JANUARY 15, 1914 



towers are scattered here and there with 

 smaii groups of honey in \ariuus parts. The 

 effect with the open spaces is very pleasing.* 



I have before spoken of the beautiful 

 color and quality of Ontario clover honey, 

 it comes as near being water-white as any 

 honey 1 have ever seen, with one exception, 

 and that is the guajilla of Texas. As every 

 one knows, honey in a picture will take 

 black; but if you can imagine these black 

 bottles containing a very pale crystalline 

 iioney you can get something of an idea of 

 the beauty of this exhibit. Of course, there 

 were dark honeys, such as buckwheat, but 

 the great mass of the display was made up 

 of Ontario white clover. 



By the way, our correspondent, Mr. Byer, 

 on page 6 of our last issue, another large 

 producer of fine honey, thinks I shall be 

 taken to task for intimating that the white- 

 ness of Ontario clover is due to thistle. We 

 have nO' thistle in our clover honey on this 

 side of the line; and in view of the fact that 

 the Ontario product has something else in 

 its flavor that is very pleasant, and lighter 

 in color than our clover, I naturally con- 

 eluded that thistle explained the difference. 

 Nor did several of the Ontario beekeepers 

 with whom I talked demur at the suggestion. 

 Mr. 0. L. Hershiser, one of the best judges 

 of honey in the United States, and who was 

 a judge of some honey at the Ontario con- 

 vention, gave it as his opinion that there 

 was a little thistle in much of the Ontario 

 clover honey. 



In our last issue, also page 6, our corres- 

 pondent, Mr. Byer, could not refrain from 

 commenting on the fact that a certain editor 

 had been held up by a " cojd " for stealing 

 honey. Now that " the cat is out of the 

 bag " I might as well " put on the shoe " 

 and explain. I stood, very innocently, in 

 front of this honey exhibit, as shown in the 

 picture, while a good beekeeper kejDt me in 

 close conversation. Whether there was any 

 design on his part, I know not. I remem- 

 ber somebody bumped up against me, and a 

 movement in or toward my overcoat pocket. 

 As the occasion of the collision was my 

 friend Charles E. Hopper, I did not feel to 

 see what I missed — or in this case acquired. 

 I merely supposed it was an accident, and 

 let it go at that. Soon afterward a Cana- 

 dian policeman, with an artificial sternness 

 on his face, took hold of my arm and said, 

 " So you are the chap who has been stealing 

 some of this honey? I have caught you with 

 the goods on you." Remembering that bump 

 against my pocket I reached down and 



found a bottle of honey. I immediately 

 turned about and saw a twinkle in the eyes 

 of Mr. Sibbald, Mr, Hopper, and. I think, 

 of Mr. Byer. I turned to Mr. Policeman 

 and said, "Those fell/V.-^ over there have 

 been stuffing my pockets.' 



" That is a very good stoi-y for you to 

 tell," said he; "but you had better come 

 along with me." By that time the assumed 

 sternness on his face had broken into a 

 smile, and a suppressed giggle was heard 

 in the direction of my friends. 



It seems that some of these bottles of hon- 

 ey, so easy of access, had been stolen, and 

 the police had been instructed to keep a 

 watch, and the first man he caught with the 

 goods on him Avas the editor of Gleanings ! 

 Well, if I do not get into any worse scrape 

 than this I shall count myself fortunate. 



FIELD MEETING OF THE NEW JERSEY BEE- 

 KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



BY E. G. CARR 



* The great trouble with many honey exhibits is 

 that the display is too crowded. The open spaces, 

 a'; in the exhibit above, help to set off the groups of 

 honey. 



One of the best-attended meetings of the 

 New Jersey Beekeepers' Association was 

 held at the apiaiy of Geo. Grover, on June 

 25, there being 63 present. 



The first subject under discussion was tlie 

 improved robber cloth by Dr. Cheney, of 

 Hoboken. This, besides being ingeniously 

 gotten up, contains valuable features. This 

 was fully described and illustrated, p. 270, 

 April 15. Another device shown by Dr. 

 Cheney was a stand on which to place re- 

 moved supers, which is so constructed as to 

 make it almost impossible to mash bees on 

 the under side of the super, and, besides, is 

 very simple in construction. 



The next was a discussion by W. W. Case, 

 of the tube escape and its uses. So far as 

 can be learned, Mr. Case is the originator of 

 this device; and, while primarily designed 

 for the treatment of foul-broody colonies, it 

 is also ideal for transferring from any sort 

 of hive or box which can be made bee-tight. 



This was also fully described and illus- 

 trated, page 406 of the June 15th issue. 



After lunch, " Short cuts in finding 

 queens " was discussed by I. J. Stringham, 

 of New York ; Dr. Cheney, of Hoboken, and 

 Pres. Root, of Red Bank. Mr. Stringham's 

 plan is particularly adapted to finding 

 queens when robbers are bad, and in black 

 or hybrid stock. The eperation is as fol- 

 lows : 



The hive which is to be manipulated has 

 placed near it a bottom-board; on this a 

 queen-excluder and two empty hive-bodies 

 over it. The hive is gently smoked at the 



