AUGUST 15, 1914 



Honey exhibit at the Monmouth Poultry Club show, Asbury Park, N. J., Nov. 24-29, 1913. 



prominent beekeepers along the Big Miami 

 Kiver wrote recently he would not get one 

 pound of honey out of about 100 colonies, 

 owing to the drouth. Conditions are not 

 quite so bad around Cincinnati — that is, in 

 its vicinity. Daring a long drouth bees are 

 afforded better forage among the hills and 

 valleys than in the level fields. On the 

 level the sun burns down like fire all day, 

 while in the hills there are always spots 

 that the sun touches only at certain times 

 of the day; hence the moisture collected in 



the early spring doesn't evaporate so 

 quickly. If the bees in this country along 

 the Big Miami River, of which there are 

 many, are so destitute of honey, their mas- 

 ters will all be forced to feed for the winter 

 unless aster provides them with nectar. 



I haven't seen so much aster in many 

 years as now; yet it is problematical if we 

 receive a good flow during fall bloom, the 

 frosts at times setting in early. 



Cincinnati, 0., July 26. 



CASH PREMIUMS FOR HONEY AT A POULTRY SHO^ 



BY E. G. CARR 



What was probably the best exhibit of 

 apiarian products and demonstrations ever 

 given before a popular audience in New 

 Jersey was held in connection with the 

 annual show of the Monmouth County 

 Poultry Club at Asbury Park, Nov. 24-29. 

 Cash premiums were offered by the club for 

 the best Italian bees, best case of comb 

 honey, best 25 lbs. of extracted honey, best 

 display of wax, 25 lbs. or more; best dis- 



play of comb honey, and for the best dis- 

 play of extracted honey, both liquid and 

 granulated. There were also offered $5.00 

 in gold and three silver cups as specials. 



The winnings were as follows : Bees, dis- 

 play of comb honey, and display of extract- 

 ed, C. H. Root, Red Bank. Best extracted, 

 Ist, C. H. Root, Red Bank; 2d, W. Garra- 

 brant, Chester, N. J.; comb honey, 1st, N. 

 G. Noble, Lakewood ; 2d, E. G. Carr, New 



