July. igog. 



American ^ee Journal 



must have been produced during the present 

 year, unless otherwise specified. 



Bees and Honey — Open to the World. 



1st 2d 3d 

 Best comb basswood or white-clover 

 honey, not less than 20 pounds, 

 crated and in single-comb sections, 

 weiehing not more than 2 pounds 

 each S5 $3 $3 



1.— HONEY-HOUSK OF J. M. Cl TTS. 



Alfalfa honey, the same amount and 



crated as above 5 3 2 



Sweet-ciover honey the same amount 



and crated as above 5 3 2 



Fall honey, the same amount and 



crated as above 5 3 2 



20 pounds extracted white-clover, or 



basswood honey ."> 3 2 



20 pounds extracted alfalfa honey. .5 3 2 



20 pounds extracted sweet-clover 

 honey, produced dw-ing present 

 season 5 3 2 



20 pounds heart's-ease honey, to have 

 been produced any time since Au- 

 gust 1 of previous year ') 3 2 



20 pounds extracted alfalfa fall hon- 

 ey, to have been stored after 

 August 1 5 3 2 



Largest display by anyone, including 



bees, extracted and comb honey. .12 8 fi 



Most artistic designs in beeswax... 4 3 2 



Display of honey in marketable 

 shape, products of exhibitor's own 

 apiary 9 6 3 



Displays of bees and queens in ob- 

 servation hives and not allowed to 

 fly. not less than five cages (> 3 2 



Demonstration of practical apiary 



work 6 4 2 



General display of bees, honey and 



apiarian products ,...$25 Silver Cup. 



To become the property of the individual 



winner only after three successive annual win- 

 nings. 



The following are confined to exhibitors in 



Nebraska alone: 



Honey-Producing Plants. 



For the best collection of honey- 

 producing plants, giving time of 

 blossoming, with common and prop- 

 er names, and furnish the Secre- 

 tary a complete write-up for pub- 

 lication $7 $4 $2 



DiSCRETIONARV. 



In this lot make entries, when desired, of 

 what is not provided for in the foregoing lots 

 in this class. 



Special Premiums Offered Under the Aus- 

 pices OF the Nebraska State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association. 



Best 5 pounds beeswax, one year's subscription 

 to Gleanings in Bee Culture. 



Best 10 pounds extracted honey, one copy of 

 "How to Keep Bees"; cloth bound, value 

 $1.10. 



Best nucleus of Italian bees, 1 Standard Root 

 Copper Smoker. 



Bcfit single case of comb honey, 1 copy "A B 

 C of IJce-Culture," cloth bound. 



Most interesting display of bees and queens, 

 1 copy "A B C der Bienenzucht," f German). 



Largest display of different races of bees, 5 

 pounds Root's Weed Process Comb Founda- 

 tion, 1 pound each — Medium Brood, Light 

 Brood. Thin Super, Extra Thin Super, Drone 

 Foundation. 



Finest fram'- (^{ honey for extractor, 100 Hoff- 

 man Brood Frames, 



Largest and best exhibit of comb honey, 1 

 Danzenbaker Comb Honey hive, painted. 



Largest and finest display of extracted honey, 

 1 Hatch Wax Press. 



Largest and most interesting display in this de- 

 partment, 1 Bali-Bearing Root Honey Ex- 

 tractor (two-frame) No. 10 B. 



Best case of white comb honey, not less than 

 20 pounds, 1 copy "Langstroth on the Honey 

 Bee,'" Twentieth Century Edition, cloth- 

 bound. 



Best case sweet clover comb honey, not less 

 than 20 pounds, 1 copy "Langstroth on the 

 Honey Bee." 



For best 20 pounds extracted white clover 

 lioney in glass packages in marketable shape, 

 1 year's subscription to the American Bee 

 Journal 



For best display of designs in beeswax, 1 year's 

 subscription to the American Bee Journal. 



For best collection of honey-producing plants, 1 

 year's subscription to the Bee-Keepers' Re- 

 view. 



Best and largest display of alfalfa comb honey 

 in 4x5 plain sections, 1 Danzenbaker comb 

 honey hive, painted. 



Best display of sealed combs for extracting, 1 

 two-story Root xvovetailed Hive, for extracted 

 honey. 



For best case of comb honey, not less than 

 20 jjounds, produced by a woman bee-keeper, 

 1 select tested Italian queen. 



For best display including bees and honey, 

 made by boy or girl under 18 years, products 

 of exhibitor's own apiary, 1 Golden Italian 

 breeding queen. 



For best demonstration of live bees in prac- 

 tical apiary work in screened wire cage, ex- 

 hibitor to choose topic. 1 red clover Italian 

 breeding queen. 



For best and most instructive display of apiar- 

 ian products, including bees, comb and ex- 

 tracted honey, beeswax, not less than 50 



2.— Swarming in J. M. Cutts' Afiary 



pounds designs in beeswax, and original home- 

 made apiarian appliances, all products of ex- 

 hibitor's own apiary; subject to above re- 

 strictions as to Special Premiums — Silver 



Trophy Cup, value $25.00. 



This cup is to pass annually from prior win- 

 ners until won three years successively, when 

 the ownership shall become permanent. 



God Help the City Boy. 



God help the boy who never sees 

 The butterflies the birds, the bees. 

 Nor hears the music of the breeze 



When zephyrs soft arc blowing. 

 Who cannot in sweet comfort lie 

 Where clover blooms are thick and high. 

 And hear the gentle murmur nigh 



Of brooklets softly flowing. 



God help the boy who does not know 

 Where all the woodland berries grow. 

 Who never sees the forests glow 



When leaves are red and yellow. 

 Whose childish feet can never stray. 

 For such a hapless hoy I say 

 When Nature does her charms display — 



God help the little fellow. 



— Nixon PVatcrnmn. 



Views of the J. M. Cutts' Apiary 



Kncloscd tiiul some vicvss of my apiary 

 near Montgomery last year. 



No. r shows the honey-house or shop; 

 Xo. J shows how I climbed the tall 



pines, with climbers to get the swarms 

 that would often settle 6o feet from 

 the ground ; Xo. 3' shows a general view 

 of the apiary and how some of the 10- 

 frame hives run for extracted honey 

 were tiered up 4 stories high and tilled 

 with honey. This apiary of 150 colo- 

 nies was run for both comb and ex- 

 tracted honey — about one-half of the 

 colonies for comb and the other half for 

 extracted. The total yield was 12,000 

 pounds. This was far short of what it 

 should have been, as I lost a great many 

 swarms, because I could not be with 

 them in the middle of the day. 



I sold this apiary last winter to the 

 former owner, having purchased it of 

 him in the spring of 1908. 



J. M. Cutts. 



Montgomery, Ala., May 25. 



Isle of Wight Bee-Disease 



Some time ago mention was made of 

 a disease among the bees on the Isle of 

 Wight, England, that had practically 

 cleaned all the bees off the island. It 

 seemed difficult to get any definite idea 

 about it, but the idea was more or less 

 prevalent that it was a new disease. 

 Official investigation has been made, and 

 a summary of results is given in the 

 British Bee Journal. In the course of 

 the article it is said: 



"Dr. Maiden finally directed his attention 

 to the contents of the chyle stomach of healthy 

 and diseased bees, and here he was able to 

 distinguish in the latter certain plague-like 

 bacilli which were not present in healthy 

 specimens, and these organisms he is led to 

 liclievc are the cause of the disease. In 

 stained film preparations tlie bacillus appears 

 as a short, round-ended, thick organism, with 

 darkly staining ends and lightly staining cen- 

 tral i)ands (polar staining), and closely re- 

 sembles B. pest is in general appearance. He 

 tlieretore proposes to name it Bacillus pesti- 

 forniis apis. 



"The characteristic features of the disease 

 are a more or less rapid mortality amongst 

 the bees, disinclination to work, some dis- 

 tension of the abdomen, frequently disloca- 

 tion of the wings, and, later, inability to fly. 

 The disease can only be recognized by ob- 

 serving the general conditions of the col- 

 ony." 



All of which is of no immediate in- 

 terest to bee-keepers on this side of the 

 ocean, except as a bond of sympathy 

 connects us with bee-keepers every- 

 where : but there is no telling when a 

 case of the disease may break out in this 

 country, and it is well to be somewhat 

 informed in advance. 







i Ml 



3.-APIARY OF J. M. Cutts. 

 Spidcr-l'lant 



G. Thomas says, in the British Bee 

 Journal, that spider-plant will grow in 

 Mngland only in tlic hothouse. It grows 

 very freely in this country as far north 

 as Northern Illinois. 



