Honey Shows in England. 



The British Bee-Keepers 1 Association 

 will hold their Annual Honey Show at 

 South Kensington, near London, on 

 Tuesday, July 22d, 1879. The Rev. 

 Herbert R. Peel, Hon. Sec. of the Asso- 

 ciation, has been instructed to invite 

 the editor of the American Bee Jour- 

 nal to act as one of the judges on that 

 occasion. Deeming this another token 

 of the cordial friendship existing be- 

 tween the National Societies of Eng- 

 land and America, we have accepted 

 the position, and by the time this 

 Journal is in the hands of its patrons 

 we expect to be in London, attending 

 the Kilburn Show of the Royal Agri- 

 cultural Society of England, which will 

 be held from June 30th to July 7th. As 

 we understand it, the South Kensing- 

 ton Honey Show is to be the principal 

 one, though at Kilburn prizes are to be 

 awarded amounting to nearly $120.00. 

 Those wishing to send articles to the 

 Kensington Show must dispatch them 

 at once, in order to be in time. We 

 learn with pleasure that Messrs. Thurber 

 & Co., of New York, will exhibit 1,000 

 crates of America's choicest honey, 

 from the apiaries of Capt. J. E. Heth- 

 erington, Messrs. J. Oatman & Sons, 

 Ellwood, Adsitt, House, Isham, Harbi- 

 son, Edwards, Floyd, and other leading 

 honey producers. This display will do 

 credit to the honey interests of our 

 country. 



Wired Foundation.— We have been 

 trying the new comb foundation with 

 wire inserted and we have now in our 

 apiary some of as tine sheets of brood, all 

 nicely capped over, as can be desired, 

 and we are ready to pronounce it a suc- 

 cess. The cells are built out perfectly, 

 and the combs are nice and straight. 

 The wires are no objection as some bee- 

 keepers feared they might be. We think 

 as soon as the advantages of this foun- 

 dation are generally known it will be 

 adopted in preference to any of the other 

 styles now in use. The only drawback 

 perhaps is in the increased cost of it as 

 compared with the other styles. We 

 hope manufacturers may be able ere 

 long to produce it considerbly cheaper. 

 — Bee-keepers' Instructor. 



Attractive Packages of Honey. 



It is with pleasure that the American 

 Bee Journal notes the fact that 

 American single-comb sectional boxes 

 are not only duly appreciated in Eng- 

 land, but the British Bee Journal gives 

 due credit to American ingenuity and 

 enterprise in getting them up, as well 

 as for our advanced views on marketing 

 honey. The following extracts show 

 that the editor, Mr. Abbott, takes a very 

 rational view of these things : 



" We owe it to American enterprise that 

 the honey market question has been so 

 thoroughly investigated. Their huge con- 

 signments, thrust upon.us almost without 

 warning, came like smoke into a bee-hive, 

 alarming everybody within the sphere of its 

 action, and setting them to work like bees 

 to save themselves and their belongings ; 

 but now, having got over the 'scare,' we 

 think it right to acknowledge that the Amer- 

 ican honey merchants have really helped us 

 out of what was a sore difficulty, viz., the 

 means of disposing of our honey. They 

 have proved that if in salable packages it 

 will find its way into our grocers' shops, and 

 thence into family cupboards for every-day 

 use." 



" The large imports of honey . .have, 



nevertheless, called the attention of the 

 bee-keepers of England to the fact that 

 honey in small sections, is in most salable 

 form, both from its beautiful appearance 

 and the handy shape and size of the packa- 

 ges which the sections form when prepared 

 for the market." 



Fuel for Smokers. — In the Bee- 

 Keepers'' Exchange, Mr. Nellis remarks 

 as follows concerning fuel for smokers : 



"We have just learned something that 

 ' tickles' us exceedingly, and as it is so handy 

 aiid inexpensive, it must prove an acquisi- 

 tion. If you haven't any good punk-wood 

 or cotton rags to burn in your smoker, why 

 just take some heavy brown paper, roll it up 

 like a cigar, ignite one end, and it will burn 

 splendidly. One roll will last an hour or 

 two. Heavy paper, such as is used around 

 clout and finishing nails, works best, but 

 even straw paper answers very well. The 

 smoke is very effective, and we shall seek 

 for nothing better. Just try "it." 



Well, we have tried it in the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal apiary, and must 

 say we are also "tickled." It works 

 like a charm. The tube is so much 

 cooler all the time than when rags or 

 wood are used. Of course, wood is 

 best when the apiarist desires smoke 

 continuously. 



