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Xlie St. Josepli Fair Association 

 will hold their second annual Fair at St. 

 Joseph, Mo., on Sept. IStli to 23rd, inclu- 

 sive. Rev. E. T. Abbott is the Superin- 

 tendent of the bee and honey department, 

 and the following is the premium list: 



Best colony of Italian bees and best col- 

 ony of Carniolan bees — Silver Medal and 

 Diploma. 



Best display of imported queens on single 

 combs in observatory hives. — Silver Medal 

 and Diploma. 



Best display of queens reared by exhibi- 

 tor, with progeny, on single combs, in ob- 

 servatory hives — Silver Medal and Diploma. 



Best display of the general conduct and 

 habits of a colony of bees in an observatory 

 hive without manipulation — Silver Medal 

 and Diploma. 



Best and largest display of honey in 

 comb, not less than 100 pounds — Silver 

 Medal. 



Best and most attractive display of ex- 

 tracted honey, not less than 100 pounds — 

 Silver Medal and Diploma. 



Best display of beeswax and comb foun- 

 dation — Silver Medal and Diploma. 



Best display of honey-producing plants, 

 including stalks, flowers and seeds, all 

 labeled with name — Silver Medal. 



Best comb foundation machine, to be 

 operated on the ground — Silver Medal. 



Best honey extractor — Silver Medal and 

 Diploma. 



Best wax extractor — Silver Medal and 

 Diploma. 



Best bee-smoker — Silver Medal and Di- 

 ploma. 



Best crate of 500 sections, open to manu- 

 facturers only — Silver Medal and Diploma. 



Best foundation fastener — Silver Medal 

 and Diploma. 



Best section press — Silver Medal and 

 Diploma. 



Best honey knife — Silver Medal and 

 Diploma. 



Best bee-feeder — Diploma. 



Best queen-cage — Diploma. 



Best drone-trap — Diploma. 



Best display of apicultural literature — 

 Silver Medal and Diploma. 



Best all-purpose hive — Silver Medal and 

 Diploma. 



Best and most complete general display 

 of apicultural implements — Silver Medal 

 and Diploma. 



Finest and best crate of comb honey, not 

 less than 20 pounds — Silver Medal and 

 Diploma. 



Best and finest 30 pounds of extracted 

 honey — Silver Medal and Diploma. 



Xlie I^oiiisiana Hotel is the place 

 where the North American bee-convention 

 will be held on Oct. 11th, 12th and 13th. See 

 the advertisement of the hotel on page 324 

 of this issue of the Bee Journal. Any of 

 our readers who may be coming to the 

 World's Fair before the convention is held, 

 would do well to " put up " at the Louisiana 

 Hotel. Full information, on page 324. 



From — 



Tlie t'Stitiffer. 



I have a friend from over the sea, 

 Who said to me : '• I gots von pee ; 

 Him vork und sings like eferytings, 

 Mit yellow pack und golden vings. 

 Py tay him goes dose a flowers all round 

 Und gets dot schweetness py der pound. 

 Him bin so qvich mit feet und hands — 

 I dinks I call him — ' Fife Golden Bands.' " 



" He waxed hot," said a wag, as he 

 saw a bee sting a boy on the ear. 



" 'Twas sweet, but I hated to do it," 

 said the bee that stung a pretty girl on 

 the lip when she accidentally squeezed it. 



Waxmeyer — " Why is a bee-hive like 

 a prison or a convent '?" 



Honeycup — " Because it is full of cells, 

 I suppose." 



Muchboney — "Say, old fellow, can 

 you tell me what is a rambler?" 

 Gotnone — " Give it up." 

 Muchhoney — " A bee, to be sure." 



As the producers of pure honey meet 

 in annual convention, why don't the 

 adulterators of honey do likewise ? It 

 would be no more than fair play, if they 

 should. 



A bee-hive is said to be a female mon- 

 archy ; yet it is not a petticoat govern- 

 ment. This is too bad, for our lady 

 friends cannot take any consolation out 

 of this natural order of things. 



Did it ever occur to you that some of 

 our apicultural publishers lorote them- 

 selves into the business they are now 

 Among the number may be 

 Messrs. Root, Hutchinson 

 They all wrote for the bee- 

 launched out " on 



pursuing .^ 



mentioned 



and Alley. 



papers before they 



their own hook." 



Quite a change, chemically speaking, 

 goes on within a man who has partaken 

 of a dinner of baked beans. Can any 

 of the bee-keepers of the Ventura hon- 

 ey-belt tell us if the same gaseous dis- 

 turbances incident to bean-eating follow 

 the eating of the new bean-honey of Cal- 

 ifornia ? I would suggest that some of 

 this honey be sent to the apicultural 

 chemical experts in a University, and 

 to the Government bureau at Washing- 

 ton, that they may tell us all about it. 



Read our great offers on page 325. 



