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37th Year. 



CHICAGO, ILL., NOVEMBER 4, 1897. 



No. 44. 





Nebraska State Fair Apiarian Exhibits. 



BY J. M. YOUNG. 



The Nebraska State Fair which was held at Omaha from 

 Sept. 17 to 24, was an entire success in every particular. 

 The weather was just as fine as could be, or as any one would 

 want it, and tempered down to such a degree of comfort that 

 it made everybody feel like going to the Fair, and those that 



speak of to-day, is the bee and honey exhibit in the apiarian 

 building. This department drew many sightseers, and was 

 one of the most attractive places to be found upon the 

 grounds. Supt. Whitcomb, of the honey department, has 

 been there so much and so often that he knows every kink in 

 the business — just how to do this and that, and to make a 

 success of it. He is certainly the right man in the right 

 place, and I doubt if there is a man in all the State that 

 would fill his place. 



The bee and honey building is a magnificent structure, of 

 which every bee-keeper in Nebraska ought to be proud. All 

 the shelves and tables that have been previously used from 

 year to year for exhibits, were occupied by apiarian imple- 

 ments, and the products of the busy little bee, to overflowing. 



As one enters the building from the east, on the left could 

 be seen one of the prettiest and most attractive displays of 

 honey, bees, queens, and apiarian implements, made by Mr. 



Api'irhin Building on tlic Nebraska State Fair Orounds al Omaha. 



weren't there felt as if they ought to have been there to see 

 the big show. The attendance the last three days was beyond 

 all expectation of any Fair ever held in Nebraska, and the 

 products of the soil, it is said, were even better than had ever 

 been shown before. 



The most important part of the Fair that I wish to 



E. Kretchmer and his son, of Iowa. They had upwards of a 

 carload of apiarian utensils, and the products of the apiary, 

 and implements that are used, from a queen-cage up to a 

 honey-extractor. These gentlemen had in place over 1,200 

 pounds of comb and extracted honey, put up in very nice and 

 up-to-date packages. All of their honey was of a find grade 



