GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Another exhibit in another part of the section. 



Lot 5. Exhibit of lomb honey in an extracting- 



frame — 



1st prize, $5, R. Cissna. 



2d prize, $2.50, J. P. Kingsland. 

 Lot 6. Specimen of extracted honey — 



1st prize, $5, J. A. Yeoman. 



2d prize, $2.50, R. Cissna. 

 Lot 7. Specimen of beeswax (10 lbs. or more)- 



1st prize, $5, R. Cissna. 



2d prize, $2.50, J. P. Kingsland. 

 Lot 8. Design in beeswax — 



1st prize, $5, Mrs. P. T. Dodge, Kiesling. 



2d prize, $2.50, Miss Fanny Breik, Spokane. 



CLASS 2. — BEES. 

 Lot 9. Single-comb nucleus golden Italian bees- 



l.st prize, $8, J. P. Kingsland. 



2d prize, $4, Mrs. Bolser. 

 Lot 10. Single-comb nucleus dark Italian bees- 



1st prize, $8, J. P. Kingsland. 



2d prize, $4, R. Cissna. 

 Lot 11. Single-comb nucleus black bees — 



1st prize, $8, J. P. Kingsland. 



2d prize, $4, Mrs. Baker. 

 Lot 12. Single-comb nucleus Carniolan bees — 



1st prize, $8, .T. P. Kingsland. 



2d prize, $4, Mrs. Baker. 

 Lot 13. Single-comb nucleus Caucasian bees — 



1st prize, $8, Mrs. Baker. 



2d prize, $4, .7. P. Kingsland. 

 Lot 14. — Greatest variety bees displayed in 



single-comb nuclei — 



1st prize, $10, J. P. Kingsland. 



2d prize, $5, Mrs. Baker. 

 Lot 15. Most attractive display of bees in 



observation hive — 



1st prize, $10, J. P. Kingsland. 



2d prize, $5, Mrs. Baker. 



SPECIAL PREMIUMS. 



Most instructive exhibit — one select tested Ital- 

 ian queen. Root's Red-clover strain, value 

 $4.00, J. P. Kingsland. 



Winner of class 3, lot 1, 250 Root's "A" grade 

 section honey-boxes, Robt. Cissna. 



Winner of class 1, lot 2, 100 Root's self-spac- 

 ing brood-frames, value $3.00, Robt. Cissna. 



Winner of class 2, lot 14, one pound each of 

 Root's comb foundation, value $2.50, J. P. 

 Kingsland. 



Winner of class 1, lot 3, copy "Advanced Bee 

 Culture" for expert beekeepers, published by 

 A. I. Root Co., value $1.00, Robt. Cissna. 



Winner of class 1, lot 7, copy "A B C of Bee 

 Culture," leading text book on beekeeping, 

 576 pages, and several hundred illustrations; 

 value, $1.50, Robt. Cissna. 



Winner of class 1, lot 6, one standard Root bee- 

 smoker, value 85 cts., J. A. Yeoman. 



Winner of class 1, lot 5, Oleanings in Bee Cul- 

 ture, full year's subscription, $1.00, Robt. 

 Cissna. 



Best exhibit by lady beekeeper, copy "How to 

 Keep Bees," by Anna Botsford Comstock, 

 value $1.00, Mrs. Baker. 



EXPERIENCES OF A FOUL-BROOD INSPECTOR 



Some Unusual Locations for Apiaries 



BY J. E. CRANE 



Continued from page 766, Dec. 1. 



I wish I had kept track of the number 

 of different styles of hives I have found in 

 my work. Some were large, holding two 

 or three bushels, and some small ; some with 

 large entrances, some with small ; some with 

 porticos, and others without ; some with 

 frames, many without. It had been so long 

 since I had seen bees in box hives that I 

 did not know that any one used them; but 

 after finding large yards with no othei' 

 kinds I began to think I didn't know all 

 about beekeeping, especially when I found 

 the bees in box hives in decidedly better 

 condition as a rule, in the spring, than 

 those in frame hives. One man asked me 



