1898. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



137 



THE OMAHA BEE BUILDING. 



The apiai'ian building at the Trans- 

 Mississippi and International expo- 

 sition now open at Omaha, Neb., here- 

 with shown, is said to be the largest 

 and most advantageously arranged 

 structure ever erected exclusively for 

 apiarian exhibition purposes. 



The architecture is of Swiss design, 

 and when it is stated that the building 

 is seventy-flve feet broad by one hun- 

 dred and forty-eight in length, the 

 reader will better appreciate its extent 

 of exhibition space, than by reference 



crating honey for market. It being 

 averred by Mr. Snyder that inferior 

 grades are to a damaging extent, fraud- 

 ulently concealed behind a facing of 

 finer goods next to the glass. 



In the coLiise of discussions pro and 

 con, Mr. Doolittle expressed the opin- 

 ion that so long as honey was shipped 

 to be sold on commission, there could 

 be nothing really dishonest in the act 

 of packing a variety of grades in any 

 particular manner that might suit the 

 fancy of the producer, in one crate. 

 Though he distinctly says he doubts 



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Apiarian Building, Omaha, Neb. 



to the illustration, in which the artist 

 has unfortunately lost nearly all per- 

 spective. 



By an ingenious interior arrange- 

 ment and the flood of light from its 

 high Dutch windows along either side, 

 and sky-light above, objectionable 

 shadows are avoided, and the nu- 

 merous attractive displays under the 

 general supervision of Commissioner E. 

 Whitcomb, who is a "tireless toiler" in 

 all work tending to advance bee-keep- 

 ing interests, appear to the best possi- 

 ble advantage, and cannot fail to af- 

 ford instructive entertainment to all 

 who attend. 



FACING COMB HONEY. 

 Quite a thorough discussion through 

 some of the bee journals has been oc- 

 casioned by an article from Aaron 

 Snyder in Gleanings, wherein bee- 

 keepers are accused of dishonesty in 



the wisdom of such packing, we regret 

 to note an inclination upon the part of 

 certain of his critics to place an entire- 

 ly unwarranted construction upon what 

 he has written. Who will say that any 

 producer has not a moral right to ship 

 any crate of his product, whether it be 

 good, bad or indifferent, to a commis- 

 sion house handling such goods, to be 

 sold on its merits, and for what it will 

 bring? And who, again, cannot see the 

 fallacy of mixing up several grades in 

 a case, when, by separating them into 

 their respective classes, according to 

 established rules, a better price is ob- 

 tained? 



As a final result of the controversy 

 the American Bee .Journal instituted a 

 canvass of the leading commission 

 houses, soliciting an expression of their 

 views upon the subject of "facing," etc. 

 and the published replies in nearly 

 every case accord with Mr. Doolittle's 



