THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Vol. nil, SeDll.m No. 35, 



Kallroud Rates for tbe round trip from 

 Chicago to Indianapolis to attend the Na- 

 tional Convention, are now under considera- 

 tion, and we hope in our next issue to be 

 able to state the definite amount and the 

 method of obtaining them. The "pool" 

 now has it under consideration. Meanwhile 

 let every one who can do so, make arrange- 

 ments to go to the Indianapolis convention. 

 The programme will soon be issued, and all 

 can obtain a copy by applying to the secre- 

 tary, Mr. Frank L. Dougherty, at Indianapo- 

 lis, Ind. 



The State Fair, at CUlcago, will open 

 on Monday, Sept. 6, and continue during the 

 week. It promises to be \"ery largely at- 

 tended, and the e.vhibite will be more 

 magnificent than ever. There will no doubt 

 be a good display of honey. We hear of 

 several bee-beepers who e.xpect to make an 

 exhibit, and there are many others of whom 

 we have not heard. The editor of the 

 American Bee .Iouknai. has been appointed 

 one of the judges in the Bee and Honey 

 Department. For many years past bees and 

 honey have been unknown at our Slate Fair, 

 and we are glad to see that there is to be a 

 change this year. 



The PercherQii Horse Show, which is to be 

 held under the auspices of the American 

 Percheron Horse Breeders' Association, will 

 be a grand exhibit. The premiums offered 

 by 'the State Board of Agriculture and the 

 Percheron Association amount to about 

 ?7,000. It is claimed that nearly 300 fine 

 bred Percherons. will be exhibited b.v about 

 50 breeders in llie United States and Canada, 

 and that in addition thereto there will be 

 several hundred grade Percherons on exhi- 

 bition. It will be an immense show in 

 itself ; and when it is remembered that all 

 other draft horses are to be exhibited it will 

 be seen that this will be a most noble horse 

 exhibition. 



Mr. Reuben Havens, of Onarga, Ills., 

 made an excellent exhibit of honey at the 

 Fair at Watseka, Ills., and the Watseka 

 Times notices it thus : 



One of tbe most interesting exhibits in 

 the domestic department is that shown by 

 Reuben Havens, an apiarist of considerable 

 repute, from Onarga. The extracted honey 

 shown in neat glass jars was so clear that 

 some good housewi\'es accustomed to the 

 old methods of honey getting, seemed 

 doubtful that this article was strictly pure, 

 but it is. Mr. Havens has made a study of 

 bee-keeping and handling the honey, and 

 his honey (both extracted and in the comb) 

 is clear and enticing to view and to palate. 



Kii^UkIi Royally and tlie Ueca.— The 

 Southampton Bee and Honey Show was 

 visited by the Princess Beatrice and Her 

 Royal Consort, Prince Henry of Batteubcrg. 

 The Princess has for some years been the 

 honorary President of the " Hampshire and 

 Isle of Wight Bee-Keepers' Association," and 

 upim the occasion of her marriage last year, 

 the Society made her an appropriate present 

 in the form of a diamond broocli, shaped 

 like a bee, eliciting from Her Royal High- 

 ness a graceful acknowledgement, which, 

 no doubt, resolved itself into a ready accept- 

 ance of the invitation afterwards tendered 

 her by the Association to come to the 

 meeting at Southampton and distribute the 

 prizes gained in the e.vhibition of bees and 

 bee-implements. 



The ancient town of Southampton was in 

 gala attire : military display, triumphal 

 arches, banners, flags, flowers, processions, 

 enthusiasm and cheering being indulged in. 

 The Rev. E. H. Bellairs escorted the royal 

 party, consisting of the Princess Beatrice 

 and her husband. Prince Henry of Batten- 

 berg, through the exhibition 'of honey and 

 bee-implements, and explained the uses of 

 the latter. Her Royal Highness expressed 

 herself extremely interested in the display 

 of honey, particularly with the honey-comb 

 design exhibited by a cottager named 

 Woodley, of Newbury, consisting of the 

 letters " H. R. H." and "P. B. B." worked 

 in comb by the bees. Her Royal Highness 

 compared the specimens of honey with some 

 she had seen in the Uiviera, and showed 

 that general knowledge on this and other 

 subjects common to the members of the 

 Royal Family. 



At the door of the tent the honorable 

 secretary presented Mrs. Bellairs, with 

 whom Her Royal Highness shook hands, 

 and from whom she received a section of 

 comb honey, framed in an elegant silver 

 case, and also a copy of the book entitled, 

 "Modern Bee-Keeping," an elegant volume 

 bound in morocco. The honorable secretary 

 then conducted the royal guests to the bee- 

 tent, where the Rev. W. Medlicott, of Swan- 

 more, Bishop's Waltham. gave a short 

 lecture? pointing out how unnecessary it 

 was to destroy the bees in order to obtain 

 the honey, and how very much more profit- 

 able the modern methods of bee-manage- 

 ment were as compared with the old 

 fashioned way of keeping them merely in 

 straw hives. 



The bees were then driven from an old- 

 fashioned straw-skep by Mr. Evan Maberly, 

 of Christchurch, and Mrs. Bellairs, having 

 ohtLiined the Royal permission, then entered 

 the arena and assisted in the driving, in 

 order to demonstrate thefacility with which 

 women as well as men may practice the new 

 industry— for a new industry it is as prac- 

 tised under the rules and recommendations 

 of the modern bee-keepers' associations. 

 Mr. Maberly having driven the bees into an 

 empty skep, captured the queen, which was 

 placed in a bottle for inspection by their 

 Royal Highnesses, who took the greatest 

 interest in the proceedings. 



It was remarked that the Princess, in 

 compliment to the occasion, wore as her 

 only ornament the diamond-bee brooch 

 presented to Her Highness by the bee- 

 association on the occasion of her marriage. 

 A Royal reception and luncheon, followed 

 by toasts, speeches, etc., was Indulged in. 



and as all the arrangements seomod to be 

 perfectly made, the whole affair was a 

 magnificent success. 



The distribution of prizes was conducted 

 in this manner : The secretary called the 

 successful competitors, who filed past the 

 elevated dais. His Royal Highness Prince 

 Henry putting the prizes into silk bags, 

 bearing in gold letters " Presented by H. R. 

 H. Princess Beatrice, 188«," handing these 

 to the Princess, who duly presented them to 

 the fortunate winners amid the plaudits of 

 the visitors. When it came to the turn of 

 Mr. Bellairs, who had succeeded in carrying 

 ofl: the first prize for extracted honey open 

 to all England, the Prince and Princess 

 cordially congratulated him with a shake of 

 hands, and the Rev. Walter Medlicott also 

 came in for a large share of public applause. 



The band played the National air, and the 

 Royal visitors were escorted back to the 

 pier, where the Royal yacht awaited them, 

 and took them back to Osborne Palace. 



Tlie Ree and Honey Sbow of Scot- 

 land was held at Dumfries, on July 27 to .30, 

 1886, The weather was very cold ; on the 

 morning of the 27th it was 32° on the 

 ground ; on the 29th it rained nearly all the 

 day, making things very disagreeable. The 

 show was a success, owing to the energy of 

 the honorable secretary. Major R. J.Bennett. 

 That gentleman devotes much time and 

 spares no expense for the purpose of help- 

 ing on the working classes to better their 

 condition by the aid of bees. The exhibits 

 were numerous, the entries being 1.50. Some 

 of them reflected great credit on the owners 

 for their enterprise in being able to bring 

 forward such grand displays in such an 

 untoward season. 



Mr. E. McNally, of Rutherglen, exhibited 

 a classified display of dried and fresh 

 flowers and plants, amounting perhaps to 

 1,000 specimens, including seeds of many 

 of the same, together with the dates of their 

 time of flowering and percentage of honey 

 yield. The exhibit consisted of two large 

 volumes filled with them and others 

 mounted on card-board. These, together 

 with the fresh flowers, nearly covered one 

 side and end of the exhibition tent, which 

 contrasted well with the opposite side, and 

 its beautiful display of honey and honey- 

 comb, tiered to a great height on graduated 

 steps, setting it off to great advantage. 



Tlie Indiana State Fair and Exposi- 

 tion will be held in Indianapolis during the 

 week commencing Sept. 27, 188«. Premium 

 Lists can be obtained of Alex. Heron, Sec- 

 retary, Indianapolis,. Ind. We presume 

 there; will be a good bee and honey show, as 

 usual. Such exhibitions are now indispen- 

 sable in this "era of progress" and no 

 enterprising farmer or mechanic can afford 

 to remain away from the Indiana State Fair 

 the week commencing Sept. 27. Railroad 

 rates are now uniform for all the Western 

 State Fairs. 



E, I,. Cioold & Co., of Brantford, Ont., 

 have sent us samples of their varnished 

 Honey Labels, with price-list. They are 

 nice and very attractive. 



