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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



The St. Joseph Fair Associa- 

 tion which gives its first annual Exhibi- 

 tion and Fair at St. Joseph, Mo., on 

 Sept. 13 to 17, inclusive, offers $50,- 

 000 in premiums. Rev. E. T. Abbott, 

 of St. Joseph, is the Superintendent of 

 the apiarian department, and the very 

 liberal premium list is as follows : 



Best colony of Italian bees. .$10 $ 5 



Best colony of Carniolan bees 10 5 



Best display of imported 

 queens on single combs in 

 observatory hives 10 5 



Best display of queens reared 

 by exhibitor, with progeny 

 on single combs, in observa- 

 tory hives 10 5 



Best display of the general , 

 conduct and habits of a col- 

 ony of bees in an observa- 

 tory hive without manipu- 

 lation 10 5 



Best and largest display of 

 honey in comb not less than 

 100 pounds 20 10 



Best and most attractive dis- 

 play of extracted honey, 

 not less than 100 pounds. 20 10 



Best display of beeswax and 



comb foundation 10 5 



Best display of honey-produc- 

 ing plants, including stalks, 

 flowers and seeds, all label- 

 ed with name 5 3 



Best comb foundation ma- 

 chine,^ be operated on the 

 ground 10 5 



Best honey extractor 3 2 



Best wax extractor 2 1 



Best bee-smoker 2 



Best crate- of 500 sections, 

 open to manufacturers only 5 2.50 



Best foundation fastener. ... 2 1 



Best section-press 5 2.50 



Best honey-knife 2 1 



Best bee-feeder Diploma. 



Best queen-cage Diploma. 



Best drone-trap Diploma. 



Best display of apicultural 

 literature 10 5 



Best all-purpose hive 10 5 



Best and most complete gen- 

 eral display of apicultural 

 implements 10 5 



Finest and best crate of comb 

 honey, not less than 20 

 pounds 10 5 



Best and finest 20 pounds of 

 extracted honey 10 5 



The " Rules " governing the exhibit in 

 this department are these : 



No premiums will be allowed on arti- 

 cles not in place by noon of the second 

 day, and properly receipted for by the 

 Superintendent. 



All honey must be new, and all comb 

 honey must be crated in marketable 

 shape, and the honey in each crate 

 must be of uniform grade and color. 



No premium will be allowed on any 

 article not possessing real merit. 



Bees will be permitted to fly, but the 

 owner must be responsible for any dam- 

 age they may cause. 



Parties desiring space should notify 

 the Superintendent early. 



This department is open to the world. 



:%ot a Queenless Indication. 



— Mr. James Cormac, of Des Moines, 

 Iowa, asks the following question : 



Is it an indication that a colony is 

 queenless, not finding eggs or larvae in 

 the brood-combs at this season ? This 

 matter I do not remember of reading 

 about. I cannot find queens without 

 brushing off the bees. 



James Cormac. 



Mrs. Jennie Atchley replies to the 

 foregoing thus : 



No, it is not always a sure sign of 

 queenlessness by seeing no eggs or larvae 

 at this season of the year. They may 

 have a queen that is an " invalid," as 

 the boys here call it, or so deficient that 

 she will not lay at all. Give them a 

 frame of unsealed larva? and eggs from 

 another hive, and if they do not start 

 queen-cells in three or four days, you 

 may be sure they have some kind of a 

 queen ; and if they do start queen-cells, 

 you may know they are queenless. 



Floyd, Tex. Jennie Atchley. 



Ulr. H. C. Farnum, of Transit 

 Bridge, N. Y., and Miss Jessie B. Davis, 

 of Aristotle, N. Y., were married on 

 April 12, 1892. Mr. F. is a progres- 

 sive apiarist, and the Bee Journal 

 wishes them a long and happy life, 

 made "sweeter than honey or the 

 honey-comb." 



A Bee-Keepers' Convention 



will be held on Saturday, Aug. 27,1892, 

 at F. M. Green's Grove, at Whiting, 

 Kans. All bee-keepers are invited. 



