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ably it would fill and discharge its load 

 of syrup much quicker than it would 

 from flowers of any kind. By timing it, 



1 ascertained it was gone 24 minutes, 

 without including its time of filling. 

 Probably it would have taken at least 

 half an hour at each flight when work- 

 ing upon flowers. 



It seems hardly possible that they 

 would be profitable gathering honey 

 from that distance, and yet some will 

 make the off-hand assertions that they 

 will do well when gathering honey from 



2 to 3 miles away. I have been a prac- 

 tical bee-hunter for 35 years, and for 

 the last 20 I have been an expert, if I 

 am allowed to use the expression of my 

 neighbors. One mile is the farthest I 

 ever lined bees until this season. I very 

 much doubt that black bees go farther, 

 unless they have strong inducements. 

 In fact, I think those spoken of would 

 not have foraged that distance, only 

 they were some I sold during May, and 

 they returned to their old haunts, and 

 kept it during the season. 



Lockwood, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1892. 



Apiarian Exhibit at the Toronto, 

 Ont., Industrial Exhibition. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 

 BY R. F. HOLTERMANN. 



The Toronto Exhibition is, I think, 

 justly considered the most successful 

 exhibition, held from year to year, in 

 America, and therefore in the world. 



The honey exhibit was good, the dis- 

 play not larger than previous years, but 

 the quality of the honey was of the very 

 best. The exhibitors were Messrs. J. 

 B. Hall, of Woodstock ; R. H. Smith, of 

 Bracebridge; E. L. Goold & Co., of 

 Brantford ; Geo. Laing, of Milton ; and 

 W. Alford, of Ottawa. 



Toronto exhibitors have to expend a 

 great deal of time and trouble in filling 

 honey in neat and attractive packages 

 of glass; this gives those unable to at- 

 tend in person, and at a long distance, 

 no chance to compete for prizes in which 

 display is taken into consideration. 



The decision of the judges in award- 

 ing the prize for the most tasty and 

 neatly arranged exhibit, did not agree 

 with that of the majority of the exhib- 

 itors, or with that of the public gen- 

 erally. Perhaps it would be well to 

 leave the awarding of this prize to 

 artists. The awards were as follows : 



Best display of 100 pounds of ex- 



tracted granulated honey — 1st, Geo. 

 Laing, R. H. Smith, and Wm. Alford. 



Best display of 500 pounds of liquid 

 extracted honey, of which not less than 

 250 pounds must be in glass, quality to 

 be considered — R. H. Smith, E. L. 

 Goold & Co., J. B. Hall, and Geo. Laing. 



Best display of 500 pounds of comb 

 honey in sections, quality to be consid- 

 ered— J. B. Hall, E. L. Goold & Co., and 

 Geo. Laing. 



Best display of 20 pounds of comb 

 honey in sections, quality to be consid- 

 ered— J. B. Hall, R. H. Smith and Geo. 

 Laing. 



Best display of 100 pounds of ex- 

 tracted liquid linden honey, in glass, 

 quality to be considered — Messrs. Laing 

 and Goold & Co. 



Best display of 100 pounds of ex- 

 tracted liquid clover honey, in glass, 

 quality to be considered — E. L. Goold & 

 Co., J. B. Hall and R. H. Smith. 



Best beeswax, not less than 10 pounds, 

 (manufacturers of comb foundation ex- 

 cluded) — Geo. Laing, R. H. Smith and 

 W. Alford. 



Best comb foundation for brood-cham- 

 bers ; best comb foundation for sections; 

 best apiarian supplies; and best style 

 and- assortment of glass for retailing 

 extracted honey — E. L. Goold & Co. 



Best section super f<jr top story, and 

 system of manipulating, product to be 

 exhibited in super as left by the bees — 

 J. B. Hall, Geo. Laing and E. L. Goold 

 &Co. 



In the above, Mr. Hall's and Mr. 

 Laing's supers were alike, being the 

 Heddon, and several could not see why 

 the judges should have awarded in any 

 other way than 1st equally to those two. 



Best and most practical and new in- 

 vention never shown before at this ex- 

 hibition— E. L. Goold & Co., J. B. Hall, 

 and R. H. Smith. 



E. L. Goold & Co. took 1st on an im- 

 provement on the honey-extractor, de- 

 scribed in the American Bee Journal 

 last spring. J. B. Hall took 2nd on a 

 register in an apiary, which he will per- 

 haps be kind enough to describe in the 

 American Bee Journal. R. H. Smith 

 took 3rd on a section-crate lid-hinge. 



Largest and best variety of domestic 

 uses to which honey may be put — R. H. 

 Smith, Messrs. Laing and Holtermann. 



To the most tasty and neatly arranged 

 exhibit of honey in the Apiarian Depart- 

 ment — Messrs. Hall, Smith and Laing. 



To the exhibitor taking the largest 

 number of 1st prizes for honey at this 

 exhibition— J. B. Hall and R. H. Smith. 



Brantford, Ont. 



