THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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— The premium list for apiarian 

 exhibits at exhibition lately held in 

 St. Joseph, Mo., were varied and 

 interesting and much credit is due 

 those who prepared the list. $206 

 were given in money and nine di- 

 plomas. Among other things, pre- 

 miums were offered for collections 

 of houe^r-producing plants, which 

 is a step in the right direction. 



— Be sure, if possible, to attend 

 the convention at Rochester, N. Y., 

 as matters of vital importance to 

 the beelieepers will be discussed, 

 and come prepared to do all in 

 your power to advance the best in- 

 terests of apiculture. Our con- 

 ventions are the life of apiculture 

 and the interests of the beekeepers 

 are protected and advanced just in 

 proportion as we take active inter- 

 ests in association work. 



— The "Health and Home," a 

 monthly journal devoted to domes- 

 tic medicine, literature, science and 

 art, published by W. H. Hale, M. 

 D., Washington, D. C, is one of 

 our most valuable and welcome ex- 

 changes and its contents are inval- 

 uable. We notice this journal on 

 account of its worth and not on ac- 

 count of any request of its editor 

 or for any reunineration for so do- 

 ing. Address " Health and Home," 

 Washington, D. C, for sample 

 copy. 



— It is worthy of notice that the 

 Ontario Beekeepers' Association 

 recognize the importance of having 

 one journal upon which they can 

 depend for accurate reports and 

 deem it necessary to make such 

 journal their " official organ." The 

 time is coming when every well- 

 organized association will do like- 

 wise for its own protection. 



— An exchange contains the fol- 

 lowing note from Mr. Robert 

 Eldridge of Cincinnati, Ohio. 

 In Little Russia and Lithua- 

 nia the great linden forests ren- 



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der beekeeping very profitable. 

 The finest honey that I ever saw 

 is produced in Kovno. Kaluga 

 produces annually a])out 1,760 

 poods of honey and 3,500 poods of 

 wax. A pood contains about thirty- 

 six pounds. The annual produc- 

 tion in the Don Cossack country 

 amounts to $50,000, in round num- 

 bers. In Volhynia and Bessarabia 

 the combined yield of honey reaches 

 a value of nearly $200,000 a year. 

 The annual yield of the whole em- 

 pire is not far from $4,000,000, or 

 about 18,000 tons. To this must 

 be added nearly 5,000 tons of wax 

 worth $2,000,000. This is about 

 all consumed in Russia, the ex- 

 ports being very small. 



CON VENTION NO TES. 



Thk sixth annual exhibition of the 

 St. Joseph Exposition closed to-day. 

 The weather was flue, the attendance 

 large, and the displays in all depart- 

 ments good. 



The amount of honey displayed in 

 the apiarian department was not so 

 large as last year, but the premium 

 list was much larger and more compre- 

 hensive, and there was a greater vari- 

 ety of articles on exhibition. 



Increased space was given to the 

 department, and, at the suggestion of 

 the superintendent, the Board had a 

 space enclosed with wire cloth, for 

 the special display of the internal 

 workings of a colony of bees. 



The Superintendent of the depart- 

 ment, E. T. Abbott of St. Joseph, got 

 out a very neat eight-page paper, cut 

 and pasted, in the interest of bee cul- 

 ture, and distributed two thousand 

 copies of them during the weelc. It 

 attracted considerable attention and 

 will, no doubt, aid the cause of ad- 

 vanced bee culture in the future. 



There were three very fine displays 

 of apicultural literature which repre- 

 sented about all of the books and peri- 

 odicals published in this country, 

 besides a number of foreign publica- 

 tions. 



A number of parties supplied them- 

 selves with books during the fair, and 

 a great many sample copies of different 

 magazines were given out. It is to be 



