NOVEMBER 1, 1914 



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In this exhibit were different races of queens 

 with their own progeny, and also a class for 

 best display of different races. In this 

 latter class were blacks, Caucasians, Carni- 

 olans, Banats, Italians, Goldens, Cyprians, 

 and Holy Lands. This exhibit showed the 

 ]ieed of a standard of perfection in judging 

 queens and bees of the different races. To 

 illustrate: What are the prominent differ- 

 ences between the Banats, Carniolans, and 

 Caucasians? 



In the exhibit of blacks the judge ruhd 

 out one nucleus, the bees of which showed 

 distinct gray bands of hairs on the abdo- 

 minal segments instead of yellow or light 

 brown. In discussing this later with tho 

 exhibitor he said the history of those bees, 

 so far as known, precluded the possibility 

 of any admixture of far-eastern blood, but 

 acknowledged that the color w^as distinctly 

 gray. 



The catalog ruled that the first consider- 

 ation in judging extracted honey is body 

 and color. This brings up the question 

 whether, other points being equal, the light- 

 est-colored honey shall be given first in the 

 light class, and the darkest in the dark class. 



When the judge came to the canned fruit, 

 pickles, and cake in which honey instead of 

 sugar was used wholly or in part, he soon 

 found that it was f.n almost impossible task 

 for a " mere man " to decide which was 



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better; and to show that Supt. Yates realiz- 

 ed what the result might be otherwise, he 

 saw that the judge had luncheon before 

 judging the culinai-y department. 



The array of good things to eat in this 

 department gave one the impression that it 

 is a good thing to be the husband of a bee- 

 keeper's wife in Connecticut. 



To be sure, one can get booklets of recipes 

 for honey cookery ; but the long list is 

 somewhat confusing, and it is suggesiod 

 that the recipes for the prize-winning cakes 

 be printed on slips of paper and place] 

 near the cakes so those interested might be 

 induced to try the honey cookery and thus 

 increase the use of honey. 



Allen Latham, the original honey-sand- 

 wich man, was again doing a good business, 

 as was also W. K. Rockwell. 



A NEW HONEY DRINK. 



A new honey concoction was tried out, and 

 proved a great success. This is honey soda 

 or " honey fizz," as the " barkers " called 

 it, and is soda sweetened with about two 

 tablespoonfuls of honey and a little less of 

 evajDorated cream. 



On Monday (Labor Day) Mr. Yates, who 

 h.ad the honey-fizz concession, ran off 2800 

 glasses of this drink, using eleven ten-gallon 

 tanks of soda, seven gallons of honey, and 

 four gallons of cream. Besides being of 

 pecuniary profit to the concessioner, such 

 departures are of value to the whole bee- 

 keeping fraternity in advertising honey, 

 and it is not unlikely that in time every 

 soda-bar in the land will serve honey-!lzz 

 and thus increase the consumption of our 

 product. 



A. W. Yates, Hartford, and Allen La- 

 tham, Norwich, tied for sweepstakes on first 

 prizes, each having five, Mr. Yates winning 

 on second with three — amount $25. 



THE WINNINGS. 



A. W. Yates, Hartford, 1st on Carnio- 

 lans ; 1st on display of races ; 1st on display 

 of queens ; 1st on queen-rearing outfit ; ;>n 

 on Italians; 2d on Goldens; 3d on chunk 

 honey; 2d on light extracted; 3d on dark 

 extracted ; 1st on display of honey ; 2d on 

 display of bee-fixtures, and sweepstakes. 

 Total winnings, $150. 



AV. K. Rockwell, Bloomfield, 1st on Gold- 

 ens; 3d on Carniolans; 3d on blacks; 2d on, 

 display of races; 2d on display of queens; 

 3d on queen-rearing outfit ; 1st on chunk 

 honey; 1st on light extracted; 3d on granu- 

 lated ; 2d on display honey ; 2d on wax. 

 Total amount, $96. 



J. G. Griswold, Hartford, 2d on Carnio- 

 lans; 2d on blacks; 2d on chunk honey; ''d 

 on Goldens; 3d on display of races; 3d on 



