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sixty colonies in the irinuntains near Hanford, Califoi'nia. 



SITTING TIGHT FOK BETTER PRICES 



BY M. J. SAIN 



^Vo have tine prospects for a good crop 

 here tliis year, and splendid prospects of 

 having to keep on storing away our honey 

 for future use. Just as long as we have 

 free trade. I suppose we producers of hon- 

 ey, as well as the olive-oil producers and a 

 few others, will have to use. lots of grit, and 

 hold on until a change comes. I shall be 

 one wlio will hang on. I can keep storing 

 it away as long as I can sell enough liere 

 and there to buy the lumber to make room 

 for it. 



My bees ai'e in fine condition this spring 



— the best I have ever had them. I expect 

 to run for comb honey in the sage flow this 

 year, which will be my first attempt at this 

 to anj^ extent. 



My apiary in the mountains consists of 

 sixty colonies in ten-frame Langstroth 

 hives. They produced eight tons of honey, 

 but no increase to amount to anything since 

 the honey-ilow came on unevenly. One 

 day we would enjo}' a good flow, and the 

 next almost nothing. I believe this was 

 due to the windy weather. 



Hanford. Cal. 



HONEY EXHIBIT AT THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR 



BY P. J. DOLL 



Minnesota people are naturally proud of 

 their State Fair, which is always held the 

 first week in September. The grounds, cov- 

 ering 26.') acres, are located midway between 

 Minnen|)olis and St. Paul. The combined 

 population of these two cities is over GOO,- 

 000. Nearly 400,000 visitors attend tlic 

 State Fair every year. 



These people are a patriotic and unseltisli 

 lot. They enjoy prosperity in a state of 

 boundless possibilities, and wish others to 

 ••Mjoy I lie same l)lessings. so once a year 

 lliey get together and show to each other and 

 to the outside- world what they have been 



doing the ]iast year and invite others to 

 come and share with them the bounties Na- 

 ture has lavished on their state. 



It would take a large volume to tell of 

 the different exhibits at the fair, so in this 

 short article I shall confine myself to the 

 honey exhibits alone. The Minnesota Bee- 

 keepers' Association, working with the fair 

 management for a number of years, has 

 built uj) the honey exhibit from year to 

 year luitil now we probably have the largest 

 and titie.^t display of honey ever made. 



The Apiary Building, used exclusively 

 for the display of honey, wax, bees, and 



