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THE AMERICAN APICULTUEIST. 



D. A. Jones, of Beetoii, has, of course, 

 the largest exhil)it. At one end of 

 the building, he has a pyramid of cans, 

 ranging from two ounces to five pounds 

 in capacity, the whole forming a little 

 mountain of honey, 41 feet 6 inches in 

 length by 14 feet in breadth, and 

 towering far above the heads of visi- 

 tors. In the centre of the building a 

 cone of smaller circumference, bnt 

 rising to a greater height, is similarly 

 constructed. Above this pyramid 

 floats a variety of flags, and above all 

 the porcelain globe of a powerful 

 electric light spreads at night the 

 brightness of noonday over the whole 

 interior of the building. Great boxes 

 of honey are piled against the wall, 

 and over them, and on the floor are 

 80 barrels in all of the luscious liquid. 



In all, Mr. Jones has about 50,000 

 pounds of honey in the building. Mr. 

 Hall of Woodstock, Ont., is the next 

 largest exhiliitor, and shows an im- 

 posing array of white combs rising 

 far upwards, and varied at every 5 feet 

 by buttres^^es of extracted lioney in 

 gayly labelled cans, extending far 

 along one side of the building. Mr. 

 Hall has on display about 9,000 pounds 

 of honey in the comb, and about 

 13,000 extracted. Martin Emizh, of 

 Holbrook, Oxfoi'd county, takes the 

 palm for the nicest exhibit of comb 

 honey. It is remarkably uniform and 

 well filled out in the comb. Much 

 admiration was expressed of tliis ex- 

 hibit, which comprised about 4,000 

 pounds. Mr. Ramer, of Cedar Grove, 

 Mr. Goodvear, of Woodstock, G. B. 

 Jones, of Brantford, W. B. Wells, of 

 Philipstown, Out., Messrs. Granger & 

 Duke, of Deer Park, and others con- 

 ti-ibute to make up the fine display, 

 which here presents itself to the eyes 

 of the visitors. 



To many, a far more interesting 

 and attractive object than the honey 

 show was presented in the person of 

 the Rev. L. L. Langstroth, who held 

 a sort of extempore levee in the 

 building, and went through a some- 

 what fatiguing ordeal in the way of 

 shaking hands with the multitude of 

 beekeepers and others who were in- 

 troduced to liim by President Jones 

 and Wm. P. Clarke. It became nec- 

 essary after a while to withdraw the 

 venerable apiarist from the scene 

 that he might rest somewhat, and be 

 in tune for the public meeting. 

 Meantime, a general reunion of bee- 

 keepers went on in and around the 

 extensive exhibition building. Few 

 seemed to feel much interest in the 



other departments to be found on the 

 grounds, and there was ample proof 

 of the correctness of a remark made 

 by Mr. Langstroth, that of all classes 

 he had met with none were so en- 

 thusiastic in the line of their calling 

 as beekeepers. 



The convention was broken up into 

 a multitude of little conventions, and 

 all seemed to enjoy the opportunity of 

 social intercourse presented. Atten- 

 tion was not confined to the interior 

 of the building but extended to a 

 survey of the bee-hives, colonies of 

 different races of bees, and the large 

 variety of bee requisites to be found 

 adjacent out-of-doors. To attempt a 

 specification of all the numerous arti- 

 cles on exhibition would extend this 

 report to a length that would be un- 

 suitable, and should anything be 

 undesignedly omitted, the inventor 

 or owner would feel himself slighted. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The Association resumed in the 

 City Hall. Miscellaneous questions 

 were the first order of business. 



Dr. Thom asked if any one had ex- 

 perienced evil eflects to the eyesight 

 from the use of bee-veils. This led to a 

 general discussion on the best ma- 

 terial for bee-veils; several declaring 

 in favor of black, and some in favor 

 of wiiite gauze. A few spoke in ap- 

 proval of wire netting, while othei's 

 urged objections against it. A. I. 

 Root said he had experimented, and 

 used many endeavors to obtain a wire 

 cloth that would have all the advan- 

 tages of wire cloth, without any of 

 its disadvantages, but had not suc- 

 ceeded. On the whole he would 

 recommend beekeepers not to usq 

 veils unless obliged to do so. Mr. 

 Cornell did not think veils did any 

 particular injury to the eyesight, 

 otlierwise ladies would not wear iliem 

 so extensively. President Jones re- 

 commended the use of the finest 

 Brussels lace. Mr. Bowers thought 

 the veil might be made of any cheap 

 suitable material, with a window of 

 the very best silk bobliinet. 



Mr. C. W. Young l)r()Ught up the 

 subject of collect iui;- statistics. He 

 suggested that tlie local pi-ess should 

 be more generally utilized for tlie 

 purpose of conveying information 

 about apiculture. A gttneral discus- 

 sion on the importance and yet diffi- 

 culty of obtaining statistics ensued. 

 President Clarke, of the Northeastern 

 Association, said ihev had found it 



