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INTERNATIONAL. 



Report or Hie Bu8iiic.>is, Spceelics 

 and DiKcuskioiis. 



Written for theAme)^ican Bee Journal 



BV C. P. DADANT. 



EVENING SESSION— FIRST DAY. 



President Taylor called the Conven- 

 tion to order at 7:30 p.m., and stated 

 that Dr. C. C. Miller would preside at 

 the piano, and sing the 'Bee-Keepers' 

 Reunion Song, " and asked the audience 

 to join in the chorus. 



The first thing, according to the 

 programme, was the following address 

 by Dr. A. B. Mason, Auburndale, O., on 



The Apiarian Exhibit at the World's 

 Columbian Fair, in 1893. 



Mr. Prcsiilcnt and Felloir Dcc-Kccpcrs : 



The subji'ft assigned nii^ by the Execu- 

 tive Committee is one that should be of 

 intei-est to every bee-keeper in the world, 

 and more especially to those in the 

 United States, for upon them it naturally 

 devolves to look after the interest of the 

 Apiarian Exhibit, and get mattei's in 

 shape for the grandest disi)lay ever 

 made, of the appliances used in, and the 

 products of, the apiary. 



That you may know just what progress 

 has been made I will give you the last 

 •correspondence with the Exposition 

 Management. On the 9th of the present 

 month I wrote tiie Secretary as follows : 



"While arrangements are being per- 

 fected for thi> coming \yorld's Columbian 

 E.xposition. the bee-keepers of the United 

 t^tates and of the World, are quite anxi- 

 ous not to b(! forgotten. As reprenta- 

 tive of the bee-keepers of America. I 

 wrote to those having matters in charge 

 in Chicago, before' the location was 

 selected by Congress, and received a 

 courteous reply, and thanks for calling 

 attention to our industry. 



"Now that matters are beginning to 

 assume definite shape. I wisli again to 

 call attention to the desirability of pro- 

 viding space for, and giving encourage- 

 ment to our specialty, and having been 

 recommended by our National, and some 

 of the State Bee-Keepers" Associations, 

 to have charge of the Apiarian Exhibit 

 at the Columbian Pair, I am anxious to do 

 what I can to aid in perfecting suitable 

 arrangements for such an exhibit. 



"The next meeting of the International 

 American I5ee-Association is to be held 

 at Keokuk. Iowa, on the last thred days 

 of this month, and the Executive Com- 

 mittee have placed me on the programme 

 for an address on the Apiarian Exhibit 

 at the coming Chicago International 

 Exposition, and I would be pleased to 

 receive from you some suggestions as to 

 what provision will probably be made for 

 an exhibit liy bee-keepers. 



"I would suggest tliat it would lie 

 -de.sirable to have' all Honey Exhibits 

 grouped together, and that that from each 

 State and foreign country be placed by 

 itself, with one General Superintendent 

 and one, or more, assistants, as may be 



necessary. Tlie exhibit would very 

 jn-operly and naturally be placi'd in the 

 Ilortieultui-al l)e|)artraent. I'leasi' give 

 me any advice, iir iiuike any suggestioJis 

 that you think wnuld be of s<'rviee to us 

 at the coming meeting, where some 

 deliniti' action will probably be taken as 

 to what we shall do at the Ex|)osition." 



To the foregoing I received the follow- 

 ing reply, dated Oct. 11 : 



" Dear vSir : — Your letter in regard to 

 bee-culture and a suitable exhibit of tluxt 

 industry, is received. The industry you 

 rei)resent will have proper iilace in the 

 classification of exhibits, and ample 

 facilities will be ))rovided. The detailed 

 classification is not yet complete, nor 

 have we yet reached a period in the 

 progress of our work whicli would 

 authorize or permit an allotment of 

 space. Yon might make informal appli- 

 cation, indicating the nature and extent 

 of exhibit proi)Osed. and space yon would 

 require ; thereupon blanks will be for- 

 warded to yon. which yon can fill out in 

 accordance with instructions. 



"For any information required,address 

 this office, and it will be promptly sup- 

 plied as it is gathered and classified. 

 Very respectfully, 



BEN.r. BUTTEBWORTH. ScC." 



As soon as a World's Exposition was 

 publicly talked of. I thought of the 

 following plan, and as yet have thought 

 of nothing better : 



If possible, have our exhibit from 

 the whole World grouped together. Then 

 have the exhibit from each Nation. 

 Province. State, etc., placed by itself, 

 with a Superintendent to assign the 

 location and space, and to have the 

 general oversight of all, with one or more 

 assistants. 



To illustrate : Place every exhibit from 

 Germany by itself, with a Superintendent 

 from Germany, and have a large sign 

 placed over the exhibit, marked "Ger- 

 many," and decorated with the German 

 coat-of-arms. and the whole place made 

 attractive with German flags, and such 

 other decorations as may be provided : 

 have about the same arrangemi'ut in 

 regard to Franci'. Great Britain and her 

 colonies, and other Nations : and the 

 same for each State of the United States, 

 with a large sign aver all. with sluelds 

 and flags, with the exhibit from each 

 State by itself, and the name of each 

 State witli its coat-of-arms over its 

 exhibit, and such decorations as may be 

 proper, and also have each exhibit 

 marked with tlie name of exhibitor. 



It would add much interest to displays 

 to have the name of every article marked 

 or i)laced upon it. so that " an unsuspect- 

 ing public " would not be trying to buy 

 beeswax for maple sugar, and extracted 

 honey tor maple syrup, and calling straw 

 bee-hives, baskets ; or honey extractors, 

 churns ; washing macliines. ice-cream 

 freezers, etc. : or showing their l-cnowl- 

 edge of entomology, or their interest in 

 that science, by calling bees. bugs, 

 flies, etc. 



If possible, have a fair-sized apiary 

 on the grounds, to be decorated with a 

 display of as largi' a variety of growing 

 and blossoming lioney-produciitg plants, 

 as it may be possible to procure. The 



colonies to be in all sorts of hives, from 

 tli(> primeval log-gum, the box and straw 

 hives, up to the most palatial hives of 

 modern times. 



If we can scH'ure such an assignment 

 by the Managers of the Exposition, we 

 can make a grand display ; but it is 

 possible we may not be able to do so. 

 Each Nation and State may desire to 

 have all their exhibits togetlier. If such 

 should l>e the case, would it not be. a 

 good plan for each National. I^rovincial 

 or State Bee-Keepers\Society to choose a 

 committee of one or more persons to liave 

 charge of getting up and providing for a 

 suitable exhibit frcnu their jurisdiction. 



If the Columbian Exposition does not 

 provide "tlie needful" in tlie way of 

 premiums, it will probably be necessary 

 for the Bee-Keepers of the several States 

 to see to it that their State Legislatures 

 make the necessary appropriation. Such 

 a course would mean work for State Bee- 

 Keepers' Associations, and as some of 

 the Legislatures meet but once in two 

 years, the matter may need attention 

 during the coming winter, and every 

 State Society should begin preparations 

 at the next meeting. 



At a recent meeting of the Nebraska 

 State Bee-I'Ceepers' Association, the 

 Secretary, Mr. J. N. Heater and Mr. A. 

 C. Tyrrel, " were selected to make 

 arrangements for an apiarian exhibit in 

 connection with the .State Agricultural 

 display for tlie World's Fair in 1892." 

 .So tlie Secretary wrote me on the 6th 

 inst. He asked for such information 

 and suggestions as I might have to offer. 



Sometime since, through tlie "Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal," and "Gleanings in 

 Bee-Culture," I asked for suggestions in 

 regard to the proposed apiarian exhibit, 

 and have not received a single suggestion 

 from any one, Imt some liave written 

 asking for information. 



I would suggest that this Convention 

 choose a good-sized Committee to wait 

 upon those Iiaving charge of the Exposi- 

 tion matters in Chicago, and urge upon 

 them the desirability and necessity of 

 having the Apiarian display all in one 

 locality, and make such otiier I'epresena- 

 tions and suggestions as in your wisdom 

 may seem best, and let the committee 

 act at once, before plans for the Exposi- 

 tion have been fully decided upon. 

 Unless we make our wants known, and 

 authoritatively too. we siiall not get such 

 recognition as belongs to us. 



That committee could ,be made up of 

 Jlr. Thomas G. Newman. Dr. C.C.Miller, 

 President Taylor. Messrs. A. I. and 

 Ernest Root. R. McKnight, W. Z. Hutch- 

 inson and such others as are in attend- 

 ance at the convention who will go 

 to or through Chicago on tlieir way home. 



A meeting of representatives of a 

 goodly nunibiT of the State Horticultural 

 Societies of the United States was held 

 in Cliicago during the past summer, for 

 the purpose of making arrangements for 

 the proper exhibit of fruits, grains and 

 seeds, and committees were cliosen, a 

 person recommended to have charge of 

 the exliibit, etc. Similar preliminary 

 work has been done by horse-men, catth?- 

 men. sheep-men, swine-men. and others, 

 and wliy not bee-men do the same ? 



A. B. Mason. 



