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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



iiig reports of the County fair held 

 at Baltimore, from which we take 

 the following notes : 



"One of the most attractive ex- 

 hibits at the fair is the apiary, in 

 charge of Mr. Charles H. Lake, pro- 

 prietor of the Sunny Side Apiary 

 on Greenmount avenue. Mr. Lake 

 has on exhibition a lot of fine Ital- 

 ian bees in glass cases or frames, 

 showing the bees at work and 

 the movements of the queen bees 

 which attract much attention. He 

 has also on exhibition a hive of 

 bees which are allowed the free use 

 of the grounds, and the owner 

 handles them with all the freedom 

 of pet canaries. He has recep- 

 tacles for honey in the shape of 

 hearts, shields and stars, and has 

 trained the bees to fill them so as 

 to make novel ornaments for the 

 table. 



In the poultry departnaent Mr. 

 A. L. Bosley, of Highland yards, 

 Towson, and C. H. Lake, Waverly, 

 have 45 coops of fine bred chickens, 

 ducks, etc., including all the best 

 varieties, such as Plymouth Rocks, 

 Longshons, Light Brahmas, Silver 

 Gray Dorkings, Silver Seabrights, 

 imported from Scotland, Crested 

 and Pekin ducks and other varie- 

 ties. Mr. Lake has a Longshons 

 pullet which laid 158 eggs in 193 

 days, 13 of which weighed 3 

 pounds and 11 ounces. The same 

 pullet hatched 23 chickens out of 

 a setting of 25 eggs. He has also 

 on exhibition in the household de- 

 partment a lot of fine grapes of 

 various varieties, grown right in his 

 apiary, and sa^^s there is no truth- 

 fulness in the assertion that bees 

 destro}'^ gi-apes. He says that 

 wasps and hornets puncture the 

 grapes, and when they are once 

 punctured the bees destroy them, 

 but of themselves bees cannot bite 

 into or puncture a grape. 



Yesterday was the last day at 

 Timonium, and the exhibition of 

 this year has probably been the 



most successful the society has yet 

 held. 



The apiary, in charge of Charles 

 H. Lake, had raany visitors in 

 spite of the bees flying about. 

 The ingenious idea of making 

 the cells for the bees was il- 

 lustrated there. Sheets of wax 

 were passed between two rollers, 

 and came out with cells already 

 designed. The bees were all of 

 Italian variety. In one hive the 

 swarm was free. The glass cases 

 of another were placed upon sepa- 

 rate stands, and all the processes 

 in the life history of the bee could 

 be seen. The queen, easil^^ recog- 

 nized from her large size, was 

 industriously depositing eggs in 

 some of the cells ; working bees 

 were preparing other cells for eggs. 

 Some of the young bees, having 

 passed from the larva state, were 

 gradually working their wa^^ out 

 of the cells in which they had been 

 imprisoned, fed in the meanwhile 

 by the workers. From one hive 

 of the bees 245 pounds of honey 

 have been obtained in a single 

 season." 



We are pleased to note that 

 friend Lake succeeded in carrying 

 off the following premiums, viz. : — 

 " C. H. Lake, colony bees, honey in 

 comb, display, gate honey, first 

 premium, each $4 ; display bees 

 and hive, first premium, $10. C. 

 H. Lake, collection hardy grapes, 

 first premium, $2. 



PonJtry. — Bosly & Lake, first 

 premiums on black Cochin fowls, 

 duckwing and white pile game 

 Bantams, black Hamburg's, white 

 and brown Leghorns, Silver Sea- 

 brights and crested ducks ; also on 

 light Brahmas, first and second ; 

 also second premiums on buff Co- 

 chin, partridge Cochin and Long- 

 shon chicks, black Spanish chicks, 

 Seabright Bantams, white Guineas 

 and Pekin ducks." 



Such reports as the above are 

 certainly encouraging and much 



