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AMERICAN BEE PUPNAL 



June 12, 1902. 



Cure for Bee-Paralysis. — '" Oil of napthol, one teaspoonful 

 fed with boner."' is recommended by the Australasian Bee-Keeper. 



Apiarian E.vhibit at Nebraska Pair.— Hon. E. Whitcomb, 

 the superintendent of the apiarian exhibit at the Nebraska State Fair 

 and Exposition this year, has sent us a copy of the premium list, 

 which, we believe, is the most liberal of all such lists now in this 

 country, being over .«;300. The following is a copy of the same : 



LOT 1— BEES AND HONET — OPEN TO THE WORLD. 



1st 2d 3d 



Pre. Pre. Pre. 

 Best comb basswood or white-clover honey, not less 

 than 20 pounds, cased and in single-comb sections 



weighing not more than 3 pounds each ?5 00 ?3 00 S3 00 



Alfalfa honey, the same amount and cased as above. 5 00 3 00 2 00 

 Sweet clover honey, same amount and cased as above 5 00 3 00 2 00 

 Fall honey, the same amount and eased as above. ... 5 00 3 00 2 00 

 20 pounds extracted white clover or basswood honey. 5 00 3 00 2 00 



20 pounds extracted alfalfa honey 5 00 3 00 2 00 



The above to have been extracted previous to July 1. 

 20 pounds heartsease fall honey, to have been stored 



after Aug. 1 5 00 3 00 2 00 



20 pounds extracted alfalfa fall honey, to have been 



stored after Aug. 1 5 00 3 00 2 00 



20 pounds extracted sweet clover fall honey, to have 



been extracted after Aug. 1 ." 5 00 3 00 3 00 



Largest display by any one, including bees, extracted 



and comb honey 15 00 10 00 5 00 



Most artistic designs in beeswax 7 00 5 00 3 00 



Exhibit of apiarian supplies and implements 15 00 10 00 5 00 



Display of honey in marketable shape, products of 



exhibitor's own apiary 15 00 10 00 5 00 



Display of honey-candy, honey -sugar, and sweets, by 

 any one, in which honey is made to fill the place 



of sugar 3 00 2 00 100 



Honey-vinegar, not less than }., gallon 3 00 3 00 1 00 



Display of bees and queens in observatory hives, and 



not allowed to fly, not less than five cages 10 00 5 00 3 00 



Exhibition of extracting honey, to be exhibited on tlie 

 grounds, under the direction of the Superinten- 

 dent, not later than Thursday of the Fair 3 00 2 00 1 00 



Honey-extractor, test to be made by actual extracting 



upon the ground 3 00 2 00 1 00 



All-purpose single-wall hive 3 00 3 00 1 00 



All-purpose chaff hive 2 00 1 00 M 



Bee-smoker 1 00 50 25 



The following are confined to exhibitors in Nebraska alone: 



Best display of apiarian implements and supplies, in- 

 cluding comb foundation drawn, and bees in 

 cages, not less than ti ve cages , 10 00 5 00 3 00 



Report of surplus honey stored by any colony of bees 

 during the year 1001, the amount of stores, man- 

 ner of building up. handling, kind of hive used, 

 kind and quality stored, to be verified by owner. 

 Entries to conform with other entries of this 

 class, and report, with verification, to be filed 

 with Superintendent not later than noon on 

 Thursday of the Fair 5 00 3 00 2 00 



LOT 2— COl'STT COLLECTIVE EXHIBITS. 



The county in Nebraska showing the best collection 

 of honey of all kinds, any or all ages, shapes and 

 conditions . . ■. .?20 00 SIO 00 «5 00 



The exhibits must have been produced in the county exhibiting, 

 and the product of not less than five apiaries. Individuals composing 

 this collective exhilMt may compete for any or all minor premiums 

 offered. 



' All competitors on honey must produce their own honey. 



Points for the judgment of honey: Comb Honey — A7rs/, per- 

 fection of capping; ,S>fo;i(/, evenness of surface; y/'ifi/, whiteness of 

 capping; Fonrtli, general appearance to marketability. Extracted 

 Honey — First, cleanliness ; Second, clearness ; Third, flavor. 



Mr. Whitcomb has prepared the following announcement for bee- 

 keepers : 



Brothek Bee-Keepers: — Your attention is called to the greatly 

 Increased premiums offered this year in Class K., Bees, Honey, and 

 Apiary Goods. The officers of the State Agricultural Society have 

 always responded to the wants of the bee-keepers of the State, and we 

 are able, through them, this year, to present you a list of premiums in 

 this class which can not be equaled in any State in the I'nion. 



In return for these liberal premiums offered they have a right to 

 expect from the bee-keepers and supply dealers such an exhibit as has 

 never before been seen in this or any other State. Already about one- 

 half of the available space in the Honey and Bee House has been 

 asked for, but it is desirable to till this building so full from cellar to 

 garret, of the nice things produced in the apiary and manufactory, 

 that it will be a palace of sweets, bees and supplies. 



The superintendent of this class will be on the ground this year a 

 day earlier than usual, fully prepared to make your stay at the Fair 

 and the Bee and Honey House more pleasant and profitable than ever 

 before. 



The anDual meeting of the Nebraska Bee-Keepers' Association will 



be held on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings of the Fair, in the Api- 

 ary Building. Respectfully, 



E. Whitcomb, Siipt. 

 Surely, such an array of premiums should call out a large number 

 of exhibits. The Fair will be held at Lincoln, Aug. 2!! to Sept. 5. For 

 further information, as well as copy of the complete premium list, 

 address, Robert W. Furnas, Secretary of the Nebraska State Board of 

 Agriculture, Brownville, Nebr. 



Only One Night to Denver. — By going over the Chicago & 

 North-Western and Union Pacific railways, you will need to spend only 

 one night on the road from Chicago to Denver. There is a daily train 

 leaving Chicago at 10 a.m. on the C. & N. W., and leaving Omaha, 

 Nebr., over the Union Pacific at 11:30 p.m. of the same day. This 

 train arrives in Denver at 2 p.m. the following day. That is, by start- 

 ing from Chicago at 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 1, you will arrive in 

 Denver at 2 p.m. the next day, or Tuesday, Sept. 2. in ample time lor 

 the first session of the National Bee-Keepers' convention, which begins 

 that evening. 



Now as to rates: The round-trip price at that time from Chicago 

 to Denver will be ?25. By going over the route mentioned, the regu- 

 lar sleeping-car rate would be only $;j. 00, because of being only one 

 night on the way. 



There is also another saving by taking the C. & N. W. and Union 

 Pacific. There is a Pullman tourist ear on this train from Omaha, in 

 which the charge for a double berth is only ¥1.. 50 to Denver. As no 

 sleeping-car accommodations are required on this train east of Omaha, 

 it will be seen that one can go com fortably by this route for a very 

 small sum. 



We may say that Dr. C. C. Miller and the Editor of the American 

 Bee Journal expect to go over the route indicated, starting at 10 a.m. 

 on Monday, Sept. 1. Who will join us 3 We would like to publish 

 the names of all who will do so. It would be pleasant to have a large 

 number go together. 



I * The Weekly Budget. « I 



"Der Pavillon Faehige Dadant-Alberti-Bienenkasten " 

 is the somewhat involved name of a German book by A. Straeuli, 

 which contains an authorized translation of G. M. Doolittle's " Scien- 

 tific Queen-Rearing.'" 



An Apiakt of Simon P. Michael, of Bureau Co., 111., appears 

 on the first page this week. It contained 00 colonies, spring count, in 

 1901, which were increased to SO colonies, and 3000 pounds of No. 1 

 comb honey taken, with plenty left for winter stores. The picture 

 was made a few days before the bees were put into the cellar, last fall. 



Mr. Louis Charles Dadant, son of C. P. Dadant (and grandson 

 of Father Charles Dadant), is a member of the graduating class of 

 1903 of the University of Illinois, at Urbana. He kindly sent us an 

 invitation to be present at the Thirty-First Annual Commencement, 

 which occurred June T to 11, which we should have been pleased to 

 accept could we have gotten away, but in June it is utterly impossible 

 for us to leave our office for even a day, unless absolutely necessary. 



We wish •' Louis " every deserved success in life, which he will 

 doubtless have, as he has done the right thing in making a careful 

 preparation in advance. 



The Apiary of Philip Weisner, of Maricopa Co., Ariz. — or at 

 least part of it — is shown on next page. The whole apiary numbers 

 about 300 colonies, and SO colonies of them are placed under this brush 

 shed. 



In that hot climate bees require shade, and the most practical 

 and satisfactory way is to construct brush sheds. These are made 

 wide enough for two rows of hives, allowing ample space for passage- 

 way with the wheelbarrow, etc., between the two rows. 



The Salt River Valley, of Arizona, is a most excellent bee-country. 

 Where the land can be irrigated one continuous Held of beautiful, and 

 and always green, alfalfa can be seen; and even the desert, where 

 Nature stands unmolested, are flowers and trees, which, when in 

 bloom, are covered with bees. 



