1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



291 



A NEBRASKA HONEY-EXHIBIT. 



WHAT A WOMAN CAN DO IN THIS LINE. 



K. KOOT:— This cut represents an exhibit 

 of honey and apiarian supplies made by 

 Mrs. J. 'N. Heater, at the Nebraslia State 

 Fair, held at Lincoln in the fall of 1887. 

 The exhibit of honey occupied a side table 

 four feet wide and twenty feet long. On the cen- 

 ter of the table, and against the wall, was placed a 

 half-round cone-shaped stand, six feet in diameter 

 and seven shelves hig-h, the height of each shelf be- 

 ing the same as the height of a shipping-case. 

 Around the lower shelf, and extending thirty 

 inches to each side, was a facing of the Jones 6-lb. 

 honey-labels, forming a base. On either side of the 

 stand, and meeting over it, were shipping cases flll- 



the honey, were hung partly to full drawn brood 

 combs in which had been used starters to full 

 sheets of foundation, taken from colonies in differ- 

 ent conditions, showing where drone or worker 

 comb will be built when not furnished with full 

 sheets of foundation. 



To the right, on the floor is placed a single-wall 

 and a chaff hive, with fixtures complete, to show 

 the manner in which the brood-chamber and sur- 

 plus arrangements are manipulated. The chaff 

 hive was awarded a meritorious premium, not hav- 

 ing been entered for a premium. 



To the left, but not shown in the cut, was the dis- 

 play of bees, queens, drones, and the different im- 

 plements].used in the apiary, consisting of comb 

 foundation, smokers, honey-knives, sections, drone- 

 traps, foundation-fasteners, bee- veils, etc. Of this 



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ed with sections of comb honej-, one end of the case 

 resting on the shelf and the other on the case be- 

 low. On top of all this was a glass case containing 

 one brood-frame of sealed honey, showing where 

 and how the extracted honey is obtained. On the 

 outer ends of each shipping-case, which also form- 

 ed steps, was placed a section of honey in those 

 neat paper packages ready for the customer. Tin 

 pails of extracted honey, neatly labeled, and rang- 

 ing in size from one pint to two quarts, were taste- 

 fully arranged on the ends of the base at each side. 

 Extracted honey in glass pails and jars was placed 

 on the shelves of the stand. A jar of honey vine- 

 gar, clear as water, may be seen at the left of the 

 stand; on the right, an easel holding a picture of 

 Eureka Apiary in winter quarters, and a column of 

 golden wax supporting flags of foundation on ei- 

 ther side. A number of periodicals and books on 

 bee culture, with samples of labels, lay on the ta- 

 ble in front.SiOn the wall, on each side and above 



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portion of the exhibit, the glass ease holding one 

 frame of brood in all stages, and covered with bees, 

 a queen-cage containing a (jueen and her attend- 

 ants as prepared for shipping, and an Alley drone- 

 trap filled with drones as caught from the hive, at- 

 tracted the most attention from the crowd which 

 continually thronged that corner of Horticultural 

 Hall. Those living illustrations awakened more 

 interest than a whole book explaining them would 

 have done. In front of the table, and on the floor, 

 was placed the Novice honey-extractor, which re- 

 ceived the widest range of comments of any thing 

 in the exhibit, being called every thing from a 

 churn to a washing-machine. The Lincoln Daily 

 State Journal gave the following notice of this dis- 

 play at the time: 



"This exhibit by Mrs. J. N. Heater, of Columbus, 

 Neb., consists of comb and extracted honey, wax, 

 implements, and apiarian supplies. It is tastefully 

 arranged, striking in appearance, and is admitted 

 by all judges to be the best ever made in the State. 



