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part of 60 pounds, produced and loaned 

 to this exhibit by Milo George, Bowling 

 Green, Wood Co., Ohio." He also loaned 

 the exhibit some samples of sweet clover 

 and raspberry honey in Muth bottles. 



Another of these pyramids was labeled, 

 "This pyramid of honey is part of 60 

 pounds, produced and loaned to this ex- 

 hibit by Lewis W. Hershiser, Fayette, 

 Fulton Co., Ohio." Lewis is about 15 

 years old, and his honey received an 

 award. 



In the rear end of the case were two 

 small pyramids of extracted aster honey 

 in pound, half-pound, and dime Muth 

 honey bottles, all labeled with Mr. 

 Muth's labels, and loaned to the exhibit 

 by Chas. F. Muth, of Cincinnai, as was 

 also another pyramid of honey in large 

 Muth honey bottles, placed in ihe^ center 

 of the front honey-stand ; and another 

 pyramid of about 100 pounds of bees- 

 wax, and some of Mr. Muth's honey 

 with it, in the center of the rear honey- 

 stand, all loaned by Mr. Muth for this 

 exhibit. 



A goodly number tasted of Mr. Muth's 

 aster honey, and all were of the opinion 

 that, if eaten on bread or warm biscuit, 

 no butter would be needed, because the 

 honey had such a buttery flavor. Mr. 

 Muth had also on exhibition two bee- 

 hives, two of his extractors, and two of 

 his honey-knives. In the front end of 

 the rear honey-stand was a good-sized 

 pyramid of extracted honey, labeled, 

 "This pyramid of honey is part of 100 

 pounds, loaned to this exhibit by Chas. 

 W. Frank, of Fairlawn, Summit Co., 

 Ohio." It was a mixture of buckwheat 

 and heart's-ease. It was a beautiful 

 dark amber color. 



C. Lamson, of Pierpont, loaned the 

 exhibit 24 pounds of very nice extracted 

 golden-rod honey. Unlike the honey 

 from some other sources, it did not 

 candy. 



In the back end of the case, between 

 Mr. Muth's pyramids of honey, was a 

 well-proportioned and nicely made monu- 

 ment of beeswax, about 30 inches high, 

 made for and loaned to the exhibit by D. 

 E. Jacobs, of Longley. When put in 

 place last spring it was of good color; 

 but standing where the morning sun 

 shone upon it, it became somewhat 

 bleached before the close of the Exposi- 

 tion. 



Miss Maria L. Doming, of Watertown, 

 near the southeast corner of the State, 

 loaned the exhibit about 40 pounds of 

 a dark-colored honey, that no one who 

 tasted was able to tell what flowers it 

 came from. 



W. O. Titus, of Toledo, Lucas Co., 



loaned the exhibit about 50 pounds of 

 beeswax, a portion of which was shown 

 at the rear end of the front honey-stand. 



In the back end of the rear, and at 

 the front end of the front honey-stands, 

 were two pyramids of extracted honey 

 in two, one, and one-half pound and 

 dime Muth honey bottles, which I loaned 

 to the exhibit. Some of the honey had 

 candied and been drained, so that it 

 looked very much like sugar. Other 

 portions were partially liquid and par- 

 tially candied, much of it looking like 

 very fine coral. 



In the front end of the case were some 

 honey-jumbles that were made in 1888, 

 many Ijarrels of which were sold in five 

 and ten cent lots in the Apiarian Build- 

 ing at the Ohio Centennial at Columbus, 

 O., in the autumn of 1888, by those in 

 charge of A. I. Root's exhibit. I brought 

 these from Columbus at the close of the 

 Centennial. I gave several a taste of 

 them at the World's Fair, and they said 

 they were as fresh as new ones. 



Nearly all of the comb honey was ex- 

 hibited in crates with glass on both 

 sides, holding but two . sections each. 

 The extracted, with the exception of 

 that already mentioned as being in Muih 

 bottles, was shown in a large variety of 

 sizes and styles of glass jars, with either 

 nickel or glass tops, and holding from 

 one ounce to one gallon. 



All of the shelves on which the dis- 

 play was made, and the pyramids built 

 up with, were of glass. 



For a few weeks I had a strong colony 

 of Italian bees on exhibition in a nice 

 glass hive. A colony of bees or a nu- 

 cleus with a queen will attract more at- 

 tention than any or all other things in 

 an apiarian exhibit, especially if there 

 is a bee-keeper to talk to visitors about 

 them. 



There were 16 exhibitors from Ohio 

 in the apiarian department, and 8 

 awards were made on their exhibits, so 

 far as heard from. I believe I have 

 named them all, except that I received 

 an award for " display of honey in mark- 

 etable shape." A.B.Mason. 



I would advise ali who receive 

 queens that do not seem as prolific as they 

 would desire, to rear queens from them 

 immediately, or as soon as any of their 

 brood is old enough for that purpose. In 

 this way the buyer gets a fair return for 

 his money, even if the queen bought does 

 not prove to be all that he expected or 

 desired. — Doolittle. 



