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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



A portion of the apiary of B. J, Mayo, Metuchen, N. J. Mr. Mayo started three years a?o with only 

 five colonies. The cover picture for this issue shows Mi\ Mayo and his son standing near the edge of their 

 apiary. 



has been successfully worked on the smaller 

 portion, and the honey taken from it. 



The hive as it now stands measures 51 

 inches in height, 58 in circumference, and 

 is estimated to weigh 500 pounds. 



Metuchen, N. J. 



THE ONTARIO HONEY EXHIBIT AT THE HOR- 

 TICULTURAL EXHIBITION, TORONTO 



BY E. R. ROOT 



Last year, in November, there was held in 

 Toronto the usual horticultural exhibition 

 and poultry and fat-stock show. But the 

 thing that would interest the beekeeper par- 

 ticularly' was a magnificent honey exhibit in 

 the vei-y center of the horticultural building, 

 mounted on a large table. This exhibit was 

 ]irepared under the direction of Mr. H. G. 

 Sibbald, of Claude, Ontario, a director in 

 the Ontario Beekeepers' Association, and 

 one of the prominent and most successful 

 beekeepers in the Province. When I say 

 " successful " I mean that he is one of the 

 largest ])roducers of a fine table extracted 

 lioney on the continent. Thei'e are but vei"y 

 few men whose crops are larger, and cer- 

 tainly none who produce a finer honey. 

 During the winter he changes his residence 



to Toronto, where he looks after the selling 

 of his crops. 



When plans were made to have this horti- 

 cultural exhibition, the beekeepers of the 

 Province saw to it that their allied industry 

 was i3roperly represented. As we know that 

 bees make more and better fruit possible, 

 what could be more apjiropriate than that 

 honey should be shown at this horticultural 

 exhibition? 



Perhaps the most striking tiling in this 

 whole exhibition hall, unless it be the Peel 

 County exhibit of fruit opposite, was the 

 Ontario beekeepers' honey exhibit as shown 

 in the illustration preceding, occupying as it 

 does the very center of the vast building. 



Mr. Sibbald, though he had had no pre- 

 vious experience, or at least a very limited 

 one, was prevailed on to take charge of and 

 erect this exhibit. That he has the artistic 

 sense so necessary in a work of this kind, I 

 think Avill be agreed to by all who look at 

 this picture. Instead of following the con- 

 ventional lines of a blocky or massive dis- 

 l)lay it will be noticed that he adopted a 

 variety of schemes to set off the honey. The 

 big tower in the very center of the exhibit, 

 made up of comb honey and bottles of ex- 

 tracted, not too crowded, stands out in 

 strong relief. The pyramids and smaller 



