1884 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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di'awn without the use of screws, which also holds 

 the can veiy firm. 



MR. orekn's exhibit, aldershot, ont. 

 Mr. G. e.\hibits the Root chatf hive, and takes 

 first prize for best winter and summer hive; fii'St 

 on Clark's cold-blast smoker, and also exhibits Sim- 

 plicity hives, bee-tent, etc. 



MR. GOODOER'S E.^HIBIT. OF WOODSTOCK, ONT. 



This makes a very creditable display, both of 

 comb and extracted honey. Mr. G. takes second 

 prize on display of comb honey, for best assortment 

 of fruit preserved with honey he also takes second, 

 and takes first on cakes make with honey; also first 

 on honey vinegar. The vinegar and cakes were ex- 

 tra. I know, you see, for T got a little closer than 

 just seeing them. 



Messrs. Grainger & Dukes, Deer Park, Toronto, ex- 

 hibit a Bturwold retailing case, and secure second 

 prize. Mrs. H. B. Duke is the lady who takes the 

 first on fruit preserves, and second on cakes. 

 Messrs. G. & D. take 5 first prizes, open only to 

 bee-keepers having not over 2.5 colonies during the 

 season of 1881. They also receive third prize for 

 best display of comb honey. 



EXHIBIT OF GEO. TVE, TORONTO. 



Mr. Tye makes a very nice exhibit of honey, both 

 comb and extracted, usinp- glass exclusively for 

 extracted. . This is Mr. Tye's first exhibit; awarded 

 third prize for display of extracted honey. 



.]. B. H.\LI/S DISPLAY, WOOD.STOCK, ONT. 



I would say, as neai' as I can see, hear, and under- 

 stand, Mr. H. is the largest comb-honey i)roducer in 

 Canada. He uses no separators. I asked him sev- 

 eral questions in regard to them, and in answer I 

 was told he had no time to use them. 1 did not see a 

 crooked comb in any of his; and if everybody could 

 get it as nice as he does they would not need any, 

 either. The sections he uses are I's wide. He car- 

 ries oft' the red ticket for best and largest display of 

 comb honey; second on best and largest display of 

 extracted honey; first on largest and best assort- 

 ment of granulated honey; first on different kinds 

 of liquid extracted honey; first on best twenty 

 sections of comb honey; first on the best 10 lbs. of 

 wax. He also takes a few seconds. He has a comb- 

 bucket; the cover is convex, and turns on a rivet in 

 the center of each end. It is exhibited as a new in- 

 vention. The cover turns exactly the same as a 

 seat in a railway passenger cai-. 



WII.I- ELLIS' EXHIBIT, ST. DAVID'S, ONT. 



I made only 6 entries, and took 5 prizes— 1 first, 3 

 second, 1 third. The first prize 1 received on brood 

 fdn. made on the Root mill, and second on thin 

 Vaudervort, and second on best exhibit of bees and 

 new races of bees. They were a colony of pure 

 Italians— my favorites; none others need apply. 1 

 wish to say here, that 1 think the prizes should be 

 awarded to the best colony of Italians, Cyprians, or 

 Holy-Lauds, and not to new races, as there is no 

 use of any person competing against Mr. D. A. 

 Jones in bees and new races of bees. I think that is 

 why we do not see more bees on the fair grounds. 



CONCLUSION. 



Mr. Ramer and Mr. Emigh did not exhibit this 

 year. If they had Lecn on hand, our c^hibit would 

 have been as large, or larger, than 1883; but we had 

 a grand display. I have not given the number of 

 pounds each exhibitor had. 



Why, I venture, Mr. Root, to say you never saw 

 so much honey eaten at a fair in your life. Messrs. 

 Grainger & Duke, Mr. Goodger and Brother, Mr. 



Hall, and two assistants, Mr. Tye and assistant, 

 were kept busy from 9 A. m. until nigtt, Friday and 

 Saturday, first week, and for five days the second 

 week, cutting up comb honey in from 4, ,5, and 6 

 pieces, and selling them at.5cts. each, and were sell- 

 ing extracted at the same time. Mr. D. A. .Tones 

 had four men selling extracted at the same time, in 

 packages from 5 cts. and up. The fair closed on 

 Saturday morning, " o'clock, Sept. 3(1. 



I received my fdn. from the Western Fair, Lon- 

 don, to-day, and find that the Root brood fdn. has 

 taken first, and the thin Vandervort first also. 



St. Davids, Out., Sept. 30, l-!84. Will Ellis. 



SOME OF A BEGINNER'S TROUBLES. 



WHY DIDN T THEY BUILD QUEEN-CELLS QUICKER, 

 AND WHY DIDN'T THEY RECEIVE THE QUEEN? 



AM sorely troubled, and come to you for advice 

 as to what to do. About a month ago, in ex- 

 amining one of my hives of bees, I noticed that 

 there were no young bees nor eggs to be seen 

 on any of the combs, and that the bees were 

 filling the brood-nest with pollen. An examination 

 of other hives showed plenty of larva? in them. As 

 I am only an A B C scholar, fearing that I might 

 act too hastily, I replaced the comb, and waited sev- 

 eral days, when I examined again, but still. T found 

 no eggs nor larvie, but found over a dozen queen- 

 cells on different combs. Being satisfied that there 

 was no queen in the hive, I took up the last number 

 of Gleanino.s, found some queens advertised for 

 sale, and sent for one. She came all right, with 

 half a dozen bees in the cage with her. I immedi- 

 ately put the cage in the hive, between two frames, 

 and left them for the night. The next morning, 

 after perusing A B C, I examined them. I did not 

 like the looks of the crowd about the cage very 

 much, but opened the cage, letting the queen and 

 her attendants out among the bees in the center of 

 the hive. Pretty soon those that came with her 

 were " led out by the ear," but they were not 

 quite so harsh with the queen. It was -not long, 

 however, until I found her balled up. I rescued 

 her, and caged her again, and again suspended the 

 cage in the center of the hive. After 21 hours I re- 

 leased her again, and again they balled her. After 

 rescuing and caging her 1 concluded that I would 

 put a dozen of the bees from the hive in the cage 

 with her; thinking that possibly they might impart 

 enough of the ./Ja cor of the hive to the queen, so 

 they would accept her. After 48 hours I released 

 all again, and watched proceedings. Very soon 

 there was a general commotion in one i)ortion of 

 the hive, and shortly there was about a dozen dead 

 bees to be seen on the bottom-board. 



Disheartened and disgusted at finding my queen 

 balled again, I re-caged her and left her suspended 

 between the frames for three days. After consult- 

 ing ABC again 1 released her late Saturday even- 

 ing, and that is the last that I have seen of my 

 queeiL Monday, finding that she was lost, I gave 

 them a frame I'roni another hive, containing a few 

 eggs and young larva-; but in 48 hours they had ten 

 queen-cells on that one comb. Those cells (accord- 

 ing to A B C) will be capped in two or three days 

 more. Now. what shall 1 do? They will raise a 

 queen, but it is so late that there are but few 

 drones flying, hence not much hopes of replenish- 

 ing the colony with her. They have acted so fool- 



