AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Queen Bees. 



Rule. — Queens in cages should be 

 marked on a scale of 100, as follows : 



Quantity 40 



Quality and variety 30 



Style of caging and display. .30 



Remarks. — 1. The best in quality, 

 consistent with variety, should score the 

 highest. A preponderance of Italian 

 queens should overweigh a preponder- 

 ance of black ones, or perhaps of any 

 other race or strain, but sample queens 

 of any or all varieties should be duly 

 considered. Under the head of quality 

 should also be considered the attendant 

 bees. There should be about 10 or 12 

 with each queen. 



2. Neatness and finish of cages should 

 receive due consideration, but the prin- 

 cipal point in style is to make and ar- 

 range the cages so as to exhibit the in- 

 mates to the best advantage. 



Beeswax. 



Rule. — Beeswax should be marked on 

 a scale of 100, as follows : 



Quantity 40 



Quality 40 



Style of display 20 



♦ Remarks. — 1. Prime, clear yellow 

 specimens should score the highest, and 

 the lighter colored should come next in 

 order. , 



2. By style, is meant chiefly the forms 

 in which the wax is molded, or put for 

 exhibition. Thin cakes, or small pieces, 

 are more desirable in trade than larger 

 ones. Some attention may be given to 

 novelty and variety. 



Apiarian Implements and Devices. 



Rule. — An exhibit of minor apiarian 

 implements and devices should consist of 

 such as the following, with the accom- 

 panying scale of points for each : 



Smoker 10 



Honey knife 10 



Foundation fastener 10 



Bee-escape and board 10 



Veil 10 



Swarming or hiving device . .10 



Feeder, large 10 



Feeder, small 5 



Queen-cage 5 



Queen and drone-trap 5 



Foundation roller 5 



Wire embedder 5 



Sample of sections 5 



Remarks. — 1. The following with the 

 accompanying scale of points may be 

 added : 



Super and furniture 10 



Shipping case 5 



Honey-board 5 



Wired frame with foundation 5 

 Cage for shipping bees 5 



2. The following may be added if not 

 otherwise provided for : 



Hive and furniture 10 



Brood foundation 5 



Surplus foundation 5 



3. Some attention should be paid to 

 style, both of individual articles and the 

 display, but the principal points to be 

 considered in this department are utility 

 and value. 



General Rule for Scoring. 



In all departments, and under each 

 several head, the best or leading speci- 

 men or exhibit should be taken as a 

 basis, and scored the highest allowed 

 to such specimen or exhibit ; all others 

 to be marked in proportion. 



Remark. — Specimens of equal grade 

 should be scored equally. It is not 

 likely that any two exhibits will rank 

 equally on all points, or in the aggre- 

 gate. 



Mechanicsburg, Ills. 



Coiiil)liilii£ Poultry witli Bee-Keeplni. 



C. F. LANG. 



Sometimes it is asked what to combine 

 with bee-keeping. For myself I would 

 say poultry. I have ten varieties of 

 pure-bred poultry, and last year sold 

 over $150 worth of eggs and fowls, and 

 at the last poultry show held at La 

 Crosse, Wis., I took $35 in cash pre- 

 miums, besides lots of merchandise. 



I advise every one to kill his scrubs, 

 and get a setting of eggs for a start, 

 and raise some pure-bred poultry, and 

 he will never regret it. Such lay more 

 eggs than common stock, and do not cost 

 any more for feed. If anybody wants 

 to make a business of it, there is money 

 in it. 



I have not secured a pound of honey 

 in three years. I had to feed the bees 

 in June, 1891, and the balance of the 

 season they gathered just enough to 

 carry them through the Winter. 



In the Spring of 1891 they had little 

 stores left, so I commenced to feed them 

 sugar syrup and honey that I bought. 

 I fed them quite liberally, and they 

 commenced brood-rearing quite fast. 



Later on, the weather was windy and 

 cold, and the bees were not strong 



