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The State Fair at Providence, R. I., 

 was very successful. One of the greatest 

 attractions was the Bee and Honey Depart- 

 ment. It is thus described by the Provi- 

 dence Journal : 



In the old pastry room is to be found the 

 finest exhibit of bees and products that has 

 ever been held anywhere in the New Eng- 

 land States, or in New York State. 



The space apportioned the exhibitors in 

 this department has proved entirely inad- 

 equate to their needs and an overflow ex- 

 hibit is to be found in the butter and 

 cheese room. The exhibits show the va- 

 rious kinds of bees, queens, queen-cells, and 

 the implements and supplies used in the 

 modern methods of producing honey. 

 Glass observatory hives to the number of 

 8. containing colonies, are here to be 

 found, and in addition to these there are 

 nine single-comb glass hives. 



The exhibitors are Arthur C. Miller, of 

 Barrington, who exhibits comb honey, ex- 

 tracted honey of various kinds, jars of 

 granulated honey, sun wax extractor, and 

 implements and honey ; A. M. Cole exhib- 

 ited comb honey and bees ; E. S. Boweu, 

 extracted honey ; Thomas M. Pierce, ex- 

 tracted and comb honey,bees and beeswax. 

 Dr. Merchant, of Warren, extracted honey 

 and finely filled combs, as well as hives of 

 bees ; John A. McCray, crates of comb 

 honey. 



Samuel Lewis has a very large exhibit of 

 extracted honey, granulated honey and 

 comb honey ; Robert Niven, of Providence, 

 exhibits honey in glass show cases, both 

 comb and extracted ; William A. Green 

 exhibits several hives of bees and instru- 

 ments used in queen-rearing ; W. J. Tracy 

 and A. C. Olney have also small exhibits. 



Mr. Samuel Cushman, representing the 

 Rhode Island Experiment Station, exhibits 

 a large number of bottles of extracted 

 honey in the various styles of the most 

 desirable jars for preserving the product. 

 Mr. Cushman also brought up from the 

 School at Kingston, a cage having a swarm 

 of bees clustered on a branch in quite a 

 natural style. The Experiment Station 

 has made a collection of hives of various 

 patterns from different parts of the coun- 

 try, to examine, which will be of interest 

 to bee-keepers or intending bee-keepers. 



The premiums awarded in this Depart- 

 ment were : 



Most attractive display of comb honey, 

 1st, Robert Niven, Providence ; 2d, Samuel 

 W. Lewis ; 3d, Albert M. Cole, East Provi 

 dence. 



Samples of comb honey, not less than 12 

 pounds, perfection and color of comb and 

 quality of honey to govern, 1st, Arthur C. 

 Miller, Barrington ; 2d, A. C. Olney, Har- 

 risville ; 3d, J. H. Merchant, Warren. 



Largest and most attractive display of 

 extracted honey, 1st, Samuel W. Lewis, 

 Olneyville ; 2d, Arthur C. Miller, Barring- 

 ton /Sd, E. S. Barnes, Providence. 



Samples of extracted honey, not less 

 than 12 pounds, quality, body, flavor and 

 color considered, 1st. J. M. Merchant, 

 Warren : 2d, Mrs. S. M. Lackey, Provi- 

 dence ; 3d, Thomas M. Pierce, Wickford. 



Best display of granulated honey in 

 glass, 1st, Mrs. Lackey, Providence ; 2d, 

 Samuel W. Lewis, Olneyville ; 3d, Arthur 

 C. Miller, Barrington. 



Best display of not less than 5 pounds of 

 beeswax produced by exhibitor, 1st, Mary 

 E. Ralph, Hope : 2d, Arthur C. Miller, Bar- 

 rington ; 3d, Thomas M. Pierce. 



Best display of Italian bees and queen in 

 single-comb observatory hive, 1st, A. M. 

 Cole, East Providence ; 2d, Arthur C. 

 Miller ; J. M. Merchant. 



Best display of Carniolan bees and 

 queen in single-comb observatory hive, 1st, 

 Arthur C. Miller. 



Best display of queen-cells and attend- 

 ant bees in single-comb observatory hives, 

 cells to mature during the Fair. 1st, Thos. 

 M. Pierce ; 2d, J. M. Merchant ; 3d, A. M. 

 Cole. 



Best colony of bees, lst,Arthur C. Miller; 

 2d, J. M. Merchant ; 3d, W. A. Greene, 

 Providence. 



Best complete hive for comb honey, 1st, 

 J. M. Merchant ; 2d, Robert Nivens ; 3d, 

 Thomas M. Pierce. 



Best complete hive for extrated 'honey, 

 1st. A. M. Cole ; 2d, Thomas M. Pierce ; 

 3d, J. M. Merchant. 



Largest and most useful collection of 

 bee-keepers' instruments and supplies, 1st, 

 R. Nivens. 



Best new apiarian instrument exhibited 

 by inventor, diploma, Arthur C. Miller. 



Best honey extractor, 1st, Robert Niv- 

 ens ; 2d, A. M. Cole. 



Best wax extractor, premium, Arthur C. 

 Miller. 



Best honey -vinegar, not less than a quart, 

 premium, Samuel W. Lewis. 



Sweepstake for best exhibit in this 

 division, exclusive of implements and sup- 

 plies, society's diploma, Arthur C. MiUer. 



l..a Crippe again appears and claims 

 its victims. It is early, and will no doubt 

 reap a large harvest before next summer 

 Already quite a number of cases are re- 

 ported among bee-men — the latest being 

 our friend J. M. Hambaugh, of Spring, 

 Ills., who reports thus : 



I was taken down sick about Sept. 8, 

 since which time I have scarcely been able 

 to leave my room, and a goodly portion of 

 the time I have been bedfast. My malady 

 is La Q-rippc. I have had to subdue the 

 fever on myself twice, and though my 

 physician pronounces me better, I am still 

 quite feeble. 



We well known how to sympathize with 

 friend Hambaugh and others who have had 

 a visit from that very disagreeable malady. 

 It takes four months to get over its attack, 

 and we hope never to have another such a 

 tussel. It weakens the constitution, de- 

 stroys the energy, and makes life a burden. 



diminished, and ceased entirely with its 

 subsidence. 



Not having vessels for saving the honey, 

 the "favored-five" discoverers of this re- 

 markable phenomenon decided to revisit 

 the place a few days hence for conveying 

 away in proper vessels the falling manna, 

 of which they expected to secure quite a 

 lot. 



Honey Slio^ver. — The San Bernar- 

 dino Courie?' gives the following " story " 

 about a honey shower, which it claimed 

 was seen and felt in a dry canyon in South- 

 ern California. The Courier also calls it 

 "manna." " What was it i" or " Did any- 

 thing like it ever occur i" That's the ques- 

 tion. It says : 



Two days ago five gentlemen of this place 

 drove away in a carriage, taking with them 

 guns and cooking utensils. Bringing up 

 about noon near a spring in a dry canyon, 

 they kindled a fire for preparing lunch. As 

 soon as frying-pan and coffee-pot began 

 doing duty over the burning fagots, honey 

 in lumps from the size of drops to gobs 

 larger than human fists — rained or fell into 

 frying pan or coffee-pot, sweetening cook- 

 ing game and boiling coffee-water. 



The startled Nimrods found that as the 

 fire was reduced the honey-shower also 



Full Height of Cells in comb foun- 

 dation has been announced in Germany, 

 as will be seen by the following item from, 

 the Bienenvater aiis Boehmen, translated 

 for us by the Rev. S. Roese : 



What bee-keeper has not expressed the- 

 wish that a machine might be invented 

 which would manufacture foundation in 

 its natural size and height of cells * Such 

 a machine was constructed a few years; 

 ago, but the instrument proved too expen- 

 sive and impractical, and the matter was 

 dropped and forgotten. Although the 

 readers of the Bienenvater have, up to- 

 date, never read an article from my pen in, 

 their paper, yet I cannot refrain from mak- 

 ing known to them the greatest discovery 

 siuce the days of Dzierzon. it is for the- 

 general interest of the bee-keeping world, 

 to know, as soon as possible, that a machine- 

 has been invented, which will make foun- 

 dation comb, with cells 20 millimeters 

 high. 



When the inventor of this machine— Herr 

 Caccan Beyer, of Olbernhon, Saxony— in- 

 formed me of this invention, I believed it 

 to be a humbug, and many a reader of this- 

 paper will express himself the same way ; 

 but I guarantee that it is the honest truth. 



The "Edi Comb Foundation" is the name- 

 for the new foundation, which will cause a. 

 thorough revolution in the manufacture of 

 foundation comb. G. Adolphson. 



Wytigon, Zurich. 



Similar announcements have been mad» 

 in America by Weed Bros., but every tim& 

 a test has been made a faUure is the result, 

 with a promise of a success the next time. 



But we would ask, of what possible value 

 can such an " invention " be to apiarists i 

 The simple fact that it must be boxed for 

 shipping a few sheets at a time, would 

 practically make it valueless. 



«. 'W. Iii;;raiii. of Tempe, Arizona,, 

 has a bee-ranch and apiary for sale at a 

 bargain. 



All Wiio Subscribe for the Ameri- 

 cas Bee JotTKNAL can hereafter have our 

 Illustrated Home Journal also, from the- 

 time their subscriptions are received to 

 Jan. 1. 1892— both papers for only 81.35. 

 We can also furnish Oleanings in Bee- 

 Culture for same time with the above, for 

 SS.IS for all three periodicals This is an. 

 offer that should be accepted by all who 

 keep bees, and desire the regular visits of 

 these standard publications— all three pe 

 riodicals from now to Jan. 1, 1892, for the 

 price named. 



Handlin;; Bees.— This is the title of 

 a nice pamphlet containing 28 pages and a 

 cover, published by Chas. Dadant & Son. 

 It is a chapter from their book, Langstrotb 

 Revised, and is an excellent thing for be- 

 ginners. Price, 8 cts. For sale at this office. 



