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Honey-Display at the St. Louis Convention. 



BY N. E. FRANCE. 



TO make a display of honey both attractive and educa- 

 tional, I asked the National Association members in 

 every State to save carefully and separately the various 

 kinds of honey produced in their locality. I sent 250 one- 

 pound friction-top cans to have samples mailed in to me, 

 as express rates were much higher. Many bee-keepers ex- 

 pressed their willingness to help me, but said it was a poor 

 season with them, and there were but few kinds of honey 

 they could secure. Samples to the number of 125 came to 

 my home before I went to St. Louis ; others came after- 

 ward, and still others were sent to the Endeavor Hotel. A 

 large United States map was fastened to the north wall of 

 the convention hall, then bracket shelves were placed 

 across each State, Canada and Cuba, and on them I put 

 most of the honey in 157 one-pound clear-glass jars, with 

 aluminum screw top. 



Some choice comb honey was also donated to help the 

 display, but every comb was badly broken in the cartage 

 transfer between the city and the Endeavor Hotel. The 

 only thing I could do with it was to donate it to the bee- 

 keepers' tables at the restaurant. 



Before I got the display all on my shelving, I discovered 

 several samples had disappeared, and not taken by the bee- 

 keepers, either. The display was then placed in a side 

 room, where my two sons kept watch of it for two days, until 

 repacked for home. Many bee-keepers, not knowing this, 

 did not get to see it. I did not get the entire display in- 

 voiced in time, but the following is what I saved : 



NAME. 



Fred Muth . . : 



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P. R. Hobble '.'.'.'.'.'.'. 



E. Davis 



Wm. Stolley 



Frank Rauchfuss . . . 



A. 8. Parson 



S. M. Campbell 



J. B. Alexander 



S. M. Campbell.!!!! 

 E. A. Simmons 



I. D. Flory. ...!!!!! 



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.). W. Lyell 



E. S. Loves? 



J. F. Mclntyre 



H. E. Wilder..!!!! 



F. D. Lowe..!!!!!! 

 Wm. Lossing 



H. W. Hamilton ! ! ! 

 Hyde Bee Co 



•J. F. Hairston 



D. E. Baker 



F. W. Van de Mark 

 D. W. Switzer 



F. A. Sampson 



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Cincinnati, Ohio, 



Dodge City, Kan., 

 Garden City, Kan., 

 Grand Island, Neb., 



Denver, Colo., 

 Rocky Ford, Colo. 

 Mountainburg. Ark., 



Lemont, Ark., 

 Mountainburg, Ark. 



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Spring Hill, Ala., 



Yerington, Nev., 

 Reno, " 



Salt Lake City, Utah 

 Ventura, Calif., 



Riverside, Calif., 



Bakersfield, Calif., 

 Phci'oix, Ariz. 



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Glendale, " 

 Floresville, Tex., 



Salina, Ind. Ter.. 

 Oklahoma City,Okla. 

 Meham, Okla., 

 Roebuck, S. C, 



Ronceverte, W. Va., 



KIND OF HONET. 



Mangrove (Fla. ) 

 Tupelo (Fla.) 

 Sweet clover (Ala.) 

 White clover (Ohio) 

 Locust (Ohio) 

 Alfalfa 



Catnip 



Cleome 



Alfalfa 



Sweet clover 



Alfalfa 



Cantaloupe 



Ba8swood 



Sumac 



Yellow-weed 



Cotton 



Sumac 



White-oak 



Hickory 



Poplar 



Cotton 



Sweet clover 



Alfalfa 



(Label lost) 



Sweet clover 



Alfalfa 



Dandelion 



Alfalfa 



Sage 



Bean 



Orange-bloom 



Wild buckwheat 



(Label lost) 



Arrow-weed 



Mesquite 



Alfalfa 



Catclaw (chunk) 



Mesquite (chunk) 



Sumac 



(Label lost) 

 Poplar 

 Cotton 

 White clover 

 Basswood 



NAME. 



Miss'.O. p. Hendrix 



H. E. Hill 



H. B.Henecke 



A. B. Marchant. . . . 

 0. O. Poppleton . . . 



H. S. Ferry !. 



J. S. Gillflllan 



F. G. Herman 



E. S. Brown ..!!!!. 



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W. Z. Hutchinson. 



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E. D. Townsend.. . 



A. D. Woods 



F. W. Wilcox 



Arthur " 



Mose Baker 



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B. Davenport 



Joe Kurth 



G. Wilson..!! 



C. P. Jaeger 



N. E. France 



Mrs. Clara Evans. . 



M. V. Facey 



J. L. Gray.!!!!!!!! 



Experimental Sta. . 



C. S. Fuge 



John Nebel i: Son . 



Louis Werner 



J. Q. Smith 



Jas. A. Stone 



Herman Ahlers 



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Arthur C. Miller.. . 



LOCATION. 



Satartia, Mise.. 

 Fort Pierce, Fla. 

 Titusville, " 



Apalachicola, " 

 Stuart, " 



New York City, N.Y. 

 Newark, Del., 

 Englewood, N. J., 



Caribou, Maine, 



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Flint, Mich., 



Remus, Mich., 



Lansing " 

 MauBton, Wis., 



Granton, " 



Berlin, " 



Mineral Point, Wis., 



Viola, 



Portage, " 



Platteville, " 



Lansing, Iowa, 



Preston, Minn., 



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St. Cloud, " 



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GallatinValley,Mont. 



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Orange City, Oreg., 

 High Hill, Mo., 



Edwardsville, 111., 

 Lincoln, " 



Springfield, " 

 Push, Oreg., 



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 Providence, R. I., 



KIND OF HONET. 



Hop- vine 



Saw Palmetto 



Palmetto 



Laurel 



Cabbage-palm 



Tupelo 



Pennyroyal 



Mangrove 



(Four kinds) 



White clover 



Goldenrod 



Whitewood 



Heartsease 



Aster 



Dandelion 



Fruit-bloom 



White clover 



Goldenrod 



Raspberry 



White clover 



Basswood 



White clover 



Buckwheat 



White clover 



Buckwheat 



Alsike clover 



Basswood 



Raspberry 



Goldenrod 



Willow 



White clover 



Basswood 



Alsike clover 

 Clover 28 years old 

 White clover 

 Fall flowers 

 White clover 

 Basswood 

 Fall flowers 

 Basswood 

 White clover 

 Alsike clover 

 Alfalfa 

 White clover 

 Spanish-needle 

 White clover 

 Melon 



White clover 

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Vine-maple 

 Salmon-berry 

 Fall flowers 

 Fireweed 

 White clover 

 Fruit-bloom 



Evaporating NeCtar— How the Bees Do It. 



BY G. M. DOOI,ITTI,E. 



SINCE the appearance of the article by Adrian Getaz, 

 found on pages 661-3 of the American Bee Journal for 

 1904, I have been asked several times to give my experi- 

 ence in the matter, some seeming to think it impossible for 

 bees to act as Mr. Getaz says they do, under that part of his 

 article headed " Honey ", where he says : 



" The bees gather the nectar and bring it home. There 

 they put it in the cells, take it out and put it into their 

 stomachs, put it back, and repeat the operation until the 

 honey is sufficiently ripened. It is then left in the cells 

 until a more complete evaporation has taken place, and then 

 sealed." 



This part of Mr. Getaz's article seems to stagger some. 

 One writes, " I never heard of such a thing, nor do I be- 

 lieve it ". Another says, " It seems strange that any one 

 would advance such an idea in this enlightened age of bee- 

 keeping. It must be a relic of the dark ages ". Still 

 another says, " If such stuff is allowed to appear in our bee- 

 papers, our Occupation will be gone, for no one will want 

 any honey after the bees have spit it out of their stomachs ". 



Gently, friends. Such is not reasoning, or showing a 

 desire to know the truth in the matter. All know that the 

 bee carries its load of nectar from the fields to the hive in 

 its honey-sac ; and, as far as I know, no one has the least 

 spleen against honey on that account. And if honey is not 

 contaminated by once entering the honey-sac, would it be 

 any more so if it goes into and out of that same sac several 

 times ? Perhaps it would have been more wise had Mr. 

 Getaz called this honey-sac by that name, but the same is, 

 in reality, a stomach, and, if I do not err, Prof. Cook has 



