1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



427 



with a thick brush from one to three feet high, and 

 chokes out almost every other plaut. No animals 

 eat it except sheep, and they are even worse than 

 the hoarhound to have about you. The bees are 

 now carrying- in quite a lot of genuine hoarhound 

 honey which I respectfully offer to all those who 

 have paid 50 cts. and #1.00 a bottle, at $6.00 per case 

 of 130 lbs., and I can confidently assure them that 

 one ease will be all they will probably desire. 



C. M. Drake. 

 Springville, Ventura Co.. Cal., May 14, 1888. 



Friend I)., you are a jewel. What makes 

 you tell about the bad qualities of the things 

 you sell, as well as the yoodf and why doiit 

 you put more stress on the value of hoar- 

 hound honey for coughs and colds V Can't 

 you remember some astounding cures that 

 have been produced by its use in your fami- 

 ly or neighborhood ? Please send us one 

 case, and we will put it up in Muth's dime 

 jars ; and if we don't establish a trade in it 

 we will give the bee-friends an opportunity 

 of getting a sample in ordeiing goods of us. 

 May be some will think more of its medical 

 qualities than we do, and we may give you 

 a big trade in it. I am frank to say, I do 

 not believe that hoarhound has any special 

 virtue in regard to coughs and colds ; but it 

 is a nice old legend, and" what child does not 

 like hoarhound candyV Since Mr. Hoge's 

 name has come up so prominently, can any 

 of our readers tell us where he is just now, 

 if he is not in California V 



THE BEE AND HONEY SHOW AT THE 

 OHIO CENTENNIAL. 



A KtrilTHEB APPEAL FROM DR. MASON. 



TiKES, (riend Root, that is just the length, breadth, 

 I^HB) anil height of my meaning, as you ask on 

 '^^ page;M2. At the time I wrote the article on 

 •*■ page 341, only one besides yourself had made 

 application for space in the Bee and Honey 

 Department of the Centennial Exposition at Colum- 

 bus. Something has stirred up four more. Per- 

 haps it was what I said, and perhaps it was what 

 j/oM said. You see, I'm willing to divide the honors. 

 But somebody or somet/iiny will have to do more 

 than has yet been done, or Ohio bee-keepers will 

 not make the display of the products of the apiary, 

 and of the progress there has been in the century 

 in our specialty, that ought to be made. The ap- 

 plications have all come from the same county, and 

 that is not the county that Columbus is in, either. 

 What is the matter with the bee-keepers in the oth- 

 er counties of the State? It does seem to me that 

 we ought to eclipse every thing of the kind that 

 has ever been done on this continent, the Toronto 

 exhibition not excepted. This year their premium 

 list amounts to about $380, and the Ohio pi'emlums 

 amount to $406. I intend to have some straw hives, 

 some log "gums," and some box hives with bees in, 

 on exhibition, and I hope some others will do the 

 same, and you and other supply-dealers can fur- 

 nish the modern appliances. 



The Canadian Bee Journal, in mentioning our Ex- 

 position, says: "Some of us will try to get there; 

 but we expect to find an exhibit that knocks the 

 Toronto exhibition into the shade. If it does not, 

 it will not be the fault of Dr. Mason and A. I. Root, 

 who are working hard to make it a grand success." 



I hope their expectations will be fully realized, and 

 it seems to me that it ought not to be much of a 

 trick for us Buckeyes to take the starch clear out 

 of our Canuck neighbors in this display; and I 

 should very much dislike to have them go to our 

 exposition and not find an exhibit worthy of us as a 

 State. Our premium list is large enough to pay the 

 expenses of a large number of exhibitors, and ev- 

 ery facility will be furnished them that it is possi- 

 ble to furnish, to enable each to make the finest 

 display possible, with the least possible expense. 

 There will be no more " red tape " used than is ab- 

 solutely necessary to make things run smoothly, 

 and no favor or privilege will be accorded one ex- 

 hibitor that will not be shown each and every other; 

 and if A. B. Mason makes an exhibit he will get just 

 the same privileges that others have, and no more. 

 In the awarding of premiums, no favoritism will 

 be shown. Competition for premiums is for pro- 

 ducers only. Dealers will be furnished space to 

 exhibit, but not be allowed to compete for premi- 

 ums. 



Friend Root, your suggestions on page 34;J are all 

 good, and I should be glad to have them all carried 

 out. Your idea of '"a garden of honey-plants in 

 bloom on the grounds," I like very much; and if 1 

 lived within fifteen or twenty miles of Columbus 

 you would have a chance to send on the plants and 

 seeds; but I don't know of any one at or near Co- 

 lumbus who will carry out your suggestions. Can't 

 you induce Prof. Devol or W. J. Green, or both, to 

 take the matter in handV 



The next meeting of the N. A. B. K. S. will be 

 held in Columbus, and will be an added inducement 

 for bee-keepers to see us "spread" ourselves in a 

 grand honey-show; but if we make a "fizzle" of it, 

 whose fault will it be? 



Now send on your api)lications, and ask all the 

 questions you choose, and for any information you 

 may wish, and I'll respond most heartily, to the 

 best of my ability. Don't be afraid of annoying 

 me, but wade right into this matter with all the 

 vim you've got. A. B. Mason. 



P. S.— In a communication from W. Z. HiUchin- 

 son, received a few days since, he says: "Don't 1 

 wish I lived in Ohio, this year I How I should en- 

 joy doing my level best in making that exposition a 

 success! " 



Mr. H. D. Cutting and other "furriners" write in 

 the same strain; and it will be any thing but funny 

 if we are not as much interested in the good name 

 of our State as they are. A. B. M. 



Auburndale, Lucas Co., O., May 24, 1888. 



Many thanks. Doctor. If the exhibit is 

 not a success, it certainly will not be your 

 fault. Just one individual has asked for 

 seeds of the honey-plants, and that indi- 

 vidual happens to be Dr. Mason himself. 

 We have sent him the seeds, telling him 

 there would be no charge, and we will fur- 

 nish to any other person (man or woman) in 

 the State of Ohio all the seeds they want 

 to raise the plants from, to be taken to the 

 Ohio Centennial for exhibition. We will 

 also try to have some plants there of our 

 own. Now, then, who will see to having 

 the ground nicely prepared, ready to re- 

 ceive them y It needs a florist or expert 

 market-gardener to get to work at it now, 

 and have some soil so prepared that it will 

 do honor to the State or Ohio. We are very 



