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serve, in permanent form, the beauties of 

 the principal attraction in the great Agri- 

 cultural building at the World's Fair. 



Doubtless the members of the North 

 American convention, in a body, will be 

 inspecting the apiarian exhibits while those 

 of our readers who have been compelled to 

 remain at home are reading this number of 

 the Bee Jour>!al. 



try, is favored by natural conditions. The 

 agricultural societies have appointed per- 

 sons to give advice and assistance concern- 

 ing the care of bees, improved construction 

 of bee-hives, etc. In consequence of climatic 

 conditions, the keeping of bees is confined 

 to the southern half of the kingdom, but 

 occurs exceptionally as far north as Lulea. 

 The number of colonies in the entire 



No. 4. — The Illinois State Honey Exhibit at the World's Fair. 



ISee-lieepiiig- in Svieclen.— The 

 keeping of bees was in olden times very 

 common in Sweden, but became less and 

 less general as the mead, for which the 

 honey was used, was more and more re- 

 placed by other beverages, and sugar be- 

 came cheap and easily obtainable. 



Bee-keeping, however, if properly man- 

 aged, fully repays the labor expended upon 

 it in Sweden, without taking into account 

 the role that bees, as well as many other 

 insects, play in the fertilization of plants. 

 Private individuals, as well as the agricul- 

 tural societies, recoguiziug this fact, have 

 lately tried to excite interest in this occu- 

 pation, which, in many parts of that coun- 



kingdom of Sweden may be reckoned as 

 about 100,000. As regards the production, 

 there are no statistics. During the years 

 1886 to 1890, about 14,000 kilog (30,000 

 pounds) of honey were annually imported; 

 the export of wax being somewhat larger 

 than the import. 



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