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Indiana State Fair.— The Bee and 

 Honey Exhibit at this Fair was the largest 

 ever made in the State. The list of pre- 

 miums awarded are furnished us by Julius 

 Moesch, and are as follows : 



Queen-bees— 1st premium,Julius Moesch ; 

 2d, Walter S. Pouder. 



Extracted honey— 1st premium, R. S. 

 Russell ; 2d, Julius Moesch. 



Comb honey— 1st, J. C. Zimmerman ; 2d, 

 R. S. Russell. 



Display of honey, the product of one 

 apiary— 1st, Geo. H. Kirkpatricli ; 2d, J. 

 C. Zimmerman. 



Display of wax— 1st, Walter S. Pouder ; 

 2d, Aaron Hunt. 



Display of Apiarian supplies — 1st, Geo. 

 H. Kirkpatrick ; 3d, J. C. Zimmerman. 



Apparatus for the manufacture of comb 

 foundation— 1st, J. C. Zimmerman ; 2d, 

 Geo. H. Kirkpatrick. 



Comb foundation for brood-nest— 1st, 

 Julius Moesch : 2d, TValter S. Pouder. 



Comb foundation for surplus— 1st, Walter 

 S. Pouder ; 2d, Julius Moesch. 



Honey-extractor- 1st, Aaron Hunt ; 2d, 

 J. C. Zimmerman. 



Solar wax-extractor— 1st, J. C.Zimmer- 

 man ; 2d, Aaron Hunt. 



Honey-vinegar— 1st, Julius Moesch ; 2d, 

 J. C. Zimmerman. 



Sections— 1st, Julius Moesch ; 2d, Aaron 

 Hunt. 



Display of wholesale packages and crates 

 for honey— 1st, Geo. H. Kirkpatrick; 2d, 

 J. C. Zimmerman. 



Display of retail packages for extracted 

 honey- 1st, Geo. H. Kirkpatrick ; 2d, 

 Walter S. Pouder. 



Collection of honey plants— 2d, a lady 

 from Greensburg ; 1st, Julius Moesch. 



Spraying Fruit Trees.— A year 

 ago Mr. C. A. HuflF, of Clayton, Mich., 

 wrote to us about the following paragraph 

 which was in the price-list of the Green 

 Nursery Co., Rochester, N. Y. ; 



Ten years ago but few plums were 

 grown. Fruit-growers supposed that the 

 curculio was unconquerable. But it ap- 

 pears that the curculio is as easily de- 

 stroyed as any other insect, and now plum 

 growing is a great success and very profit- 

 able. A spray of very weak Paris-green 

 water thrown upon the foliage at blossom- 

 ing time, also again a few weeks later, 

 destroys the curculio. 



^ We commented upon it thus on page 

 691 of the Bee JouKN-iL for Nov. 2, 1889 : 



"Mr. C. A. Huflf, of Clayton,Mich., wrote 

 them that their advice would do great dam- 

 age by poisoning bees if the sprinkling be 

 done while the trees are in bloom. We 

 would call their attention to the matter, 

 and present to their notice this fact, that 

 should the bees gather the poisoned honey, 

 and it be eaten, much damage would result 

 in a way that would be very unpleasant for 

 them. 



"Besides, the insect does not damage the 

 blossom. The fruit is injured ; and spray- 

 the blossoms is useless, ffhe time to spray 

 the trees is just after the blossoms fall- 

 then it will kill the insect-pest, and do no 

 damage to bees or honey. 



" The Green Nursery Company have no 

 doubt innocently fallen into error, and will 

 cheerfully make the correction in the next 

 edition of their Circular, now that their 

 attention is called to the matter." 



As far as our advice was good for fruit, 

 it was correct. It simply was death to the 

 bees, which question we did not consider at 

 all, but gladly do so now, and thank you 

 for your zeal. Chas. A. Green, 



Managei: 



Yes, it is "death to the bees," and as 

 they cannot speak for themselves, we speak 

 for them. We hope Mr. Huff will find it 

 all right in the spring catalogue of the 

 " Green Nursery Company." If not, we 

 will try again. 



Last >Veelt we gave a list of the 

 premiums at the Rhode Island Fair on bees 

 and honey. The New England Homestead 

 remarks thus about the excellent exhibit 

 made by Prof. Cushman : 



The apiary exhibit attracted immediate 

 attention. It was undoubtedly the best 

 ever shown in the East. This industry is 

 as yet in its infancy in the State, but is 

 fast coming to the front. To do all in its 

 power to help, the State Experiment Sta- 

 tion at Kingston has established an apiary 

 department, under the charge of Prof. 

 Samuel Cushman. This Station is one of 

 a tew, if not the only one, that makes a 

 specialty of this work. Prof. Cushman had 

 a valuable illustrative exhibit, which in- 

 cluded 12 standard hives of different pat- 

 terns, such as are used by bee-keepers in 

 different parts of the country. Also about 

 100 pounds of extracted honey in tall, 

 cylindrical glass jars with uickled and 

 screw caps, to show how honey can be put 

 up in the most attractive shape to sell. 

 The label was especially worthy of examina- 

 tion and copying by bee-keepers, as it gives 

 plain and simple directions to the buyer 

 how to store honey in the best condition. 



Importation of Oriental Bees. 



—Prof. A. J. Cook writes as follows on this 

 subject : 



Every bee-keeper knows that the bee- 

 industry has been materially advanced by 

 the importation of foreign bees— like the 

 Italians, Carniolans, etc. No bee-keeper 

 knows but tbat there are other bees that 

 are far superior to any we yet have. 

 Surely, it is not creditable to the enteri)rise 

 of our time that the Orient is not made to 

 show its hand, and any superior bees tbat 

 may be in existence in Africa, India, 

 Ceylon, Philippine Islands brought here for 

 our use and test. 



Private enterprise should not be called 

 to do this. We have tew Joneses— few men 

 that could do it. It seems to me that our 

 Government should take the work in hand. 



I have recently had an interview with 

 the Government" officials, and received no 

 slight encouragement. The Government 

 could do this with but a small outlay, and 

 might confer a great benefit on our 



industry. i, ^ ^u i. 



It has been suggested to me that the bee- 

 keepers memorialize the Hon. J. M. Rusk, 

 Secretary of Agriculture. Bee-keepers can 

 get what they ask for, if united. 



I wish bee-keepers would think it over. 1 

 have requested President Taylor to bring 

 the matter up at Keokuk. The Central 

 Michigan Society acted in the matter yes- 

 terday, and the State Society will consider 

 it next January. A. J. Coon. 



This is a good idea. We think that the 

 International Society should take the 

 initiative, and will reserve further remarks 

 until then. 



The fact that the Green' Nursery Com- 

 pany have printed the same paragraph in 

 their price-list for this Fall, shows that we 

 estimated them too charitably. We cer- 

 tainly thought that they would gladly 

 make the correction in future editions, 

 when their attention had been called to 

 the blunder. We now call upon them 

 iigain to do so — and have written them 

 privately for the second time, so that they 

 maj' be sure to see it, even if they should 

 not have noticed the paper sent them with 

 the paragraph marked. 



It is a very serious matter, and any hon- 

 orable firm (such as we deemed the com- 

 pany to be) would find delight in changing 

 off an erroneous statement for a truthful 

 one — especially when that "statement" 

 takes the form of giving advice ! 



We hope that this notification will cause 

 them to take the matter in hand at once, 

 and that they will make all amends for 

 their past blunder, and negligence ! 



Later.— Since the above was "set up" 

 in type, we have received the following 

 from Mr. Chas. A. Green, in answer to our 

 letter : 



Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 11, 1890. 



Dear Sir: — We made correction at the 

 time in our Fruit Grower. The Catalogue 

 for tall was printed from former electro- 

 typed plates, hence the mistake, as we had 

 forgotten about it, and did not read the 



l^ctrotyped matter. 



CL,irBBII>« L,ISX. 



■*Ve Cliib the ^?iier(C07i Bee Journal 

 for a year, with any of the following papers 

 or books, at the prices quoted in the I..AS'r 

 column. The regular price of both is given 

 in the first column. One j-ear's subscription 

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 Price of both. Club. 

 The American Bee Journal $1 00 — 



and Gleaninsjs in Bee-Culture 2 00.... 175 



Bee-Keepers' Guide 150. .. liO 



Bee-Keepers' Review 150 1 iO 



The Apiculturist 175.... 165 



Bee-Keepers' Advance 150 — 1,40 



Canadian Bee Jouruiil 2 00 ... 180 



The 7 above-named papers 5 25 5 00 



and Langstroth Eeriseil iDadant) 3 00.... 2 75 

 Cook's ManuaKlSST edition) 2 25.... 2 00 



Quinliv's New Bee-Kceping:. 2 50 2 2o 



Doolittle on Queen-Rearing:. 2 00 — 175 

 Bees and Honey (Newman).. 2 00 — 175 

 Binderfor Am. Bee .Journal. 160 — 150 

 Dzierzon's Bee-Book (cloth). 3 00.... 2 00 

 Roofs ABC of Bee-Culture 2 25.... 2 10 



Farmer's Account Book 4 00.... 2 20 



Western World Guide 150 130 



Heddon's book, "Success,".. 150 — 140 



A Year Among the Bees .... 1 50 1 3.j 



Convention Hand-Book 150. .. 130 



WeeUlv Inter-Oeeau 2 00.... 1 7o 



Toronto Globe (weelv-ly) 200.... 170 



History of National Society. 1 50 ... . 1 2o 

 American Poultry Journal.. 2 25 — 150 



The Lever (Temperance) 2 00 175 



Orange Judd Farmer 2 00 ... 165 



Farm, Field and Stockman.. 2 00.... 1 6o 



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