" Chateau de I'Insect," but will pass the 

 models, drawings and confections, to note 

 in a flying manner a few that had to find 

 shelter in other departments. 



Bkiscoffski, of Moscow, Prussia, cre- 

 ated somewhat of a flutter among bee-men 

 with his " Perfection Hive," which is a 

 near approach to an "American." 

 ITALY. 



To Prof. Louis Sartori, of Milano, a great 

 amount of praise and credit is due for the 

 very impressive arrangement of Italy's dis- 

 play, in the general arrangement of which no 

 small amount of architectural skill was re- 

 quired. The photographic art has been em- 

 ployed in a most liberal manner by the 

 Italian government, and a series of 50 

 splendid views of various apiaries and their 

 surroundings add much to this certainly 

 very excellent display; nor is this all in the 

 picture line. There are 10 large brilliantly- 

 colored plates 9x13, the anatomy, &c., of the 

 honey-bee, while there are others showing 

 the interior of work-shops belonging to 

 various bee-keepers, illustrating their man- 

 ner of working and arrangement of ma- 

 chinery. Photography is a novel and in- 

 structive feature of'this section. 



The individual contribution of M. Sar- 

 TORi, consists of about one dozen ditterently 

 designed hives, all movable frames and some 

 of them made of wood; a bellows smoker, 

 with long projecting handles; sample phials 

 of honey from every province of Italy. Very 

 fine vinegar; a feeder with a float in it; vari- 

 ous styles of wooden urns and glass jars for 

 packing honey in; a very elaborate design 

 of his establishment in Italy; queen cages, 

 boxes for transporting queens in; veils, and 

 miscellaneous shaped knives, and a very 

 large assortment of candied honey; frames 

 holding one pound of comb honey and a vari- 

 ety of ginger-bread, into the composition of 

 which honey enters very largely. Also a 

 tin extractor, rigged upon a wooden frame, 

 and a specimen copy of his celebrated work 

 " L' Apicoltura in Italia." 



M. Giovanni, of Antignati, had on show 

 several hives. 



Count Gartano, of Milano, had an exten- 

 sive display of hives and honey. 



B. BoTTAMiNi, of Bormio, wins the eye 

 with a Tery ingeniously-constructed model 

 of his apiary; photographs of beautiful 

 Bortni* and Its surroundings; 3 bee hives, a 

 large collection of honey and beeswax, and 

 a variety of very finely-flavored liquors made 

 from honey. 



GuisEPPi's Apiary is represented by 

 handsome views, as many as 8 varieties of 

 delightful liquors, 5x6 frames for honey, 

 extractors and presses for pressing out or 

 strainlug honey, and an additional attrac- 

 tion in a section of cork tree 5 feet long, 12 

 inohes in diameter, hollow, and filled with 

 honej by the bees. 



Italy, not content with the magnificent 

 display in her agricultural department, con- 

 tinues to interest bee-keepers by her show 

 in the department of manufactured goods of 

 crude beeswax and tfhe brilliant candles and 

 tapers made therefrom. 



JAPAN. 



The Japanese government make an im- 

 pressive exhibit of beeswax and strained 

 honey. 



BOLIVIA 

 contributed only a box of nice beeswax. 

 HUNGARY. 



Wm. Rosenthal of Budapest, Hungary, 

 has an attraction in honey and wax. 



NETHERLANDS, 

 have on exhibition two pyramids of white 

 and yellow wax, and several jars of honey 

 and bottles of hydromel. 



PORTUGAL, 

 has ten samples of honey and beeswax. 



VENEZUELA 

 display a straw super filled with honey; 

 also an assortment of white and yellow 

 wax. Surplus boxes, filled with comb, and 

 weighings pounds each, a limb of a tree 

 with honey comb built on to it, and a straw- 

 thatched wooden-framed hive, as well as a 

 variety of extracted honey in nice jars. 



In the horticultural annex, Louis Corset, 

 beekeeper at Cher, France; G. Dumas, 

 Saint Remy, France: M. Polizard, whose 

 establishment is at St. Denis de Palm; M. 

 MalessetBuzancais, Rameau, of Toulon— all 

 have very nice and creditable shows of 

 honey, wax and hives. 



The Messrs. Field, the great candle 

 manufacturers, and the largest consumers 

 of beeswax in the world (who by the way 

 have lately made H. K. & F. B. Thurber & 

 Co., their sole agents in America), come to 

 the front, as usual, with their magnificent 

 array of candles. Surely the little bee her- 

 self might verily become inflated with self- 

 importance could she be aware of the vast 

 traffic her products create. The religious 

 pageantry of Roman Catholic countries of 

 Europe and America owe much of its splen- 

 dor, and more than half perhaps of its in- 

 fluence on the mind, to the altar-candles, 

 each the tribute of a thousand flowers, col- 

 lected by a thousand bees, of all substances 

 for the illumination of holy altars, is cer- 

 tainly the most appropriate— so pure, se 

 sweet in its origin, leading back the 

 thoughts to beautiful blossoms and gardens. 

 This firm consume ten tons of American 

 beeswax per month, besides large quantities 

 from other countries. 



I purposely avoided giving a detailed de- 

 scription of the various hives &c., for so do- 

 ing I would simply occupy your space with- 

 out furnishing your readers with any new 

 or useful ideas. Argus. 



How TO Winter.— Those who wish to 

 post up on the subject of wintering, will do 

 well to read Prof. Cook's essay as read be- 

 fore the National Convention of 1876. — 

 Pilce 15 cents. 



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