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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



honey, while they are obtaininR less 

 honey for their money, than were the 

 commercial quantities represented in 

 pounds and ounces, instead of " by 

 the piece." This should not be. Let 

 us insist that our honey he repre- 

 sented in its -'handling "by the legiti- 

 mate quantities— pounds and ounces. 



In spite of the herculean efforts of 

 the American Bee Jouknal to kill 

 the hydra, the "Wiley pleasantry!" 

 like Banquo's ghost, " it will not 

 down." In spite of the bulwark of 

 the nineteenth century enlightment, 

 the idea (if it can be called an idea) 

 exists that comb honey with its in- 

 numerable irregularities of finish, 

 and delicacv of construction, can be 

 fashioned by the uniform producing 

 implements of mechanical art. 



Cumberland, ? Me., Sept. 29, 1886. 



For tbe American Bee Journal, 



Apiarian ExMbit at Toledo, Oliio. 



DB. A. B. MASON. 



I wish to give an account of the 

 exhibits in the apiary department at 

 the Tri-state Fair, held at Toledo, O., 

 last mouth. The exhibits in this de- 

 partment become more attractive 

 each year. Mr. A. M. Gander, of 

 Adrian, Mich., made a tine exhibit of 

 both comb and extracted honey last 

 fall, and this year did even better 

 than last, and each year was justly 

 awarded first premium on both, and 



also on best crate of conjb, and on ,- . , ^ ^, „ 



best quality of extracted honey. He of Cincinnati, and the Hon 

 was also awarded first ' "' 



premium on a 

 Stanley honey extractor, 



W. Z. Hutchinson did us the honor 

 to make our exhibit more interesting 

 and attractive than usual by exhibit- 

 ing some fine comb honey and some 

 very choice extracted honey. He also 

 made a line display of honey-produc- 

 ing plants, and was awarded pre- 

 miums on all his exliibits. 



Mr. L. Eastwood, an old grey- 

 headed and enthusiastic bee-keeper 

 of Waterville, O.. made a good display 

 of comb honey, which was awarded a 

 premium. C. H. Christlieb was 

 awarded a premium on a nice exhibit 

 of Italian bees. Mr. H. H. Overmyer, 

 of Lindsey, O., made a display of ex- 

 tracted honey, and sold all he had on 

 exhibition, and took ordersfor a large 

 amount besides. Mrs. Mason (that's 

 my better lialf, you know) made a 

 small but quite attractive exhibit of 

 comb and extracted honey, on which 

 she was awarded hrst premiums. 



Being located near the Fair Grounds 

 I made it a point to fill all the space 

 not occupied by others. My honey 

 exhibit was entirely of extracted. 1 

 had also Italian and Carniolan bees, 

 and extra queens that attracted the 

 usual amount of attention. A large 

 lump of candied honey tliat I had on 

 exhibition was the " innocent cause " 

 of such remarks as, " See the sugar !" 

 " O, what nice sugar!" etc., and it 

 was just such remarks that we (bee- 

 keepers) liked to hear, for it gave us 

 the coveted opportunity to show and 

 teach the people what pure extracted 

 honey is, and that it will become I 



candied. But one lady turned \ip her 

 sharp little nose at my (to me) excel- 

 lent talk and would not believe a 

 word I said about it being honey, and 

 I could not persuade her to taste of 

 it, but her husband (sensible man) 

 tasted " and believed," 



A lady in passing the hives where 

 the bees were, said she did " not 

 want any more honey if it was made 

 by such nasty looking bugs as those." 

 A bov said, " O, see the bed-bugs, see 

 the bed-bugs, ain't they nice !" A 

 lady wanted to know "how the bees 

 could live when they could not get 

 out of the hive to get anything to 

 eat." But the best of all was a 

 woman, with several children. There 

 were a few dead bees lying on the 

 bottom of one of the hives, by the 

 glass side, and she told the children 

 that " those are bees that would not 

 work, and the other bees have killed 

 them." The bees were dragging 

 along a nearly dead one, and she 

 said, " See ! there is one that will not 

 work, and they are killing it now." 

 I thought " ignorance is bliss," etc., 

 and kept quiet. 



We have had the good fortune to 

 get first-class judges for our depart- 

 ment each year since it was first made 

 a part of our Fair. The editor of the 

 Bee Journal certainly will not soon 

 forget how he kindly came over 200 

 miles (" free gratis, for nothing") to 

 help us make a good start, and with 

 Messrs. H. R. Boardman and H. H. 

 Overmyer, served as judge, when our 

 exhibit was quite small ; and how the 

 next year, the editor with C. F. Muth, 

 — nnati, and the Hon. Mr. Cot- 

 ton, of Indianapolis, served us again 

 as judges. For the last three years 

 we have had the good fortune to 

 secure the services of the present 

 President of the North American 

 Bee-Keepers' Society as judge, and 

 I believe he has given universal 



oof jof n p t iOD 



Perhaps I have written too much, 

 but I like to read the different reports 

 of honey exhibits, and I believe it 

 would be for the interest of our in- 

 dustry if bee-keepers would improve 

 the opportunities offered by the dif- 

 ferent State and local fairs to exhibit 

 the products of the apiary and the 

 implements used in it. 



Wagon Works, *o O. 



Local Conveniion Directory 



Oct. 16. 



Time and place of MeetivQ. 



ShebOTsran Co., at Shebovpan Falla.Wis. 

 Mrs. H. Hills. Sec, Sheboygan Falls, Wis. 



—Western Inwa. at stuart, Inwa. 



J. E. Pryor. Sec. 



Oct. 19.— Central Mich, 



, at Lansing, Mich. 



J. Asiiworth, Pres. 



Oct. 21.— Southern Illinois, at Benton, nis. 



F. H. Kennedy, Sec, Duquoin, nis. 



Oct. 23.— Eureka Springs, «t Eureka Hprings, Ark^ 

 Dr. S. S. Purcell. Sec, Eureka Spring. Ark. 



Oct. 23.— Wabash Countv. at Wabash Ind. 



Aaron Singer, Sec. Wabash, Ind. 



Oct. 27-29.— Western, at Kansas ' ity. Mo. 



P. Baldwin, Sec., Independence, Mo. 



Nov. 24, 25.— Illinois Central, at Mt. Sterling, Uls. 

 J. M, Hambaugh. Sec, Spring. His. 



Dec. 1, 2.— Michigan State, at Tpsilanti, Mich. 



H. D. Cutting, Sec, Clinton, Mich. 



1887. 



Jan. 12.— Nebraska State, at Lincoln, Nebr. 



H. N. Patterson. Sec, Humboldt. Nebr. 



|y~ In order to have this table complete, Secre- 

 taries are requested to forward full particulars of 

 time and place of future meetings.— Ed. 



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OUR CLUBBING LIST. 





m^tEft. 



Not " My Friend."-W. Z. Hutch- 

 inson, Eogersville,c>, Mich., writes 



thus on Oct. 1, 1886: 



From conversation with bee-keep- 

 ers, at Fairs and others places, 1 find 

 there is a general impression that I 

 am the person referred to by Mr. 

 Ileddon, in his hook, as " my friend." 

 While there is no danger of my repu- 

 tation suffering from a continuance 

 of such belief, still I dislike sailing 

 under false colors, and prefer to give 

 " honor to whom honor is due," hence 

 I desire to say that I am not "my 

 friend." 



We supply the American Bee Journal 



one year, and any of the following publlca^ 

 tions, at the prices quoted in the last column 

 of figures. The first coUimn gives the regu- 

 lar price of both. All postage prepaid. 



Price 0} both. Club 

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and Gleanings in Ree-Culture 2 00.. 1 7.5 



Bee-Keejjers'Magazine 2 00.. 125 



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The Apiculturist 2 00.. 170 



Canadian Bee Journal 2 00. . 1 75 



The 6 above-named papers 550.. 5 00 



and Cook's Manual 2 25, . 2 00 



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Heddon's book. "Success,".. 1 50 1 40 



Winter Stores- — J. H. Andre, 

 Lockwood,9N. Y., on Oct. 2, 1886, 

 writes : 



I wish to make an explanation con- 

 cerning my article on page 599. Taken 

 as it reads, it contradicts itself, and 

 also what I have expressed hereto- 

 fore. My meaning was that I did not 

 wish to winter bees wholly on sugar, 

 but if others desired to do so, I could 

 see no harm to the honey or sugar 

 trade either ; and that I believed in 

 stimulative feeding in the spring, and 

 preferred sugar instead of honey for 

 the reasons enumerated. Yesterday 

 was the first day too cold for bees to 

 work in nearly six months. 



Age of Queens.— Gust Murhard, 

 Porlland,'o Greg., writes : 



On page 596 is a query on the " time 

 of a queen's fertility and usefulness." 

 My observations have been mostly 

 made on Mt. Lebanon queens, both 

 self-reared and imported. A young 

 queen reared this season is in her 

 prime of life, and fertility during the 

 next season, but with the expiration 

 of that season, she has passed the 



