DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO BEE CULTURE. 



Vol. XIII. Chicago, Illinois, November, 1877. 



No. 11. 



The Thurber Gold Medal. 



It will be remembered that Messrs. 

 H. K. & r. B. Thurber & Co. offered a 

 handsome $50 Gold Medal in a satin 

 case for the best exhibit of " honey in 

 the most marketable shape." We ap- 

 pend two cuts of this medal, showing 

 each side with inscriptions. 

 Fig. 1. 



On its face (lig. 1) are the words in 

 enamel: "For the best honey in most 

 marketable shape." The gold bar, to 

 which is attached the pin, is made to 

 represent a honey-comb, with a bee, of 

 raised gold and enamel, settled upon 

 the comb and busy at work. From the 

 bar, suspended by two chains, hangs 

 the medal proper, which is thicker 

 than a silver dollar. In the centre is an 

 old-fashioned straw hive in a garden, 

 made of raised gold, upon a field of very 



bright gold, and around this are the 

 words above quoted. 



On the reverse (flg. 2) are the words: 

 "The Thurber Medal, awarded to G. 

 M. Doolittle, 1877," as seen in the cut. 



The medal and case, the latter hav- 

 ing a plate-glass top, was made for 

 Messrs. Thurber & Co., by Schuyler, 

 Hartman & Graham, of New York. 



Fig. 3. 



Messrs. Thurber selected as judges: 

 Wm. Fletcher, Esq., a large and ex- 

 perienced honey dealer; A. J. King, 

 editor of the Bee Keepers'' Magazine, of 

 New York, and Thomas G. Newman, 

 editor of the American Bee Jour- 

 nal, Chicago. Their written instruc- 

 tions were as follows: 



"Gentlemen:— To promote the building of 

 straight combs in neat style of caps, well fill- 

 ed and perfectly sealed cells, thorough grada- 

 tion of varieties, and tlie uniform adoption of 

 such size and shape crates as may be thought 

 best adapted for all commercial purposes— do 



