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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



member that tlieir facilities for dis- 

 posing of honey and many ex- 

 ceptional expenses, sucli as freight 

 to England and commission on 

 sales, will have to be shonldered by 

 the beekeeper. Also the honey was 

 largely disposed of in very small 

 packages and relatively high prices ; 

 the opportunities for such sales will 

 be very much diminished, and in 

 the future instead of netting about 

 10 cts. for extracted honey per lb., 

 7^ cts. to 8 cts. or possibly even 

 only 7 cts. need be expected. I 

 w^as confirmed in this opinion by 

 conversation with some who were 

 in a position to know. This price 

 is very satisfactory and if Canada 

 can secure at her doors 7 cts. 

 wholesale for her honey, apiculture 

 is bound to flourish and advance. 



The evening of the first day was 

 set aside in honor of the commis- 

 sioners and was spent very pleas- 

 antly and profitably in listening to 

 an account from the directors of 

 the visit to England and their work 

 in connectifn with the exhibit. 



Mr. S. T. Pettit, the president 

 of the association, stated, they 

 were in a position, if matters were 

 managed properly, to secure an 

 opening for all the hone}' the}' could 

 produce in Canada; in order to re- 

 tain and enlarge the demand which 

 had been produced honey must be 

 obtainable constantly and in large 

 quantities and its production must 

 be largely increased in Canada. 

 He strongly dwelt upon the neces- 

 sity of having it only of the very 

 best. The brightness and clear- 

 ness of their best honey was a trade 

 mark no one could imitate, there- 

 fore no dark should be sent as the 

 brightness woidd no longer stand 

 out as our distinct trade mark and 

 it would open the doors to all grades 

 being pawned oflT as Canadian. We 

 should be sure to have only honey 

 ripened by the bees sent and in or- 

 der to secure ample room for stor- 

 age and such ripening the tiering- 

 up system should be adopted. No 



one argued that artificially ripened 

 honey was better than that ripened 

 by the bees naturall}' ; many strong- 

 1}' argued to the contraiy. He knew 

 artificially ripened was much in- 

 ferior, therefore condemned bee- 

 keepers attempting such work for 

 the bees. If the beekeepers worked 

 together harmoniously, and took 

 the greatest pains to send the best 

 honey to the British market, by de- 

 grees Ontario honey would find its 

 way into that country and into Ger- 

 many and the beekeepers of On- 

 tario would find a ready market for 

 all the honey the}^ could produce. 



]\Ir. Corned related how they 

 had not reached the Colonial until 

 towards its close. It took them 

 some time to work to advantage, 

 and if they had been there from the 

 commencement no doubt they could 

 in that one building have sold all 

 the honey produced in Ontario the 

 past season. The honey had been 

 sent in too large packages, both 

 comb and extracted, and it had in- 

 jured both sales and display, a sec- 

 tion crate holding 6 to 12 sections 

 was ample but those holding 18 to 

 14 had been sent. As much of the 

 comb as possible should also be 

 displayed ; it helped the sale. 



Mr. McKnight gave an amusing 

 yet instructive account of the Colo- 

 nial. Only 12 sections of honey- 

 had been broken in transit ; their 

 displa}' of honey had done more to 

 give the English people a correct 

 idea of Ontario climate than all 

 the past labors of Canada in the 

 l)ast. Her apples, cheese and honey 

 had created a tremendous sensation : 

 the two former stootl foremost in 

 the market and he had no doubt 

 before long honey would. 



All were highly pleased with the 

 work and the way in which it had 

 been carried out b}^ the commis- 

 sioners. It onl}^ requires now care- 

 ful management to carry on all 

 good work and permanently open 

 out a market for Canadian hone}^ 



Brantford, Ont. 



