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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



December, 1920 



HEADS OF'GRAIN M fRQ^^U TDIFFERENT FIELDS 



Chocolate At the Ohio State beekeepers' 

 Honey exhibit at the State fair last 



Candy. September there was a unique 



feature that certajnly proved a 

 drawing card. Besides the usual exhibits of 

 bee supplies and honey there was an exhibit 

 of honey candies, these candies being made 

 right on the grounds. This work was under 

 the direct charge of L. H. Benninghuff, for 

 Mr. McPhcrson of the Capitol Confection 

 Company; Louise McPherson, Mrs. L. H. 

 Benninghuff, and Rhode McCuue made the 

 candy. During the whole week of the ex- 

 hibit great crowds assembled around this 

 particular exhibit, paying five and ten cents 

 for a package of chocolate-honey candies, 

 made with pecan nuts and honey rolled in 

 chocolate. These candies were so delicious 

 that they advertised themselves; and most 

 of the time there was a big jam around the 

 exhibit. Pretty girls selling and pretty girls 

 making the candy were a part of the ex- 

 hibit. But the real thing was the candy 

 itself. We are told they had to work night 

 and day, and actually used up 45 cases of 

 comb honey, 350 lbs. of sweet chocolate, and 

 30 lbs. of pecan nuts. The accompanying il- 

 lustration shows the chocolate-candy honey 

 booth and those in charge, with the crowd 

 held back to give a clear view. The experi- 

 ment proved to be such a success that some- 

 thing of the kind will be put into operation 

 in other places. 



By the way, the Ohio State beekeepers' 

 co-operative exhibit of honey and honey ap- 

 pliances was likewise a great success. Whole 

 crops of honey were sold, and the general 

 public was delighted and edified. 



Medina, 0. E. E. Root. 



Queens What becomes of a superseded 



Commit queen? The bees ostracize her 



Suicide. and she commits suicide. This I 



know positively. I observed a 

 ease carefully six or eight months ago. 

 I had a fine ' queen being superseded, and 

 for days I looked at the entrance hourly 

 and opened it every second day. Early one 

 morning about six o 'clock I found my fine 

 old queen on the wide alighting-board a foot 

 below the entrance with her head toward the 

 entrance, calm, still, if anything sad, de- 

 jected. At the entrance was a cluster of five 

 or six bees all watching her; all appeared to 

 pity her, yet offered her no food, and did 

 not approach her. It was a sad spectacle to 

 behold. With pity and respect for her past 

 virtues I picked her up gently, opened the 

 hive carefully, placed her on a frame in 

 among her offspring, and greatly to my sur- 

 prise every bee left her immediately, envious 

 at once, sullen, deliberate. 



I replaced the frame with the old queen 

 on it and was preparing to close the hive 

 and watch the entrance again when she 



The making and sale of cliocolale-honey candy was a feature of the Ohio beekeepers' display at the 

 Ohio State Fair held at Columhus in September last. The picture shows the candy booth, with the 

 crowd held back so that the photographer could get a clear view of this booth. 



