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and a little care at the right time, bees will pay 50 per cent, on 

 the capital invested in them. Our farmers should keep bees. 

 Customers who purchase their eggs, milk and other products, 

 would purchase their honey, as they would know that honey 

 raised and sold by them would be as pure as their milk and 

 butter. There is forage enough in the county of Essex for 

 10,000 hives of bees. Tons of honey go to waste every year, as 

 there are no bees to collect and store it in hives. During the 

 past ten years great improvement has been made in hives and 

 implements for handling bees. Now that we have the " Im- 

 proved Quimby Bellows Smoker " for quieting bees while 

 handling them, there is but little danger of being stung. 



We also have three new races of bees : the Italians, first 

 imported in 1860 ; the Cyprian bees, imported in 1878, and 

 the Hungarians, first imported in 1879. The Italians are very 

 handsome, as well as very gentle, and are superior honey- 

 gatherers. The Cyprian bees resemble the Italians, but are 

 considered rather better honey gatherers. The Hungarians 

 are nearly as dark colored as our native bees, but they are 

 much more gentle and are as good honey gatherers as the 

 Cyprian or the Italian. 



If I were not so much interested in bees and honey I would 

 suggest that the Society offer a premium of $10 for the best 

 display of bees, honey, hives and Apiarian implements, and 

 above all give us a committee on bees and honey composed of 

 men who are practical bee keepers. Let the ladies take care 

 of the bread, pickles and preserves. Respectfully, 



H. Alley. 



Wenham, Nov., 1880. 



statement op mrs. j. henry hill, of amesbury, 

 who received gratuity for several varieties of Jellies. 



The Jellies exhibited by me at Lynn were made by using 

 equal parts (either by weight or measure), of the expressed 

 juice of fruit and sugar. 



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