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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUitt:. 



May 



provision will be made for the display of comb hon- j 



ey (and other articles that might be injured by : 

 bees), that it can be exhibited without crates. Eve- ' 

 ry thing must be in phice by the morning of Sept. 4, 



18S8. 



Best display of comb honey (largest and most attractive) $25.00 



Second best 20-00 



Third best 15.00 



Best display of extracted honey (largest and most at- | 



tractive 25 00 



Second best 20.00 



Third best 15.00 



Best sample of extracted honey, not less than 20 lbs., in 



best shape for retailing 5.00 



Second best 4-0O 



Third best 3.00 



Best sample of comb honey, not leas than 20 lbs., in best 



shape for retailing 5.00 



Second best ■ 4 00 



Third best 3.00 



Best colony of bees, nunieiical strength and purity of 



i-ace being competing points 10.00 I 



Second best 8 00 | 



Third best 600 I 



Best race of bees, numerical strength, and purity of race, 



the competing points 10.00 



Second best 8.00 ! 



Third best 600 



Best collection of honey-producing plant^ 15.00 



Second best 10.00 



Third best 5.00 



Best display of wax 8,00 



Second best 6.00 



Third best 400 



Best foundation mill 6.00 



Second best 5-00 



Third best 4 (>0 



Best foundation-press 6.00 



Second best 5.00 



Third best 4.00 



Best foundation for a brood-chamber, made on the 



grounds 4.00 



Second best 3.00 



Third best 200 



Best foundation for surplus, made oft the grounds 4.00 



Second best 3.00 



Third best 200 



Best foundation for sui-plus, sample of not less than 



lOlbs 3.00 



Second best 2.00 



Third best 1.00 



Best foundation toi- brood-chamber, sample of not less 



than 15 lbs 3.00 



Second best 2-00 



Third best 100 



Best honev-oake, with recipe for making 3.00 



Second best 2.00 



Best honey -cookies, with recipe for making 3,00 



Second best 2.00 



Best honey-jumbles 3.00 



Second best 2 00 



Best honey candies o.OO 



Second best 3.00 



Best honey vinegar, not less than 5 gal., displayed in 



glas^s 4.00 



Second best 3.00 



Third best 2.00 



Best display of queens, in such shape as to be readily 



seen 4.00 



Second best 3 00 



Third best 200 



Best honey-extractor. 1 5.00 



.Second best 4.00 



Third best ■ • 3.00 



Best wax-extiactoi' 3.(!0 



Second best 2.0O 



Third best 100 



Best bee-hive for all purposes 4.00 



Second best 3.00 



Third best 2.00 



Best bee-hive exhibition 3.00 



Second best ■ 2.00 



Best bee-smoker 3.00 



Second best 2.00 



Best arrangement for securing surplus honey 3.00 



Second best 2.00 



Third best 1 00 



Best sections for comb honey, not less than 50 2.00 



Second best 100 



Best apiarian supplies and fixtures 8.(X) 



Second best 6.00 



Third best 5.00 



. Auburndale, O. Dr. A. B. Mason. 



• 

 Do you really mean to say, doctor, that 

 only one individual has applied for space at 

 the Ohio Centennial besides ourselves V If 

 so, there is certainly something amiss some- 

 where. Our Ohio people get up good dis- 

 plays of h(mey, and of implements and sup- 

 plies in general for the apiary ; and some of 

 our Ohio exhibits have been equal to any I 

 have ever seen anyw^here, if 1 may except 

 the exhibition at Toronto. The Canadians 

 are proverbially a little aliead, any way. 

 May be we had better get some of them to 

 come down and show us how— especially as 

 this is our centennial year. Now, look here, 



brothers and sisters of Ohio, up and be do- 

 ing ! It does not matter whether you feel 

 like it or not; and it does not matter so 

 very mucli even if you think you can not af- 

 ford it. You must afford it. There are cer- 

 tain things that must be done any way ; and 

 when the credit and respectability of the 

 State of Ohio are at stake, we have no busi- 

 ness staying at home. We have no busi- 

 ness hiding our light under a bushel. Do 

 what you can. Ohio has bright, wide-awake 

 bee-men and bee-women. They can talk 

 and they can write and they can visit. ( I 

 have the women-folks in mind more particu- 

 larly when 1 make this last remark.) Now, 

 just tell Dr. Mason at once how much space 

 you will occupy, and then set about it at 

 once making preparations for it. Bring 

 plants that bear honey, and every thing else 

 that is curious— seeds of honey-plants ; Jap- 

 anese buckwheat of your own raising. Have 

 a neatly printed report in regard to it. Set 

 about iiaving honey displayed in attractive 

 .shape, especially for exhibition. At Indi- 

 anapolis we had beautiful lettering worked 

 out in honey-comb. Bring your hives and 

 implements, and any thing you have used 

 and found to be a gt)Od thing. Bring, also, 

 your old traps— something that beltmged to 

 your grandfatlier- some of tlie first honey- 

 extractors. May be I can find tlip. first one 

 that A. I. Root patched up. Is there a 

 straw bee-hive in tlie State of Ohio V Some- 

 body should bring an old bee-shed, with a 

 lot of old box hives ; one of the first mova- 

 ble-comb hives ever made anywhere was 

 made in Ohio— yes, in Medina County. 

 Perhaps our good friend W. A. Shaw, when 

 his eyes fall on this, can tell us in whose 

 possession tliis old hive is to be found. If I 

 am correct, it was made and used before the 

 year 1850. It was described in the Scientific 

 American at about that time, so there is not 

 any mistake about it. We expect, of course, 

 father Langstroth to be present, if a kind 

 Providence spares his present good health. 

 Mr. Langstroth can tell us some excellent 

 stories of olden-time bee culture, and may 

 be he can hunt up some primitive imple- 

 ments. Let us have the om bee-books, pub- 

 lished in 1700 or still further back. We 

 happen to have a couple of them. 



There is time enough to have a garden of 

 honey-plants in bloom on the grounds. Dr. 

 Mason, do you know of a man who can go 

 to work now and get up this honey-plant 

 garden V We want all the clovers and 

 buckwheat, and some little basswood-trees 

 —in short, every thing that grows in Ohio, 

 that bears honey, so when bee-men go to 

 look at them they will always know the 

 honey-bearing plants afterward. Can not 

 somebody from the Experiment Station take 

 up the task ? Prof. Devol would manage it 

 nicely, and our good friend W. J. Green will 

 give him very material assistance. I will 

 furnish seeds and plants free of chaige. 

 Now, then, friends, catch hold of what I 

 have offered, and add to it, and lay your 

 plans, and act. We have applied for space 

 for maclunery for making sections, founda- 

 tion, and perhaps some other things. Shall 

 Ohio be voted behind the times in our in- 

 dustry y 



