1906 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1353 



that being the case it did not have time to 

 ripen properly. This matter is now rectified. 



Mr. John Fixter. apiarist at the Dominion 

 Experiment Farm, Ottawa, who has also 

 l:)een farm foreman there, left the sei"vic-es of 

 the Dominion Government on October 1 to 

 become farm superintendent at the Macdon- 

 ald College and Experimental Farm, St. 

 Anne, Que., under Prof. Koliertson. We 

 imderstand the apiary is likely to be al)an- 

 doned and the experimental work there dis- 

 continued. Apiculturally we are not having 

 much done for us in Canada. 



Mr. Morley Pettit. Villa Nova, Ont., is also 

 taking a very long step toward leaving the 

 apicultural world. He has taken a circuit 

 near Gait, Out., among the Methodists as a 

 preacher. Their term is now four j^ears. 

 While Mr. Pettit will, of course, have to 

 devote the greater part of his time, energies, 

 and thought to his ministerial duties — 

 preaching and visiting the Hock — he intends 

 to run his bees for some time. 



The annual meeting of the Ontario Bee- 

 keepers' Association will be held in the York 

 County council chambers, Adelaide St., To- 

 ronto," from Nov. 7. 2 P.M., to noon Nov. 9, 

 during the time of the fruit, Hower. and 

 honey show, which show is held at Massey 

 Hall.' One-way tickets will be sold on the 

 certifieate plan, Nov. 2 to 10 inclusive, free 

 to return up to Nov. 14. Certificates must 

 lie validated by the railway representative 

 at the exhibition, cost for which is 2o cents 

 on each ticket. Buy a ticket to Toronto 

 only, and ask your station agent for a stand- 

 ard certificate. Present your ticket at the 

 exhibition in Toronto for the signature of the 

 secretary, anrl validation, after whii-h you 

 can return home free irrespec-tive of the 

 number of tickets. There will. also be .spe- 

 cial excursions from all points in Ontario, 

 good going Nov. T and 8, and good to re- 

 turn i;p to Nov. 10. at lowest single first- 

 class fare. The Palmer House, King St., To- 

 ronto, a few Ijlocks from the Union Station 

 (you need neither street-car nor bus), a 

 $3.00-a-day house, has given a special rate 

 of $1.50 a' day. Members will be expected 

 to double up in rooms. This house was 

 headquarters for the North American Bee- 

 keepers' convention when it last met in To- 

 ronto, when many ielegates, particularly 

 those from the United .States, expressed 

 their appreciation. We hope to see many at 

 the convention. It will be particularly con- 

 venient to York State bee-keepers, and Sec- 

 retary Couse extends a hearty invitation to 

 our United States brethren to come and 

 take part. 



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A visit to the apiarian depaitment at the 

 National Exposition, Toronto, Ont., this year 

 shows that the poor honey season through- 

 out the greater part of Ontario and Quebec 

 has had an influence upon the exhibits. In 

 extracted as well as in comb honey the qual- 

 ity and the (luantity. particularly the second 



week of the exposition, is scarcely up to the 

 usual mark: however, the exhibitors deserve 

 the thanks of the bee-keepers at large for 

 keeping honey in so conspicuous a manner 

 before visitors to the exposition. 



The past history of the honey exhibition is 

 full of interest, and dates back close to thirty 

 years. Mr. D. A. Jones. Beeton, Ont., was 

 practically the founder of the present exten- 

 sive exhibit, and still holds the palm for 

 having made the largest exhibit of extracted 

 honey, creating quite an excitement in To- 

 ronto and the Province of Ontario. 



It was at the Toronto exhibition, in the 

 apiarian depai'tment, when, with Mr. D. A. 

 Jones, I first met Mr. Wm. McEvoy, Wood- 

 l)urn, Ont., Inspector of Apiaries for Onta- 

 rio, well known to the apicultural world, 

 and whose treatment of foul bi'ood is follow- 

 ed by so many. I remember him with a 

 long "string of "first-prize tickets for honey, 

 and his stating that he received first prize 

 for honey at the Philadelphia Centennial. 



Mr. J.'B. Hall. Woodstock, Ont., then the 

 comb-honey king, with to-day his worldwide 

 reputation ' as a eomlj-honey producer antl 

 bee-keeper, has made the largest exhibit of 

 comb honev — we believe something like 

 20,000 lbs. "Mr. R. McKnight, Owen Sound, 

 Ont., first taught us artistic effect; the con- 

 tluctor of this department put up the first 

 glass pyramid, having seen one put up at the 

 Detroit exposition by Mr. W. Z. Hutchinson, 

 Flint, Mich. All these have drifted into the 

 past so far as the Toronto exposition is 

 concerned. This year the exhibitors were 

 Messrs. R. H. Smith, St. Thomas: D. An- 

 guish, Southwold: George Laing, Milton; E. 

 Grainger, Toronto: Arthur Laing. Acton, 

 and Mrs. R. H. Smith. St. Thomas. Photo- 

 graphs of some of these are shown on p. 1360. 



CfflrinsatioM 



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WHEKE WINTER BEES? THE TEMPERATURE 



INSIDE OF A CLUSTER OF BEES WHEN IT 



IS ZERO W^EATHER OUTSIDE. 



"Good moi'ning, Mr. Doolittle. This is a 

 fine October morning. " 



"Yes. The sun shines out in all its glory, 

 and it is so still and nice. But winter is com- 

 ing, as surely as we had that unprecedented 

 snowstorm of the 11th, when six inches of 

 snow fell at a time never known before. 

 But winter does not bother Jones any, 

 does it?" 



"Well, not very mu(-h, usually. But I am 

 wondering how I had best winter my bees 

 this winter I have always wintered them 

 outdoors, but somehow I am feeling a little 



