1898. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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decorated with flags and buntluK, and has glass cases on each 

 side 4x130 feet, and 8 feet high, with glass ceiling, giving 

 wonderful effects in the light on the honey exhibits inside. 



The building is in charge of Hon. E. Whitcorab, Superin- 

 tendent of Bee-Industries, who knows how. 



On entering the building, to the right is found the honey 

 exhibit of E. Kretchmer, of Iowa. In this exhibit is found 

 some fine honey, both comb and extracted, light and dark ; 

 alfalfa, white clover, sweet clover, heart's-ease, granulated 

 honey — anything you could wish. 



By the side of Mr. Kretchmer's exhibit is the exhibit from 

 Kansas, under the management of ex-Governor GUck. Here 



are products from different 

 apiaries, all, however, show- 

 jtf "^I^^^k '"^S the same styles of both 



^m ■ ^^Bj^B comb and extracted alfalfa 



jK*||ijg^^^H honey. 



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^^^^V (■HJ^^^^r ^'^^^ ^^^ next exhibit 



m^^K wf^B^t '^ from the apiary of L. G. 



^^^^t 'tlsK^fk. Clute, of Iowa. This Is sim- 



W^ a1 t^^^L^^i.^ P'^ ^ mass of honey, put up 



without style or decoration. 

 There are several kinds of 

 both comb and extracted, 

 but the style of putting up 

 does not do justice to the 

 honey itself. 

 Next in line in this case is 

 an exhibit of comb and extracted water-white alfalfa honey, 

 by Hon. G. W. Swink, of Colorado. This is from the celebra- 

 ted melon county, and Mr. Swink tells of the wonderful in- 

 crease in melon-raising since the introduction of honey-bees. 



Next comes an overflow exhibit from Nebraska; then 

 honey from Minnesota, for want of room in their regular ex- 

 hibit ; while Utah covers the remaining 200 square feet of 

 the north case, with alfalfa honey, extracted and comb. It Is 

 in small jars, in large jars, and in medium-sized jars, built in 

 pyramid forms, so as to show to fine advantage. 



The central floor space of the apiary building is occupied 

 by exhibits of apiarian goods and "bee-fixin's" to suit the 

 most fastidious. The Leahy Manufacturing Co., of Missouri ; 

 G. B. Lewis Co., of Wisconsin ; E. Kretchmer, of Iowa ; and 

 the A. I. Root Co., of Ohio, have exhibits of everything used 

 in the practical apiarist's work. Some of these are very com- 

 plete in the goods shown, and do great credit to the enterprise 

 of the companies in keeping abreast of the times in supplying 

 what is needed for practical work. 



Minnesota has a fine glass case In the floor space, well 

 filled with Minnesota's "best" of honey. This is shown in 

 large glass jars, giving to all an idea of the "immensity" of 

 their products. Dr. Jacques had charge of putting this display 

 in place, and the whole shows the skill of his handiwork. 



Douglas county, Nebr., shows Its honey by itself in the 

 east end of the south glass case, and Is separate from the 

 State display. It is in charge of Aug. Davidson, with Mrs. 

 Price as assistant, and contains fine samples of comb and ex- 

 tracted honey from the various honey-resources of the county, 

 with basswood, white and sweet clover In the lead. They also 

 have a glass case showing honey-plants of the county, 

 mounted, while live bees in glass hives are a constant source 

 of amusement upstairs. 



Last, but by no means least, is the display by the State of 

 Nebraska Commission, with L. D. Stilson as Superintendent, 

 and G. M. Whitford as assistant. This display has over 200 

 feet of floor space, and nearly 700 feet floor space of glass 

 case room. Anything found in other exhibits is duplicated 

 here, and more, too. Machinery, implements and appliances 

 are here, and attendants to explain their uses. Honey, ex- 



tracted and comb, of various colors, kinds and sizes. Good 

 honey, better honey, of other exhibitions is duplicated In this 

 one. The Nebraska " bees " rustled to show their products, 

 and they have done it to perfection. Live bees in nuclei form ; 

 sweet cake, beeswax work in flowers and waxen images, vin- 

 egar, and — well, above in the cases they show about 500 

 specimens of common honey-plants, mounted, giving common 

 and botanical names, with time of blossoming. 



As a whole, this is without doubt the most complete and 

 finest exhibit of the apiarian industry ever made, and shows 

 what can be done by the hustling rustlers] of .;the ^.Trans- 

 Mississippi States when they are fairly awakened. 



Superintendents E. Whitcomb and L. D. Stilson are con- 

 stantly in the building, and are models of kindness and accom- 

 modation to all visitors — particularly to bee-keepers. 



But the whole Exposition must be seen to be fully appre- 

 ciated. This is notably true of the exhibits in the apiary 

 building. We expect soon to give in the Bee Journal some 

 pictures of the building and contents, which we feel certain 

 will be greatly appreciated by all. 



Editor A. I. Root, of Gleanings In Bee-Culture, past 

 through Chicago on his way home, Saturday, Sept. 24. He 

 visited South Dakota after attending the Omaha convention, 

 and on his return trip gave the Bee Journal office a short call. 



Db. C. C. Miller reports as follows In Gleanings for Sept. 



15: 



"I'm exceedingly thankful to say that altho the harvest 

 was a failure, the bees are filling up nicely for winter— on 

 cucumber, I think." 



Mr. J. H. Rogers, of Carmarthanshire, England, a bee- 

 keeper of over 40 years' experience, made us a very pleasant 

 call Sept. 28. Mr. Rogers is acquainted with Mr. Cowan- 

 England's best known bee-keeper— of whom he speaks In 

 words of highest praise. 



Hon. Eugene Skcor, the able General Manager of the 

 United States Bee-Keepers' Union, was selected as judge of 

 the apiarian exhibits at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition at 

 Omaha. He past on over 100 entries, and recommended 

 about 90 awards. That's a big percentage. But then, they 

 are wonderfully fine exhibits. 



Pres. E. S. Lovesy, of the Utah State Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, wrote us Sept. 23 : 



"As a rule this season, the flow of nectar was good while 

 It lasted, but It continued only about half as long as in some 

 other years. The ' old reliable ' American Bee Journal is still 

 a regular and welcome visitor." 



Mr. Chas. Dadant, of the firm of Chas. Dadant & Son, 

 spent about an hour with us when returning home Sept. 24, 

 from a nearly seven weeks' stay In Wisconsin, where he went 

 to get away from an attack of hay fever which "gets" him if 

 he should remain at home in Hancock Co., 111., during the 

 time of ragweed blooming, a 



Chas. F. Mdtu & Son.— The following is a clipping taken 

 from the Cincinnati Times, for Sept. 20 : 



" A sensational suit was filed Friday by Matilda Schaufler 

 against Charles F. Muth & Son, August Muth, and the admin- 

 istratrix of the late Charles F. Muth, of the Board of Control, 

 whose peculiar death in Indiana Is recalled. Plaintiff sues on 

 notes for money loaned as follows: For $1,500 May 4, 1897; 

 $1,970, Sept. 1, 1897, and 82,000, Dec. 22, 1897. The 

 money was loaned by Jacob Pistor, whose widew she is. The 

 first note was all paid except .$226, so that the amount sued 

 for Is $4,196.62, with interest. It Is alleged that the firm of 



