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(iJ.EANLNGS IN JiKK CUTLTrUK 



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PHIZES FOK UOXEY AND UEES AT FA1R!<; HINTS 

 TO VICE-PRESIDENTS. 



During- the first three months of the jeiir, the 

 premium-lists for County, State, and District Fairs 

 are ufauall.v made up. The Vice-Presidents of the 

 National Society should therefore soon commence 

 their work. 



I would respectfully sug-gest that the.\- communi- 

 cate with the diflerent Official Bonrds of the Agri- 

 cultural Societies in their respective States, and 

 endeavor to induce them to offer appropriate 

 prizes for bees ahd honey at the fairs for the com- 

 ing' season. 



The following-, or something- similar to it, would 

 be well to recommend in the line of prizes: 



Hcst colony of bees in observatory hive; best 

 display of comb honey; best display of extracted 

 honey; best display of beeswa.x; best honej'-e.x- 

 tractor; bee-hive for all purposes; and largest and 

 best display of apiarian implements. 



Each vice-president and secretary of State and 

 local societies will understand the reipiirements of 

 Iheir locality, and act and govern themselves ac- 

 cording-ly. H. D. (HTTTiNf:, 



Cliairnian of Kxf-culiri' fomiuittii'. 



Clinton, Mich. 



I second your motion, friend ("., in the 

 above matter. 



BIIOOD WITH THEIK HEADS I'NCOVEUED. 



On pag-e .'d, current volume, >ir. C. C Miller, in 

 speaking- of bees with their heads uncovered, says 

 that he doesn't think they are ever left tincovered 

 unless the wax-worm uncover.s them or runs galle- 

 ries over them. Now, I think ditterently, for T have 

 seen patches as large as a man's haixi.and in sever- 

 al combs in the same hive; also in very populous 

 colonies, which wouUl be very likely to kee|i the 

 wa.x-worms at bay. 



My report for li-8.") is not at all Hatleiing-, as the 

 few bees I have didn't nuike any surplus, and most 

 of them will have to be fe<l in the spring- before 

 ihey will be able to support themselves from the 

 liowers. r-l'THEH Pl'RIiV. 



Killbuck, Holmes Co., O. 



Friend 1\, since you mention it I remem- 

 bei' too tliat it is strong liealtliy colonies, .so 

 far as my experience goes, that leave the 

 l)rood uncovered during hot weather. I can 

 not think tluit it was wax-worms in our 

 case. 



or 20 cents. In England it has, we believe, 

 been sold at a penny a copy, which would be 

 about a nickt^l for us. 



PAKADISE LOST. 



Please tell us what Paradise Lost is. I think 

 then are many of our readers like youi-self who do 

 not know, but are anxious to find out. 



Nappanee, Ind., Dec. r.';'), 188'). I. u. Goon. 



Friend (;.. our proof-reader says that 

 Paradise J.,<)st is the immortal masterpiece 

 of that great Englishman, John Milton, the 

 blind poet, who died KiOH. (Jreat scholars in 

 :ill foreign nations have studied the English 

 language, simply that they might read Mil- 

 ton s Paradise Lost, as others have studied 

 it to read Shakespeare. As far as I have 

 read it. it seems to be about Satan and his 

 allies before the advent of man upon the 

 eartli; and it makes one painfully aware, 

 when lie reads it, that Satan is still making 

 himself busy with the affairs of humankind. 

 The beginning of the book has little more 

 IJible authority than the epistle of Jude and 

 Luke 10:18. It can be had anvwhere for lo 



BEES STEALING EGOS. 



lam still reading- Gi.E.\NiNOS. It is a pleasure to 

 peruse its pages, and get the different ideas. A 

 great deal has been said about bees stealing- eggs. 

 Last summer I saw a variety of things that bees 

 are in the habit of doing-. I had one swarm of 

 blacks that were queenless. These bees were hov- 

 ering- around the entrance of another hive having a 

 queen, and were picking up things that were 

 brought out. T saw that the bees in the hive which 

 contained a queen were cleaning out some moth 

 webs, and once in awhile they would bring oiU 

 what I thought were eggs, or something- like them, 

 and would let them drop in front of the hive; then 

 these blacks would pick them up and examine 

 them, and fly oft' with them. Since the subject 

 came up, altout bees stealing eggs from other hives, 

 I have been thinking it is just what those blacks 

 were on the search for— to get an egg for a queen. 

 It was in the fall, and T united them to a late swarm. 



Ashland, <». A. H. Baum. 



Friend 1}., your suggestion is a valuable 

 one ; and since you mention it, it seems 

 that this is the way in which a queenless 

 colony sometimes gets an egg, to save them 

 from utter ruin. 



A DEVICE TO FASTEN WINDOWS UP 

 OR DOWN, OB, AT ANY POINT. 



SO.METIllNfi lOKKECTIVE, AT.THOlTfi-H LOW IN PKICE. 



|()H many years I have been trying to get 

 ' something better to hold a window up 

 than a stick or a book, or something of 

 that sort ; but although we have tried 

 them, even paying as high as 7."> cents 

 window, I have never had any thing 

 please me so well as the little device illus- 

 trated below. 



per 



RtTOKEVK SASH-r,OCK. 



This device holds the sash seciuely by fric- 

 tion in any desired position, as tight as if it 

 were in a vise. It prevents the sash from 

 rattling, and excludes the dust by making 

 tight joints, and yet it does not mar the 

 wood. It is put on with two screws, and can 

 be fitted by an inexperienced hand in three 

 minutes. It works equally well on upper or 

 lower sash, with or Avithout weights. Print- 

 ed instructions are furnished with each one, 

 as well as screws to fiisten them on with, 

 and yet the price is only "> cts.; 10 for 48 cts.; 

 KJO for $4..">0. If wanted by mail, add 2 cts. 

 each extra. The little device is the inven- 

 tion of one of our Medina Co. boys. 



