda- 

 tion, shows plainly, and can be read easilv through 

 it. 



The honey show itself is pronounced as nothing 

 remarkable. Some of the honey was broken in 

 shipping. " There is not really," it is said, " a well- 

 finished section in the whole lot." The writer 

 closes up by saying: 



The inscription on top of the large stand is in let- 

 ters constructed out of four-piece sections, and is 

 very pretty, and in good taste. It reads thus: " Les 

 insects nuisible et utiles," and the remaining three 

 glass cases are filled with the specimens of the use- 

 ful and harmful insects of the United States. 



THE ST. JOSEPH EXPOSITION. 



One of our subscribers, Mr. Thos. B. Nichol, of 

 St. Joseph, Mo., forwards us some of the advance 

 proofs of the premium-list of the St. Joseph, or, as 

 it is called, the New Era Exposition. In looking 

 down over the rules and regulations we note the 

 following: 



It has been urged by those responsible for the 

 financial success of the exposition, that unless the 

 horse-jockey had a chance at a purse of thousands 

 of dollars, while the farmer competed for premi- 

 ums of from fifty cents to five dollars, the exposi- 

 tion could not be sustained. 



The New Era Exposition will try the experiment 

 of reversing the order of things, relying on the ag- 

 riculturists (who have hitherto loudly and justly 

 complained) for an appreciation of efforts and a 

 hearty co-operation. 



This we believe is a step in the right direction; 

 and the sooner the managers of our expositions 

 begin to see it, the better it will be for them finan- 

 cially. The premiums offered on comb and extract- 

 ed honey, bees and queens, in the Bees and Honey 

 department, are some of the largest we have ever 

 seen. No. 21, display of comb honey, largest and 

 most attractive, first premium, $50.00; second, 

 $25.00; No. 22, display of extracted honey, largest 

 and most attractive, first premium, $50 00; second, 

 $25.00. No wonder that the St. Joseph folks can 

 afford to offer more for farm products when the 

 horse-jockey is made to take a back seat. Instead 

 of getting his thousand or two thousand dollars, he 

 must be content with his proportion if he gets any 

 at all. Let us take a casein point: The Buffalo In- 

 ternational premium-list is at band. While they 

 offer quite a number of premiums of $600, $400, $300, 

 $200. and so on, for single horses, the premiums on 

 regular farm produce scarcely ever go beyond 10 or 

 20 dollars. The Buffalo Exposition alone offers 

 something over $11,000 in premiums for blooded 

 horses alone. The same exposition offers about as 

 many hundreds for the products of the soil. Per- 

 haps we should mention that the Buffalo Interna- 

 tional Fair, to be held Sept. 3—13, offers very liberal 

 premiums in the apiarian department— something 

 like $450. For comb and extracted honey there 

 are two $30.00 premiums— a number of $15.00 and 

 $10.00 premiums. But they offer only a silver med- 

 al for apiarian supplies. Guess we won't exhibit 

 this year. Mr. O. L. Hershiser, formerly a student 

 at Lansing, Mich., under Prof. A. J. Cook, h,as. 

 charge of the department. 



