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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



the Journal. Had my bees been strong 

 when the rains ceased I ought to have got 

 two or three times as much as I did. 

 Lowell, Ky. R. M. Argo. 



For the American Bee Journal. 



Honey at the New York State Pair. 



In notes on the Fair of 1874, held by 

 New York State Agricultural Society at 

 Rochester, we read that "the exhibition of 

 honey was tine and never better." If the 

 display of honey there made, was such as 

 to draw the encomiums of the officers of 

 the State Society, perhaps a detailed des- 

 cription, as seen by your correspondent, 

 may not be uninteresting to the readers of 

 the American Bee Journal. 



The first premium for largest amount 

 of box-honey produced by one colony, 

 was awarded to Mr. M. H. Tenuaut, of 

 Strauwix, whose figures stood at 18Ui 

 lbs. 



The first premium for largest quantity 

 of extracted honey, produced by 1 colonj^ 

 was taken by Mr. J. H. Iladsell, of Breeds- 

 port, whose exact figures I do not recol- 

 lect, but think they were something over 

 200. The main strife among competitors 

 seemed to be mostly on box honey as to 

 what style of box is best, all things taken 

 into consideration, for marketing our sur- 

 plus honey at the present time, is a ques- 

 tion of dollars and cents with comb hon- 

 ey raisers. The variet}'^ in stjMes of pack- 

 ages attracted much attention and as 

 there were competitors from different 

 parts of the State, the display was not 

 only attractive but practically instructive. 



Mr. Teunant's sample was in old style 

 of boxes and though of creditable appear- 

 ance, not quite up to present require- 

 ments, the packiiges being too large to 

 bring highest market prices — so with Mr. 

 Griswold's sample — nice honey, but not 

 in shape to call purchaser's attention. 

 Mr. Bettsinger's of jNIarcellus Falls, was 

 in narrow^ sectional boxes. I believe the 

 same as advertised and sold by himself 

 and Mr. Geo. T. Wheeler, of Mexico, N. 

 Y., and largely in use in that section and 

 known in New York as Syracuse style. 

 As Mr. Bettsinger's Avere nicely cased, they 

 showed to the best advantage and could 

 but be very convenient for retailing pur- 

 poses. Mr. Iladsall's sample hung in 

 frames similar in si/e to Mr. Bettsinger's 

 boxes, but not as tastily put up, yet well 

 arranged to show all the merits in that 

 way of getting surplus. 



Mr. C. R. Isham's boxes were wood 

 tops and bottoms of any desired size and 

 of any kind of timber — some polished olf 

 in fancy style— some merely planed smooth 



with glass sides and ends held to place by 

 angular bright tin corner pieces pronged 

 to pass through the wood and clinch, mak- 

 ing as strong and nice box as could be de- 

 sired bj^ the most fastidious; and profita- 

 ble to the seller, as they can be manufac- 

 tured about as cheap as almost any style 

 of glass box. 



Part of Mr. Isham's lot was in small 

 single comb flaked boxes 6ix2J and 

 weighing about 2| lbs. gross, the ends 

 showing the pure liquid honey in cells 

 built against the glass, while the sides 

 gave a view of the white-capped comb iu 

 all its natural beauty and purity. 



Some empty boxes in which had been 

 fastened pieces of white comb Avere quite 

 a novelty to those not familiar with the 

 workings of the honey-bee and drew forth 

 many expressions of praise to the instinct 

 of the industrious little insect. 



The 1st premium was awarded to the 

 honey in the glass boxes above mentioned 

 and exhibited by Mr. C. R. Isham, of Pe- 

 oria, Wyoming Co. 



The committee found more difficulty iu 

 deciding to whom to give the 2nd premi- 

 um, but finally agreed to give it to Mr. 

 Bettsinger's sample; but as he declined the 

 2nd premium, they gave it to Mr. Peter 

 Miller, of Fredonia, a well merited tribute 

 to Chautauqua's veteran bee-keeper. 



I will conclude by remarking that a 

 spirit of good-feeling prevailed among 

 the honey exhibitors, and though the premi- 

 ums were liberal, they were not the only 

 inducement that brought them there — but 

 a desire to further the interests of bee- 

 keeping, by presenting samples of honey 

 put up in style to give satisfaction to both 

 producer and consumer, eliciting their in- 

 terest, as was evinced by numerous in- 

 quiries and demonstrating by practical 

 example, what these industrious little 

 workers will do, if care at the i)roper time 

 is taken to give them plenty of room iu 

 which to store away their surplus gains. 

 "Observer." 



For the An\crican Bee Journal. 



Jefferson County Bee-Keepsrs' As- 

 sociation. 



The Jcili'rson County Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation had since my last report organi- 

 zed, adopted a constitution and by-laws, 

 and held several meetings. Every meet- 

 ing was well attended and a great deal of 

 interest taken by all who were present to 

 promote the prosperity of the Associa- 

 tion. 



The following arc the ofiiccrs elected 

 for the ensuing year : Cliristophcr 

 Grimm, President ; William Wolf, Secre- 



