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honey at the Pennsylvania State Fair. 

 A Mr. Dewey, of Columbus, Pa., and 

 myself, were the main exhibitors. We 

 were overlooked by the committee on 

 honey (as were many other exhibitors), 

 and received nothing for our pains, al- 

 though our exhibits were fine. Mr. 

 Dewey exhibited honey, bees, hives and 

 bee-literature. He had a folding hive 

 (of his own invention), filled with bees, 

 with feeder attached, so that the bees 

 were storing honey and building comb 

 while on exhibition. They drew the 

 attention of hundreds of people. 



I have been taking the "American Bee 

 Journal " and keeping bees for about 

 15 years, commencing when 15 years 

 old. It seems to me that the " Bee Jour- 

 nal "grows better every year. I learn 

 something new out of nearly every issue. 

 B. W. Peck. 



Richmond Center, Ohio, Nov. 12. 



What Are Golden Italians ? 



There seems to be quite a difference 

 of opinion as to whether Golden Italians 

 are a pure race or not. This question 

 was asked in a certain bee-paper some 

 time ago : " What are Golden Italians ?" 

 I have not seen a satisfactory answer 

 yet. 



Being greatly interested in the "Gold- 

 en beauties,"!, for one, am sorry to con- 

 fess to the truth, that they are not bred 

 from pure " Italians," but are Italian or 

 Cyprian, crossed with Carniolans. The 

 second cross will bring the "Golden 

 Queens," and the so-called five-banded 

 workers. 



I here propose a more correct, or what 

 is an honest name for them, viz.: " The 

 Golden Carniolan Cross," or "The Amer- 

 ican Golden." R. A Marrison. 



Inverary, Ont. 



[Mr. Doolittle has something to say on 

 the five-banded bees, on page 048 of 

 this number of the " Bee Journal." — 

 Editor.] 



Results of the Past Season. 



I started in the spring of 1S94 with 

 6 colonies of black bees, and in May I 

 sent for Italian queens, which came all 

 right. I cut out all the drone-brood and 

 destroyed all black queens, and in Aug- 

 ust all my bees were yellow. I had four 

 big swarms and 200 pounds of comb 

 honey. The season was too dry. White 

 clover did not yield much honey, but 

 basswood was good while it lasted. We 



had a fair fall flow from golden-rod and 

 smartwood. 



The "American Bee Journal" visits 

 me every Thursday and I like it very 

 much. O. A. Sanderson. 



Hayward, Minn. 



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