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ing ten risers, or supports, in each stand. 

 Each support had a cast-iron bottom to 

 rest in, and the tops were screwed into 

 brass pieces that held them in place. On 

 these supports were iron rests that could 

 be fixed at desirable heights, on which 

 were placed glass shelves on which to 

 display both comb and extracted honey. 

 There were two of these stands, each 4 

 feet wide at the bottom, 4 inches at the 

 top, and 6 feet high. They were 8 feet 

 long at the bottom, and about 5 feet at 

 the top. One end of each of these honey- 

 stands was placed about 22 inches from 

 the ends of the case, leaving about 5 

 feet in the center between the inner 

 ends of the stands. In the center of 

 this space was an iron standard 6X feet 

 high, with iron supports for nine glass 

 shelves. The shelves were eight square, 

 the lower one being about 3 feet across, 

 and the upper one a foot across. 



On this center pyramid were displayed 

 comb and extracted honey, fancy pieces 

 of beeswax, and about 30 varieties of 

 honey-plant seeds — most of the seeds 

 being furnished by A. I. Root ; the rest 

 were furnished by myself. The beeswax 

 was part of about 40 pounds produced 

 and loaned to the exhibit by Milo George, 

 of Bowling Green, and was admitted by 

 all to be the finest wax on exhibition. It 

 was just as it came from the solar ex- 

 tractor, not having been clarified in any 

 way. It received an award. 



The comb honey on the side of the 

 pyramid shown in the picture, was a 

 portion of 100 pounds in 96 one-pound 

 sections, produced and loaned to the 

 exhibit by Vernon Burt, of Mallet Creek, 

 about three miles from Medina. The 

 sections were well filled out to the wood, 

 the 96 sections containing 100 pounds 

 of honey, the combs being even and 

 white. They received an award. Mr. 

 Burt also loaned to the exhibit a very 

 fine, strong colony of bees ; most of the 

 bees, however, were smothered on their 

 journey. 



The comb honey, on the opposite side 

 of the pyramid from Mr. Burt's, was a 

 part of about 650 pounds produced and 

 loaned to the exhibit by C. E. Boyer, of 

 Ainger. When I called on Ohio bee- 

 keepers for honey, etc., for the exhibit, 

 Mr. Boyer was the first to respond, with 

 an offer to loan from 300 to 400 pounds 

 of comb honey, which he afterward in- 

 creased. The honey was in nice, white 

 four-piece sections, some of them being 

 almost perfectly filled to the wood. Most 

 of the comb was very white, and all was 

 evenly capped, some of the sections be- 

 ing among the most perfect, if not the 

 most perfect on exhibition. Most of the 



comb honey in the Ohio exhibit was from 

 Mr. Boyer, and received an award.^ 

 Evidently Mr. Boyer had " an eye " on 

 the Exposition, for I learned from him, 

 when he was at the big show in October, 

 that some of his honey was produced in 

 1891, and saved for the Ohio exhibit. 



J. B. Wilhelm, of Saint Stephen, do- 

 nated a few pounds of comb honey — all 

 he had when my call was made for 

 honey. It was light colored, and the- 

 sections were well filled. 



Louis Schumm, of Willshire, loaned 

 the exhibit 32 pounds of dark comb 

 honey in two-pound sections. 



About 75 pounds of white comb honey 

 was purchased, and, all together, made 

 about 900 pounds for the exhibit. 



F. J. M. Otto, of Sandusky, donated a 

 few pounds of extracted honey, nicely 

 candied in glass jars, that was produced 

 in 1891. 



In the front end of the case were three 

 small pyramids of extracted honey, very 

 light in color, and of fine quality. The 

 center pyramid was 16 inches square at 

 the base, 6 at the top, and about 3 feet 

 high, surmounted by a glass globe about 

 5 inches in diameter, filled with white 

 candied honey, and labeled, " This pyra- 

 mid of honey is part of 24 pounds, pro- 

 duced and donated to this exhibit by 

 Samuel H. Bolton, of McComb, Hancock 

 Co., Ohio." 



In the right-hand corner was a smaller 

 pyramid, labeled, "This pryamid is part 

 of 120 pounds produced and loaned to 

 this exhibit by C. E. Boyer, Ainger, 

 Williams Co., Ohio." 



The pyramid in the left-hand corner 

 was of the same size as the last, and 

 labeled, "The honey in this pyramid is 

 part of 80 pounds, donated to this ex- 

 hibit by Vernon Burt, Mallet Creek, 

 Medina Co., Ohio." 



On these pyramids were several small 

 wax rabbits, made from Mr. George's 

 beautiful beeswax. About forty of these 

 wax rabbits were squatting down in dif- 

 ferent parts of the exhibit, and called 

 forth many exclamations of pleasure 

 from sight-seers, and not a few had 

 " cheek " enough to ask for "just one 

 as a souvenir." Several buckeyes, known 

 to many as " horse-chestnuts," were also 

 on these pyramids; and Ohio being the 

 Buckeye State, and the buckeye being- 

 a honey-producing tree, made their dis- 

 play very appropriate. 



In the center of the case, at each of 

 the four corners of the square in which 

 the central pyramid before described 

 stood, were four smaller pyramids of 

 extracted honey, one of which was 

 labeled, "The honey in this pyramid is 



