15('> ON BEES AKO HONKT. 



OlS BEES AND HONEY. 



The Committee on Bees and Honey, after havnig atfendecl 

 to th,3 d'lities assigned th;:!m, agreed upju the distribution of 

 preminms, as follows : 

 To Moody Ordway, of West Newbury, for a working 



Piive, with well filled Nadir-boxes - - $3 OO 



To George W. Sawyer, of Boxfor^, for a hive, and 



gl'ass globe of honey - - - - 1 00 



To E. S. Parker, of Groveland, for samples of honey 



in boxes - - - - - I 00 



To George French, of Andover, for a bo:s of honey I 00 



To Alva Kendall, of Salem, fur a handsome specimen 



of honey, in a gla::ed box - - - 1 00* 



There was also offered a new empty hive, by Alva Ken- 

 dall, of which hive the Committee formed a very 

 favorable opimron, and to \he. owner of whicii, they 

 assigned a premium of - - - - l 00* 



The above nan:^d articles were all thai were presented for 

 inspection, and your Committee desire to express their deep 

 renret thereat. If t;he small number of hives and boxes ofFer- 

 ed is any indication of the extent to which the culture of the 

 lioney bee, is- carried in the county of Essex, they stiJi' furth- 

 er regret that so interesting and profitable a pursuit should be- 

 so much neglected by our farmers. There must be a vasts 

 quaiUtity of Iwney that lies ungathered deep- down in the sweeti 

 Clips of the wild flowers, wasting its luscious sweetness upoiu 

 the passing winds. There maist be im ou-r county, a very 

 sparse population of 



"Sweet lionoy-sncking her?, 



I'l.at out of s'.ininier velvet bmls 



Do bear away tlie pillage of the fieltls." 



Just one liive, four boxes, and one glass globe, as samples of alB 

 the honey cultme of this stout county of Essex, with a more 

 dense rural population fhan can be found in any other county 

 of the State ! Why, do the farmers know that such honey as 

 was piesnnted to the ins-fiection of the Com.mittee, is worth, at 

 retail, twenty-five cents- a pound, and is b<i>uglit by wholesale 



