range co-operation with the principal Asso- 

 ciations formed for the furtherance of bee- 

 keeping. He is daily in attendance at the 

 Show at Perth, and at 1 o'clock yesterday he 

 delivered an interesting lecture in the tent 

 on the subject of bee-farming, as conducted 

 in America. 



In considering the quality of the Show it 

 must be borne in mind that the present sea- 

 son has been, to an extent almost unprece- 

 dented, unfavorable to bee-keeping. On 

 this account the display of honey was very 

 poor, as it was at Kiiburn ; but this was 

 more than compensated by the display of 

 observatory hives, bee furniture and all the 

 appliances necessary to stock an apiary. 

 There were only three glasses of run honey, 

 but there was a good show of sectional 

 supers. The observatory hives, 7 in num- 

 ber, were a source of great delight to the 

 visitors in finding the queen. In the case 

 where a queen was lost in transfer a princess 

 cell was immediately begun. There was on 

 sale a number of Italian queens, which are 

 believed to possess greater vitality than 

 home queen bees and to be capable of stand- 

 ing better our variable climate. The High- 

 land Society offer a medal for a driving 

 competition, extending over the 4 days of 

 the Show, for the competitor who discovers 

 the queen in her passage from one cell to 

 another, and who in the quickest, neatest 

 and most complete manner drives out the 

 bees— the bees to be driven from the original 

 hive. 



To R. J. Bennett, Esq., of Glasgow, 

 the Honorable Secretary, the Society is 

 indebted for its great success. He is a 

 gentleman of untiring energy and zeal, 

 and withal a progressive and scientific 

 apiarist. 



The Scotch Society vied with the 

 English Association in its enthusiastic 

 reception of the American representa- 

 tive, and in its accord of honor to 

 American apiarian inventions and its 

 efforts on behalf of the production and 

 consumption of honey. On Thursday 

 evening it honored us with an excellent 

 dinner, to which the prominent apiar- 

 ists were invited. After which the 

 toasts and speeches where highly com- 

 plimentary to American apiarists and 

 the editor of the American Bee 

 Journal. 



At the Society's business meeting the 

 following resolution was unanimously 

 passed: " Besolved, That our silver 

 medal be presented to Thomas G. New- 

 man, Esq., of Chicago, U. S. A., Presi- 

 dent of the North American Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association, as a souvenir of the 

 visit he has honored us with, and for 



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the valuable services he has rendered to 

 the science of bee-culture and to the 

 present session of the Caledonian Apia- 

 rian Society." 



At the dinner party the course of the 

 American Bee Journal in defense 

 of bee-keepers and its denunciation of 

 adulteration of honey was warmly in- 

 dorsed. 



Our visit to Scotland and our inter- 

 course with Scottish bee-keepers will 

 be remembered with pleasure while we 

 live. 



The Prize Sections in London.— 



The Journal of Horticulture (London) 



remarks as follows, concerning this 



manner of putting up honey for the 



market : 



Honey by English producers in sections, 

 and, therefore, in salable form, next attracts 

 attention ; but here in quantity and appear- 

 ance we are distanced immensely by Amer- 

 ica, Mr. Thurber showing no less than \% 

 ton in section boxes of 2 lbs. each. The 

 color of this honey is not to be excelled. It 

 is sealed throughout, and flat as a marble 

 slab. Respecting its quality opinions differ. 

 Here, the crucial point, England will prob- 

 ably be able to hold her own ; while there is 

 no reason that in flatness, and generally 

 speaking in color also, we should not run 

 abreast with the best American producers. 

 These sections we commend to the attention 

 of all who wouid enter the honey market. 

 The tin separator has had hitherto almost 

 all to do with the flatness of the comb, but 

 with this exhibit is shown a specimen of 

 cardboard which must, we think, supersede 

 tin, and which is therefore worthy of care- 

 ful inspection. 



Bingham & Hetherington Honey 

 Knife.— The London Journal of Horti- 

 culture remarks concerning this knife 

 as follows : " This American uncap- 

 ping knife has a thick blade beveled 

 towards each edge, so as prevent the 

 drag occesioned by a large surface of 

 metal touching the comb. This knife 

 should be remembered by all about to 

 buy an extractor. It was exHibited by 

 Mr. Newman, the courteous editor of 

 the American Bee Journal, who is a 

 visitor to the Kiiburn Honey Show. He 

 addressed in inspiring and eloqueut 

 terms the gathering in the manipulating 

 tent ; his remarks meeting with a hearty 

 response. * * The Americans con- 

 tribute among the well-known knick- 

 nacks the Bingham smoker." 



