1908 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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THE A. I. ROOT CO. S EXHIBIT AT JAMESTOWN, VA. 



SOME HONEY-EXHIBITS. 



BY E. R. ROOT. 



In the views given we are showing bees- 

 wax and honey-exhibits put up during the 

 past year by The A. I. Koot Co. The one 

 above, at the Jamestown exposition, was 

 put up for and in the name of the State of 

 Ohio, and was, in fact, a part of the agri- 

 cultural exhibit, and by no means an incon- 

 spicuous part either. Unfortunately the 



light did not allow the exhibit of wax to 

 show up properly. The other exhibits were 

 in the name of The A. I. Root Co. at the 

 Ohio State Fair, Columbus, last September. 

 Mr. Jesse A. Warren, who has charge of 

 exhibit work, has given the question of bee, 

 honey, and wax displays a great amount of 

 study. He has in mind in every case not 

 only the artistic and the attractive but the 

 educational feature as well. In both exhib- 

 its it will be noted that he has carried out 

 these ideas. Besides live bees in observato- 



TlIE A. I. ROUT CO. S EXHIBIT AT THE OHIO STATE FAIR. 



