Wonderful Exhibition. 



One of the most interesting and 

 wonderful exhibitions that can be made 

 is working Bees. It attracts attention 

 where all else fails. Visitors will brave 

 the dangers to see the wonders ! Let 

 lis have at least one colony of working 

 bees at all our conventions. All visit- 

 ors at the Crystal Palace, in London, 

 have a small hand-bill like the follow- 

 ing put into their hands : 



A Perfect Kingdom in a Peck Measure. 



''NEVEB KILL A BEE!'' 



South "*Ving Corridor, opposite end from 

 Aquarium, leading to London and Brigh- 

 ton Railway Station, Low Level. 



FIKST OF THE 



Thousand and One Attractions ! 



OF THE 

 IS 



Karriott's Exhibition of Working Bees! 



This wonderful, extraordinary and interest- 

 ing sight has been visited by thousands, 

 and by all pronounced to be the cheapest 

 and most intellectual Exhihition of the 

 Age. 



Mother of the Whole Hive, 



Ligurian, or Italian Alps Bees! 



PURE HONEY FOR SALE, 

 DON'T FORGET MARRIOTT! 



CRYSTAL PALACE BEE MASTER. 



The first Exhibition in the Crystal Palace, 

 opened in 18.54. 



Many try to Etiual, ;None can Excel. 



The result has been magical. Im- 

 proved appliances are the result all over 

 the Kingdom ! Increased demand and 

 consumption are the rule ! The Bee 

 stands in the foreground, with admi- 

 ring multitudes following ! Of course 

 they are happy, for "industry and cheer- 

 fulness are sworn friends." 



That Floating Apiary. 



Many inquiries have been received as 

 to the result of Mr. Perrine's experi- 

 ment with a "floating apiary." The St. 

 Louis Globe- Democrat has a long report 

 from which we condense the following : 



In the spring Mr. Perrine purcliased 

 two barges of ordinary length and a 

 little stern-wheel steamer. Whatever 

 of failure has attended the enterprise is 

 due the inferior speed of ^he boat and 

 a series of exasperating accidents to 

 her machinery. The two barges were 

 provided with shelving, and 400 hives 

 of bees placed upon each. The hives 

 were painted in "contrasting colors in 

 order that the little workers could 

 return to the proper hive, the colors 

 aiding each in distinguishing his home 

 by comparative location. 



The steamer made such slow progress, 

 owing to breakage of machinery, that 

 the barges were abandoned and the 

 hives were put on the tug. Every few 

 days the boat would stop, the hives 

 were taken ashore and the bees released 

 and when the vicinity was exhausted 

 they would be reloaded and tlie run 

 made for another garden spot. 



TJie bees are all doing well, and are 

 making honey with a facility gratifying 

 to their owner. The trip will be made 

 tlu'ough to St. Paul, and tlien the bees 

 will be taken soutli for the winter. 

 Satisded tluithe h;is struck a successful 

 solution of the problem of how to insure 

 the honey supply Mr. Perrine will 

 complete his arrangements during the 

 winter for an apiary on a still larger 

 scale, and will leave New Orleans on 

 April 1, 1S79, with 2,000 colonies, towed 

 by a boat of assured speed and power. 



2^^ Notices of local Conventions 

 are often left too late before being sent 

 on for publication. Hereafter we pro- 

 pose to keep a standing table of all 

 such in the Journal, and will now 

 request the Secretaries of such to send 

 on for the next Journal the time and 

 place of next meeting. This will be 

 very desirable for those wishing to 

 attend, and to prevent clashing in time 

 of meetings. We have been invited, 

 pressingly, to attend four or five Con- 

 ventions this month — all of them com- 

 ing at the same time. This should be 

 avoided, and can be, by having a refer- 

 ence table, as intimated. 



