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EDITOR. 



Vol. mi. Se5t. 20, 1890, No. 38. 



I'll Wot t'oiiler with sorrow 



Till to-morrow ; 

 But Joy shall have her way 



This very day. 



H was a letter which figured conspicu- 

 ously as the initial letter of the names of 

 exhibitors. Just at the landing upstairs — 

 there was the exhibit of M. H. Hunt — then 

 followed O. L. Hershiser's — then came W. 

 Z. Hutchinson's. Another who made sev- 

 eral entries, but the goods did not arrive 

 in time, was R. P. Holt^raann — all the 

 names beginning with H. The ijrincipal 

 lady exhibitors were Miss Anna Cutting 

 and Mrs. S. Bennett. 



Xlie Xiiiie lias Changed.— The 



Kansas City honey market report on page 

 637, says that " the demand for comb 

 honey is larger than the receipts." Yes; 

 and it is likely to be. Quoting it at 16 

 cents is a farce ! Any white comb honey 

 sold at retail for less than 25 cents per 

 pound this year is sacrificed ! Beekeepers 

 should demand that the very meager crop 

 shall bring all that it is worth. Chicago 

 quotations are 18 cents, but that is too 

 low. Hold on to the product. 



Comb Honey.— We had a pleasant 

 visit from Mr. L. W. Baldwin, of Inde- 

 pendence, Mo., last week. Friend B. and 

 his son have an apiary of 850 colonies, and 

 have a product of 85,000 pounds of ex- 

 cellent comb honey, a sample crate of 

 which they left with us. It shows good 

 workmanship — the nice, white sections are 

 in an attractive crate, and the honey is 

 thick in body and of fine flavor, and will 

 no doubt bring a fancy price. They are to 

 be congratulated upon so good a yield in 

 such a poor season. 



Xli«- l>eti-oit Honey Kxliibit was 



everything that could be desired. Beauti- 

 ful weather prevailed, and the "swarm" 

 of bee-keepers was generous and kindly 

 disposed. A rejiorter for the Detroit 

 Trlhime is responsible for this which fol- 

 lows a notice of the honey exhibit : 



The busy bee, like the ant, can always 

 give a lesson to the sluggard, and even to 

 the wisest of men. The intelligent little 

 workers carrying on their prosperous com- 

 munality in that business-like way of 

 theirs, have attained to that Utopian gov- 

 ernment for which all men are sighing. 

 Precise in their instincts and workmanship, 

 sanitary to an astonishing degree, full of 

 reverence for their queen, wisely provident 

 tor their necessary but lazy drones, having 

 absolute command not only of their living 

 selves, but enjoying a power to regulate 

 the number and kind of new bees which 

 shall be born into their little cosmos, the 

 hive. The bees are a delight for the poet, 

 a parable for the teacher, and a study for 

 the philosopher. 



The Superintendent, friend H. D. Cut- 

 ting, did nobly in getting up such a fine 

 exhibit, when the crop was so short. In 

 fact, some of the exhibits represented the 

 ivhole crop of the exhibitors. It took more 

 than an ordinary amount of energy to get 

 up the excellent display which was a won- 

 der and admiration to every beholder. 



The most attractive display of Comb 

 Honey was made by O. L. Hershiser, and 

 his premium was S35 ; second, M. H. Hunt, 

 •S20 ; third, W. Z. Hutchinson, .^10. 



Best specimen of gO pounds— Mr. Her- 

 shiser first, $10 ; and Mr. Hutchinson $5. 



In extracted honey the best display was 

 made by Mr. Hutchinson, and his premium 

 was S35 ; second, Mr. Hunt, S30 ; and third. 

 Miss Cutting, .$10. 



Best specimen of 20 pounds— Mr. Hunt 

 carried off the first premium of KIO ; and 

 Miss Anna Cutting the second, .?5. 



In beeswax, Mr. Hunt showed some ex- 

 cellent cakes from the apiary of Miss Lucy 

 A. Wilkins, of Farwell, Mich., whose arti- 

 cles, some years ago under the nom-de- 

 plume of " Cyula Linswick," were so in- 

 teresting , 



In bees, Mr. Hutchinson had a grand dis- 

 play in uni-comb observation hives. Italian, 

 black, Carniolan, Cyprian, etc., and his 

 premiums amounted to §40 on these. 



In comb foundation, both for brood and 

 sections, Mr. Hunt took SiO for making, on 

 the grounds. Miss Cutting had the best 

 ready-made samples, and was awarded •*! 2. 



The display of honey candies, fruit pre- 

 served in honey, honey pastry, and honey 

 vinegar was excellent. 



For the largest, best, most interesting, 

 attractive and instructive exhibition, Mr. 

 Hunt got SSS ; Mr. Hutchinson, $20, and 

 Mr. Hershiser, .?10. 



For the most attractive display of comb 

 and extracted honey made by a lady, Miss 

 Anna Cutting received two first premiums, 

 amounting to S40, and Mrs. Hutchinson 

 and Miss Hunt $10 each. 



Mr. Hunt's display was large and In- 

 genlus, and was ornamented by colored 



trimmings and banners. It was 40 feet 

 long, and occupied nearly one-half of all 

 the space devoted to the exhibit. His 

 stand was lined with a fancifully molded 

 balustrading of beeswax, and over the 

 blue archway at the centre sat an old- 

 fashioned bee-hive. 



Mr. Hershiser's exhibit was imposing — 

 one that is over-powering by its mag- 

 nificence. 



Mr. Hutchinson showed a pyramid about 

 10 feet high, made of comb and extracted 

 honey, and was truly grand and charming. 



Miss Anna Cutting, not to be out-done, 

 had two pyramids made with comb and 

 extracted honey, the tallest being about 8 

 feet high, and the other about 4 feet. 



Exhibits which are to benefit bee-keepers 

 should be so attractive as to cause an ex- 

 clamation by beholders— then the intent is 

 accomplished. An impression is made that 

 will be impressive and lasting. Colored 

 bunting and flags are excellent to adorn 

 the walls for a background, but the exhibit 

 itself should with its magnificence and gran- 

 deur captivate the spectator. 



It^~ The Missouri and Kansas Inter-State 

 Fair will be held at Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 

 22 to 27, 1890. Premium lists may be 

 obtained of R. W. Cunningham, Secretary. 

 No attention is paid to bees or honey. 



By the British Bee Journal for 

 Sept. 4, we notice that a honey show at 

 Wigtown, announced for the 19thinst., is 

 abandoned because of the failure of the 

 honey crop. Bee-keepers on both sides of 

 the Atlantic Ocean can condole with one 

 another in the honey crop failure this year. 



'iW The Salt Lake City Fair will be held 

 from Oct. 6 to 10, 1890. Premiums 

 amounting to $13.50, are oflfered for bees 

 and honey. In future years we may hope 

 that more liberal premiums will be offered, 

 and more creditable exhibits will be the 

 result. Our friend, John C. Swaner, will, 

 no doubt, make as creditable an exhibit 

 as possible, and take the premiums. 



Held His Breatli.— That is what the 

 Rev. L. Johnson, of Walton, Ky., says he 

 almost did when reading Chapter XIH of 

 "Scientific Queen-Rearing," by G. M. 

 Doolittle. His enthusiastic remarks are as 

 follows ■ 



I have just finished reading Mr. G. M. 

 Doolittle's book on " Scientific Queen-Rear- 

 ing," and must truly say it far exceeds any- 

 thing on the subject I have ever read. His 

 discoveries are certainly remarkable, and 

 cannot fail to be of great value to the bee- 

 keepers of America. God bless him for 

 what he has done for us in the little in this 

 little book. I thought Mr. Alley had ex- 

 hausted the subject in his "Bee-Keepers' 

 Handy-Book," but Mr. Doolittle has opened 

 to us a new field of which I never dreamed. 

 I almost held my breath in amazement as I 

 read Chapter XIII. 



