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having much the same dimensions ex- 

 cept in depth, the bottom having 

 small perforations for the food to pass 

 through. 



J. 0. Knoll, Glenwood Park, Neb., 

 combined section press and foundation 

 fastener. 



J. Van Deusen, Sprout Brook, N. 

 Y., samples of the well known flat-bot- 

 tom foundation. 



The St. Joe Hive — metal spaces at 

 each end for frames to rest in, and 

 wooden ones across the center of the 

 bottom. Bottom formed of several 

 light boards crossways of hive held in 

 position by grooved cleats. 



One crate of sections from G. B. 

 Lewis. 



Wild bees aud honey from Austra- 

 lia ; also three samples of beeswax. 



Introducing queen cage, wooden, 

 used in Carniola, Austria. 



Buckwheat and Smartweet honey, 

 Mr. Stead well. 



Alfalfa honey, W. L. Porter, Den- 

 ver. 



White clover honey. F. H. Rich- 

 ards, Laclede, Mo. 



Snow on the Mountain — a varietv 

 of milkweed — honey from Kansas. 



A most beautiful form of waxflow- 

 ers, water lilies, garden lilies, phlox, 

 ivy leaves, etc., made and exhibited 

 by Mrs. Whitcomb, of Nebraska. 



Last, but far from being least, was 

 the display of Editor Stilson of the 

 Nebraska Bee Keeper, consisting of 

 nearly seventy samples of honey, all 

 different varities except six duplicate 

 samples; twelve samples of foreign 

 honey, the whole put up in the very 

 neatest style in metal-capped glass 

 jars, which were equally spaced and 

 held in position by being placed in 

 perforated white paste hoard. Friend 

 Stilson certainly deserves great credit 

 for bringing such a display. But as 

 this article is already too long ami I 

 must stop somewhere, I will do so at 

 once. Adieu until next time. 



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EDITORIAL, 



Elsewhere will be found a complete in- 

 dex of Volume IV of the Bee-Keeper. 

 The year now closing has been one of great 

 financial stringency, and business has been 

 at a very low stage during a greater part of 

 the time. The bee industry has suffered 

 fully as much as any other in all its branch- 

 es .Several bee-papers have been " start- 

 ed " and — that is all. Many dealers and 

 manufacturers of supplies have closed then- 

 business. Queen breeders are scarcer than 

 ever and the honey market is not very en- 

 couraging. But everything certainly looks 

 brighter for 1895, and ilie supply business 

 is far better now than it was last year at 

 this time. 



Owing to the brief and concise way in 

 which it is written, we have taken the liber- 

 ty of copying from the Progressive Bee- 

 Keeper the excellent discriptioo of the pro- 

 ceedings of the North American Bee-Keep- 

 ers Convention l>v 'Somnambulist." 



