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honey. The colony is a fine one, and 

 though not strictly pure Carniolan 

 bees, they are quite handsome. The 

 color is rather more of a light gray 

 than steel blue. Mr. Green says the 

 only fault with the Carniolan bees is 

 their propensity to swarm so much. 



The]-e was another thing in the bee 

 exhibit that certainly was a novelty. 

 Mr. Cushman had on exhibition a large 

 swarm of bees clustered on a branch 

 of a tree, as in natural swarming. The 

 bees were in a large screen-wire cage, 

 and until late in the day were as quiet 

 as though they had just issued from a 

 hive and had settled there. Of course 

 in order to make a success of this, a 

 queen bee was caged and the cage fas- 

 tened to the branch, and the bees clus- 

 tered about it, completely hiding the 

 queen and cage from view. The whole 

 thing was ingeniously arranged and 

 did the exhibitor great credit. 



Arthur C. Miller, of Barrington, R. 

 I., had a fine display of bees, honey, 

 hives, etc. Mr. Miller is the inventor 

 of a comb-fastening machine. Should 

 say it is a good and practical imple- 

 ment for the apiary. We also saw a 

 sun wax-extractor, constructed by Mr. 

 Miller. This also struck us as a prac- 

 tical thing. 



Alley's drone-and-queen trap was 

 there. We all know this is a good 

 thing. No less than three exhibitors 

 had "the traps with their exhibits. 



A. M.Cole, East Providence, had a 

 good display of hives, honey and a 

 general assortment of bee fixtures. 

 And last, though not the least, was 

 an exhibit by Brother E. L. Pratt, of 

 Marlboro, Mass. "Our new nucleus 

 system " was represented, as well as a 

 lot of other useful things used in Bro. 

 P.'s apiary. Mrs. Mary E. Ralph, 

 Hope, R. I., captured first prize for 

 beeswax, while A. C. Oluey was award- 

 ed second prize for comb honey. 



The bee-keepers of the state of 

 Rhode Island seem to have done their 

 best to make the exhibition of bees 

 and honey a success. That they were 



successful one need only visit the fair 

 to be convinced of the fact. 



I was glad to meet so many of my 

 beekeeping friends who were present, 

 and the greeting given us was so cor- 

 dial that we shall not soon forget our 

 visit to the Rhode Island state fair. 



If the beekeepers of the country 

 generally would make such an effort 

 to show their honey, bees, etc., as 

 the beekeepers of Rhode Island have, 

 honey would sell more readily and at 

 much better prices. Advertise at the 

 fairs ; make people acquainted with 

 bees and honey, and the many house- 

 hold and medicinal uses of this whole- 

 some and delicious sweet. 



^picultiirist illail'boir. 



Bees did well; nice bees. 



Jeioeit, Ohio. 

 Mk. Allky: Please send me another 

 queen. Botli tlie queens you .sent me in 

 1889 have done well and proved tine. 'They 

 are the nicest bees I have. 



David Lucas. 



"Worth many times their cost. 



Scnles 3Ionud, III. 



Brother Alley: — Find $1 50 for Api 



and queen. The queens y<>u have sent me 



the last two years are all 0. K. and worth 



many times their cost. J. W. Wilcox. 



He likes our queens. 



Oran, N. Y. 



Mh. Alley.— Send me eight queens, 



four from your imported mother. I like 



your queens better than those bousiht of 



other dealers. Wm. H. Balch. 



Four queens paid for aU. 



Bicknell, Ind. 

 Mr. Alley :— I bought eighteen queens 

 of you and lost all but fonr. But the four 

 queens made up my loss to a gi'eat extent, 

 as their bees were all I could desire or 

 expect. H. F. Winters. 



Handsome bees. 



Thortidal'', Texas. 

 Mr. Alley :— Find $1.50 for which mail 

 me another queen. The bees are hatch- 

 ing from the first one you sent me and 

 they are the handsomest bees I have. 

 O. J. E. Urban. 



