American Bee Journal, 



DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO BEE CULTURE. 



VOL. XII. 



CHICAGO, DECEMBER, 1876. 



No. 12. 



The Centennial Honey Show. 



It is not very tlattering to the bee-keepers 

 of the United States to say tliat the only ex- 

 liibits of lioney at the Centennial, were 

 those of Cai)t. J. E. Hetherington. of Cherry 

 Valley, X. Y., and Mr. J. S. Harbison, of 

 San Diego, California. 



The Cherry Valley apiary, of Capt. Heth- 

 erington, made a fine display of excellent 

 white clover comb and extracted honey and 

 beautiful cakes of wax. 



The exhibit of California honey, from Mr. 

 Harbison's apiary, was tastefullj' arranged 

 in a neat case, containing beautiful speci- 

 mens of comb honey. 



With the display of "California Produce" 

 by Mr. Joseph Newman, we noticed some 

 comb honey, also from the apiary of Mr. 

 Harbison. 



The largest display of apiarian supplies 

 was that of Messrs. George Neighbour & 

 Sons, 149 Eegent St., London, England. It 

 comprised their cottage hive, observatory 

 hive, cottage frame-hive, divisional super, 

 sectional boxes, feeders, wax guides and 

 plates for making them. 



An examination of these was very inter- 

 esting to one familiar with our American 

 inventions. The "Cottage hive" is of rustic 

 appearance, and neatly made of straAV, 

 strengthened with hoops, fitting closely to 

 the wood. It is a two-story observatory 

 hive. It has three windows in the lower 

 storj-, with a thermometer to indicate the 

 temperature; showing the bee-keeper when 

 to open the three entrances to the upper 

 story, over which there are three large bell 

 glasses to be filled with surplus. The up- 

 per story fits over these glasses and may 

 readily be removed for inspection. The 

 bottom board is hinged to the lower story. 



The "frame hive" has movable frames 

 fitted with staples to keep them at regular 

 distances, resting on a zinc ledge above. 



The "frame unicomb hive" is a novelty 

 which must be seen to be appreciated. It 

 is constructed with glass sides (for observa- 

 tion) and protected with Venetian blinds. 



The "divisional super" is very much the 

 same as our sectional boxes. It contains 7 

 sections or frames; the entrance being 



through perforations in a sheet of zinc, 

 large enough to admit workers, but not the 

 queen or drones. 



The other things exhibited by this enter- 

 prising firm were well worth the attention 

 of bee men, but we cannot further particu- 

 larize. 



In other parts of the building we noticed 

 the following: 



A model of the Dzierzon-Belepsch obser- 

 vatory hive, containing frames. 



The " Centennial bee hive" of Dr. Wor- 

 rell, West Chester, Pa.; a double-story 

 observatory hive, with iron frames. 



The "Champion t)ee hive" of C. E. Bost, 

 of Davidson College, N. C. It is a peculiar 

 invention,- and one not easily described. 



C. C. Van Deusen, Sprout Brook, N. Y., 

 exhibited his bee-feeder and other apiarian 

 supplies. 



R. R. Murphy, Fulton, 111., had his ex- 

 tractor on exhibition, as well as F. M. 

 Chapman, Mon-ison, 111. These are prac- 

 tically the same machine. 



A. C. Attwood, of London, Ontario, also 

 exhibited his Canadian extractor. 



C. F. Lane, of Koshkonong, Wis., made a 

 good display of the seeds of honey-produc- 

 ing plants and trees, as well as field, flower, 

 tree,. grass, and other vegetable seeds. His 

 is said to be the largest establishment of 

 the kind in the world. 



East of the Agricultural building, we 

 noticed D. Latchaw's "Union-section exten- 

 sion hive," which contained a strong colony 

 of Italians. Mr. L. was "on tlu^ spot" ma- 

 nipulating this colony and showing the ad- 

 vantages claimed for this hive. The frames 

 are the hive proper, having closely-fitting 

 sides and observatory ends. A close in- 

 spection of any part of the hive being readi- 

 ly made at any moment, it is fully under 

 the control of the Ix'e-keeper. 



On the last day of our visit to the Centen- 

 nial we were to have met friend Andrews, 

 of Columbia, Tenn., and with him and 

 friend Coe together, ins))ect Coe's apiary— 

 but alas for all human calculations, through 

 a misunderstanding about the place of 

 meeting w^e did not find one anotlier, and so 

 did not examine the House Apiary. As 

 friend Coe has already given our readers a 



