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ent) extract the honey from a large 

 colony with as little labor as from a 

 small one ?" I defy Mr. Hutchinson 

 to show where he used the words ' ' as 

 soon as," which have very little sig- 

 nificance, and Avere evidently devised 

 by him to evade answering my argu- 

 ment ; for he knows perfectly that it is 

 easy to prove its truthfulness. 



In the Hutchinson Review of May 10, 

 page 74, Mr. Heddon writes : " Our 

 method in running three large api- 

 aries, is to keep a good man in each 

 one . . . . " The six apiaries of the firm 

 of Chas. Dadant & Son, are cared for 

 bj- a single good man, Mr. McDaniel, 

 who attends also two others — one for 

 himself and one for another bee- 

 keeper ; while each one of the Heddon 

 apiaries is kept by a good man ; yet we 

 do not use a system which permits the 

 handling of hives rather than frames ; 

 but for 20 years we tried to realize the 

 motto of Air. Heddon, as given in his 

 ' Success," page 10 : "He who pro- 

 duces at maximum cost will fail ; he 

 ■who produces at minimum cost, will 

 succeed ;" and our large hives helped 

 us to realize it better than its author 

 did, even with his new hive. 



Mr. Hutchinson continues : Mr. 

 Dadant says that I have condemned 

 oil-cloths, as I have large hives, with- 

 out trying them. Large hives I have 

 used, quilts I have not to any (/real ex- 

 tent . . . . " Scripta manent. We read 

 in the Review of Mr. Hutchinson's Jau- 

 uarj' issue, page 11: "Perhaps our 

 genial friend can do better with quilts 

 than we can ; we think he could, be- 

 cause we have ?jei'cr used them — seeing 

 others use them satisfied us." 



Well, I think that an advocate is 

 very short of arguments, who uses the 

 means to which Mr. Hutchinson had 

 recourse, and that such a poor way is 

 far from giving confidence to his 

 readers. 



Hamilton, Ills. 



THE QUEEN'S VISIT 



To the Bee aiitl Honey §lio\v at 

 ^Viiidsor, England. 



Froim the British Bee Joui-nal 

 OP July 4, 1889. 



Bee-keepers who have this year 

 visited the annual show of tlie Rojal 

 Agricultural Societj- of England in its 

 year of Jubilee, have had a treat of a 

 high order. About tea miles of shed, 

 some 130 acres of a specially suitable 

 part of Windsor Great Park, gave 

 ample room for man and beast to move 

 about in comfort. 



" When Greek met Greek, then 

 came the tug of war," but when bee- 

 keepers met those whose friendly faces 

 hatl been pictured but in the tuind's 



eye since the last Royal, then came the 

 tug of kindly greeting, in many cases 

 accompanied by some enthusiastic 

 argument as to the varied points of 

 perfection (or otherwise, alas !) of this 

 or that exhibit, this or that method of 

 procedure, amidst the changes and 

 chances of modern apiculture. 



Amongst the many, to us, unknown 

 apiarists of the old benighted schools 

 of arrant skeppists and self-opinionated 

 bee-keepers who persist in walking in 

 the lines their fatliers trod, no doubt 

 were man}' who, so to speak, " came 

 to scoff and remained to pray" for the 

 multitudes of api)liances on exhibition, 

 the exceedingly line show of immacu- 

 lately pure honey in sections and bot- 

 tles, and the practical illustrated 

 teaching bj- Mr. S. J. Baldwin, in the 

 bee-tent of " How to do Rightly," must 

 have convinced many who still remain 

 obdurate, or obstinate, tjiat there is 

 but one way for bee-keepers to pursue 

 — the humane metliod taught by the 

 British Bee-Keepers' Association, and 

 its atliliated offshoots in the counties, 

 the modern scientific way of manage- 

 ment in the frame-hive. 



At an early hour on Fridaj' morning, 

 June 28, it was evident that something 

 out of the ordinary routine was al)out 

 to transpire. In the bee-tent all was 

 activity, and the officials in charge 

 were busy making preparations. The 

 exhibits were being arranged, and Mr. 

 Huckle was all energy and action. 

 The floral decorations, which were be- 

 coming a little faded, were being re- 

 arranged by Mrs. Bligh, who kindly 

 undertook this part of the programme, 

 and accomplislied her task to the satis- 

 faction of all in a way only possible 

 for a lady, and the various flowers 

 visited bj- bees arranged amongst the 

 other exhibits, formed one of the most 

 attractive features of the show. 



The Chairman (Mr. T. W. Cowan), 

 who had been present during all the 

 week, the Vice-Chairman (Hon. and 

 Rev. H. Bligh), and the Rev. R. 

 Errington, were also early in attend- 

 ance, and active. It was not definitely 

 known until the day before, that Her 

 Majesty, the Queen, intended honoring 

 the bee-department with a personal 

 visit, hence these preparations. It had 

 been arranged tliat on Her Majesty's 

 arrival at the department, the Barone-ss 

 Burdett-Coutts was to present her with 

 a bouquet of tlowers visited by bees. 

 This the Chairman and the Rev. J. L. 

 Seager arrangetl with Messrs. Sutton 

 & Sons, that tliey should prepare from 

 bee-flowers growing on their farms at 

 Reading. The Ijonquet, which arrived 

 at 11:30, was artistically arranged, and 

 fitted in a handsome gilt hoMer, and 

 tied round with white satin ribbon with 

 flowing ends. In the holder was an 

 inscription stating that it was pre- 



sented to Her Majesty by the British 

 Bee-Keepers' Association. 



About 12 o'clock the Baroness drove 

 up, and was received by the Chairman 

 and Committee, and the bouquet,wluch 

 was greatly admired by all present, 

 was handed to her. After viewing 

 the paraile of cattle from the Grand 

 Stand, the Queen proceeded on her 

 round of inspection, the crowds of 

 people cheering vociferously. From 

 the bee-department the noise was 

 heard in the distance, and the advance 

 of the Queen's carriage could be 

 marked by the gradual swell of the 

 applause. 



Soon after 12 o'clock there was a 

 rush of policemen, who cleared the 

 shed and formed a line to allow the 

 procession to pass. It was a pretty 

 sight, as those who were to take part 

 in the reception of the Royal guests, 

 looked up the avenue and saw the 

 Roj-al procession advancing at a foot 

 pace. Mr. Jacob Wilson, the Hon- 

 orary Director of the Show, headed 

 the procession on horseback, and was 

 followed by the outriders and equer- 

 ries in waiting. Then came Her 

 Majesty's carriage, tlrawn by four 

 horses. In the carriage the Queen was 

 accompanied by the Prince of Wales, 

 and the Prince and Princess Henry of 

 Battenberg. 



The Baroness, Mr. Cowan, Mr. 

 Bligh, and Mr. Errington. were ready 

 waiting to receive Her Majesty ; and as 

 the carriage stopped in the centre of 

 the stand, the Baroness handed the 

 bouquet of flowers to the Queen, and. 

 explained that the}' were specially 

 selected as representing flowers visited 

 by bees. The Baroness then presented 

 Mr. Cowan to tlie Queen as Chairman 

 of the British Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion. Her Majesty received liim gra- 

 ciously, and he briefly explained the 

 objects of the Association, and drew 

 Her Majesty's attention to some of the 

 principal exhil)its in the show. She 

 showed great interest in the honey, 

 and at this moment Mr. Bligh handed 

 to Mr. Cowan a specimen of comb 

 honey. This was a beautiful specimen 

 of sainfoin honey, from the exhibit of 

 Mr. W. Woodlcy, and the device 

 worked by the bees consisted of the 

 following letters : 



R.A.S.E. 



Jl'BILEE, 

 89, 



enclosed in a frame and covered with 

 n-Iass. Mr. Cowan held it up, and ex- 

 plained tliat it had been worked by 

 bees in the county of Berks, and asked 

 if Her Majesty would graciously ac- 

 cept it from the British Bee-Keepers' 

 Association. The Queen bowed most 

 graciously and replied, " With great 

 pleasure," and as she thought they 



