March lb, 1905. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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in the large jars. But this light amber honey would have looked dark 

 in those big jars. 



Our object was to represent correctly the honey product of the 

 State. Our honey will easily go 3tol white, and if it had been re- 

 liquefied at the Fair, and put up in smaller jars, the effect would have 

 been all that could have been desired. The only excuse we can olfer 

 is that those who managed the exhibit thought they were doinf,' every- 

 thing for the best, and the bee-keepers had nothing to do wilh the ex- 

 hibit other than to collect the honey, fill the jar^, and deliver it to the 

 Fair commissioners. Moral : Don't exhibit honey in bullfy packages. 

 They are too heavy to handle, and don't show up well. 



The unique wax-model, representing a maiden on the mountain- 

 top holding aloft a horn of plenty, which was intended to represent 

 the industries of the State — including its mining, agricultural, horti- 

 ■cultural and apicultural industries; also the American flag, which, 

 with the beehive, is the emblem of the State — was the creation of one 

 of our local artists. E. 8. Lovest. 



Salt Lake Co., Utah. 



The British Bee Journal, in January last, contained quite a full 

 report, prepared by Mr. Walter F. Reid, of the apiarian exhibits from 

 various counties, as shown at the St. Louis Exposition. Mr. Keid 

 reported the following: 



In the Exhibition there were many exhibits of bee-products, some 

 of them of considerable importance. Several foreign countries were 

 represented, and some of the American States had special honey 

 exhibits. 



France had a very small exhibit, consisting of a few jars of excel- 

 lent Narbonne honey and a defective " Gariel " hive. 



Madagascar exhibited four cakes of beeswax of pronounced odor, 

 three of which were of good color. 



Reunion showed three bottles of honey of fairly good color, but 

 indifferent flavor. 



Germany did not exhibit any bee-products; but Prof . R. Klebs, 

 of Konigsberg, showed a unique collection of insects in amber, some 

 of which were mounted in a resinous mixture of the same coetBcient 

 of refraction as the amber, so that the specimens could be easily 

 studied. Among the 68 exhibits were several apida?. One was a new 

 species of bombus, while another represented a hitherto undescribed 

 apis much resembling our honey-bee, but slightly larger. Although 

 the pollen-baskets appeared to be fully developed, yet the compound 

 ■eyes met on the lop of the head as in the drones of the present day, 

 leaving a small triangular space on the forehead in which three single 

 «yes were placed. The upper part of the thorax has a thorny appear- 

 ance, and seemed devoid of hair. The collection included eight 

 Tcspidip, which, in their general structure, reminded one of South 

 American forms. 



Bulgaria showed three samples of candied honey of fairly good 

 quality, and three cakes of wax. 



Argentina had three exhibits of honey, one of which, apparently 

 from alfalfa, was of good quality. One cake of wax was also exhibited. 



Nicaraugua exhibited a cake of nearly black wild beeswax, and 

 also some interesting specimens of vegetable wax, obtained from the 

 berries of a shrub with leaves resembling those of the myrtle. 



Mexico had a good exhibit of wax from several provinces. Some 

 large cakes of bleached wax from Jalapa were of excellent quality, 

 and there were good samples from Matamoras and Vera Cruz. Some 

 of the native beeswax was of very dark color, resembling cakes of 

 chocolate. 



Cuba exhibited a few samples of indifferent honey, packed in 

 wine and champaign bottles ! Only one from Guantanamo would be 

 •considered of average quality in this country. 



Philippines— The United States had a large collection of Philip- 

 pine products, including about 2b specimens of wild beeswax of vari- 

 ous degrees of purity, and a number of home-made wax-candles as 

 used in the churches. The wax was said to be derived from two 

 kinds of bees, one a large variety, probably Apis dorsata, and the 

 other a small bee of about the size of a house-fly, and striped black 

 and yellow, more resembling a wasp than a bee. The cells of the 

 small combs were about 'j, inch in diameter, and the native name of 

 the bee was " Putyucan ". 



Japan's exhibit of honey was remarkable for careful and tasteful 

 packing. Some jars — or, rather, stoppered bottles— from theSuwa 

 apiary, Osaka, were specially neat. The hive-bee is said to have been 

 introduced about 100 years ago from Spain ; but wild bees existed pre- 

 viously in the Japanese forests. 



Canada had a splendid trophy of honey, both extracted and in the 

 comb. About 50 exhibitors had contributed towards this collective 

 •exhibit, which weighed about one ton. 



Among the States of the Union, Colorado had a very fine exhibit 

 of honey, chiefly collected by Senator G. W. Swink, who owns a Dum- 

 ber of apiaries. The quantity of honey shown was considerable, being 

 about two tons of section and one ton of extracted honey. The whole 

 of it was of good quality, and there was also some excellent beeswax. 



Utah showed a collective exhibit of about 5000 pounds of excellent 

 alfalfa, packed in large glass jars 4 feet high and 9 inches in diameter, 

 with glass lids. 



California would have made a better show had herexhibiis not 

 been split up into counties. San Diego County showed some ^'ood 

 white sage honey, and Los Angeles some extra-large sections of trood 

 •quality. More than 100 sections from Fresno contained good !.<iney, 

 ■but were badly finished, judging by our stamlard, and the saiui: may 

 be said of a number of sections from Sacramento. Perhaps th' best 

 exhibit of extracted honey was from Los Angeles County, par', jd in 

 -clamped jars. 



Nebraska.— The custodian of this exhibit, Mr. Wm. James, i- him- 

 ■self a bee-keeper, and gave some interesting information uioii the 

 bee-keeping industry in that State. The chief sources of hiin yare 

 alfalfa, white clover and heartsease {polygonum). Langstrolh >-;rame 



hives are chiefly used, and the yield of honey averages about 45 pounds 

 per colony. A large number of samples of honey were shown, which 

 had been collected and arranged by .Mr. Stilson. 



Arkansas was represented by only one jar containing comb and 

 honey mixed, the flavor of which was good. There seems to be an 

 opinion that the flavor of honey is improved by an admixture of comb. 



Missouri had a large trophy of honey, badly staged, the sections 

 being shown in the packing-cases. Some honey was exhibited in stop- 

 pered bottles, and was very deficient in flavor of any kind. 



Kansas showed a few samples of alfalfa extracted honey of aver- 

 age quality. 



Mississippi had both honey and wax exhibits. Some of the honey 

 was from the mcii7o((ts [sweet clover], and of excellent quality. The 

 melilotiis WHS s&id to have been introduced before the alfalfa, which 

 latter is now supplanting it. Six samples of wax appeared to be of 

 good quality ; but it is difHcuIt to judge wax when the temperature is 

 above 90 degrees Fahr. 



Iowa staged about half a ton of section honey of average quality 

 but no extracted honey. About 1 cwt. of good wax was also shown. 



Louisiana had a small exhibit of }^-pound jars of honey marked 

 " Goldenrod ",'• Morning-Glory '', and " Willow", of which the last 

 had the finest fiavor. 



Oregon was represented by a small quantity of interior honey. It 

 is said that the honey gathered near the coast is inferior in quality to 

 that obtained further inland. 



Idaho had a small exhibit of sections arranged in fancy design. 



New Mexico showed about 100 sections and 50 pounds of extracted 

 honey, chiefly alfalfa. The bulk of this honey was produced at a 

 height of 3600 feet above sea-level. The chief apiarist owns about 1000 

 colonies. When he arrived at the place where his bees are now 

 located his whole belongings consisted of two wagon-loads of hives 

 and a tent, and he is now a prosperous colonist. 



There were very few bee-appliances exhibited at St. Louis. The 

 A. I. Root Co. had an exhibit of well-made goods familiar to bee- 

 keepers, but which contained nothing new except a novelty in form of 

 a smoker without a nozzle. 



There were three colonies of bees in the Horticultural Building, 

 of which two were of the Italian variety. It was remarkable that 

 while the humming-birds drove away both butterflies and native bees 

 from the beds of flowers in the exhibition grounds, they took no notice 

 of the hive-bees. Up to tfie middle of October the bees were still 

 bringing in honey from numerous wild flowers, especially goldenrod 

 and aster— a small Michaelmas daisy. Walter F. Keid. 



Baiting Fish wfith Honey. — Honeyed words have often lured 

 foolish members of the human family to their ruin, but we have never 

 known a member of the fish family to be lured by a honeyed hook, 

 though good Isaak Walton is authority for the catching of tench 

 with " a bait made of a paste of honey and brown bread ". 



The office boy has tried to improve the above sentiment in this 

 " poetical " fashion : 



Brown bread and jelly-cake 



Makes a fellow's belly ache; 



Brown bread and honey-paste 



Just suits a fish's taste. 



The last line is " bum ", but it is excusable, as the " boy " is not 

 yet a full-fledged poet— his hair is yet clipped quite short— for obvious 

 reasons. 



Doolittle & Clark is the way it reads now, instead of simply 

 " G. M. Doolittle". The strenuous life that Mr. Doolittle has been 

 leading for so many years has compelled him to share the labor as well 

 as the pleasure of his business, and so he has associated with him Mr. 

 P. G. Clark, who is a practical apiarist. They will hold forth at " the 

 old stand" where Mr. Doolittle has lived for over 30 years— at Boro- 

 dino, N. Y. See their advertisement on another page. 



The Pacific Rural Press has been designated by the State 

 Grange Executive Committee as the oflioial organ of the State Grange 

 of California. 



Honey as a Health-Food.— This is a 16-page honey- 

 pamphlet intended to help increase the demand for honey. 

 The first part of it contains a short article on " Honey as 

 Food ", written by Dr. C. C. Miller. It tells where to keep 

 honey, how to liquefy it, etc. The last part is devoted to 

 " Honey-Cooking Recipes " and " Remedies Using- Honey ". 

 It should be widely circulated by those selling honey. The 

 more the people are educated on the value and uses of honey 

 the more honey they will buy. 



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