For the best single section in the 

 comb, weighing not more than 3 lbs. 



For the best exhibition of run or 

 extracted honey, in glasses of 5 lbs. 

 to 10 lbs. each. 



For the largest and best exhibition 

 of superhoney in comb, the propert}^ 

 of one cottager and gathered by his 

 own bees. 



For the best super of honey shown 

 by a cottager. 



For the best exhibition of run 

 honey in glass jars, containing 5 lbs. 

 to 10 lbs. each, shown by a cottager. 



For the best mead or beer made 

 from honey, with recipe attached. 



For the best and largest collection 

 of hives, bee-furniture, bee-gear, 

 and bee-keeper's necessaries, no two 

 articles alike. 



For the best honey extractor. 



For the finest sample of pure 

 beeswax, not less than 3 lbs. in 

 weight. 



For any new invention calculated 

 in the opinion of the judges to 

 advance the culture of bees. 



For the best microscopic-slides 

 illustrating the natux'al history of 

 the honey bee. 



For the best and largest display of 

 British bee flora. 



For the best and cheapest honey 

 jars with covers and fastenings com- 

 plete, to contain If lbs. of extracted 

 honey. 



For the competitor who in the 

 neatest, quickest, and most complete 

 manner drove out the bees trom the 

 straw skep and captured the queen. 



In addition to the principal dis- 

 tinctions, second, third, fourth, fifth, 

 sixth and even seventh prizes, as 

 well as high commendations, were 

 awarded to exhibiters. 



The most important part of the 

 bee show was the exhibition of those 

 methods of '^ driving" and manipu- 

 lation b}' wliich the bees are induced 

 to leave their hives. A competition 

 for prizes in driving was on Tuesday 

 held in a tent which had an inner 

 inclosure of netting, so that the 

 process could be observed without 



the spectator having to fear the 

 stilettes of the enraged insects. 

 The bees are first made drunk %vith 

 sugar, or have their senses dulled a 

 little, with smoke, and are then 

 drummed out of the hive into a straw 

 skep, from which they arc shaken 

 into the new hive. 



Many improved bar and frame 

 hives were exhibited which makes 

 the skill of the driver unnecessary, 

 since the bees can be easily shaken 

 out of them. In these a thin plate 

 of wax is inserted to guide the bees 

 in making their cells. They take 

 advantage of the wall thus provided, 

 and build against it. Their time is 

 saved, and the combs are regularly 

 built. A machine to produce these 

 guiding walls, by rapidly passing 

 wax under a roller, is exhibited this 

 year. "Supers" are also shown. 

 These are placed above the hives, 

 and are removed as soon as they are 

 filled with honey. Mr. John Hun- 

 ter, the well-known apiarist shows 

 American supers, to hold 1 lb. of 

 honey. Extractors, in which the 

 comb is placed and turned rapidly 

 round till the honey is expelled by 

 centrifugal force, are also shown . 



Among the curiosities is a Portu- 

 guese hive of bark, exhibited by the 

 Kev. F. T. Scott, and a quantity of 

 honey produced on an upper floor 

 in the strand, by Mr. Thurston, 

 which were partly fed on syrup and 

 partly foraged on the flowers of the 

 embankment, or flew across the 

 Thames to the learned shades of 

 Lambeth. An interesting collection 

 is that of the flowers from which 

 bees chiefly gather their food — the 

 spiked teasle, the meadow-sweet, the 

 thyme which gave its flavor to the 

 honey of Hymettus, the white net- 

 tle, the fragrant mignonette and 

 lavender, with borage. 



The exhibition was enlivened on 

 the first day by a discussion, opened 

 by the Eev. J. D. Glennie, on 

 questions in treating to bee-masters. 

 One of these was, "How far is the 

 process which leads to swarming, 



