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and never failed to strike with aston- 

 isliment the spectators, who stood 

 aghast at seenig a human being 

 unprotected turning up a liive of bees, 

 and handling them as if they were 

 blue liies. Mr. Thos. G. Newman, 

 editor of the American Bee Jour- 

 nal, was present, and gave lectures 

 on American bee-keeping, which 

 were very interesting. The Society 

 presented to him a medal as a souve- 

 nir of his visit to this country, and for 

 the valuable services he has rendered 

 to the present session of the Society. 



For exhibiting bees, observatory 

 hives were used— those having glass 

 sides, through which the bees may be 

 seen at work— the hives being inside 

 the exhibition building, with a tube 

 coverihg ttie entrance, and running 

 through the side of the building, giv- 

 ing free passage, in and out. for the 

 bees. Sometimes, a glass box inclos- 

 ing each frame, arranged like leaves 

 of a book, with a common entrance 

 to all of them, from the tube running 

 through the side of the building, is 

 made to exhibit bees. This gives an 

 opportunity for thorough examina- 



array of honey. The directors ap- 

 propriated an entire building to the 

 use of bee-keepers, and for the first 

 time at a great exhibition on the 

 AmerTcan continent, " tioney hall" 

 advertised itself side by side with 

 horticultural luill, dairy hall, etc. 

 Honey was displayed in every form, 

 calculated to make the moutlis of 

 spectators water. The tin paclcages 

 :<nd cans were gorgeously colored and 

 labeled ; the glass jars were in various 

 beautiful shapes, and even the wooden 

 boxes displayed a wonderful diversity 

 of taste. In the center was a minia- 

 ture church, ingeniously built of 

 honey comb and wax, with pinnacles 

 and spire. A sniasliing trade in linney 

 was done at the exhibition. Thou- 

 sands of people might be seen with 

 gay-looking tin cans dangling from 

 their lingers, or with pretty glass 



C(rrner of liuildlwi .■showing Pusition of 

 tlie Entrance Tubes to the Hives. 



tion of the whole colony. A corre- 

 spondent in the London Horticultural 

 Journal, says : 



I can state without fear of contradic- 

 tion that never in the memory of man 

 has tliere been such a desire to keep 

 bees as at the present time. People 

 here have been so encouraged in bee- 

 keeping as taught in tlie bee tents, 

 thiit I have almost daily applications 

 for instructions concerning bees and 

 hives. 



In a private letter, a gentleman in 

 England says : 



The American honey introduced 

 into this country in the "prize" 

 boxes, has exercised a complective 

 influence upon the honey show tliis 

 year. The season being more pro- 

 pitious than last — the large number 

 of American surplus boxes imported 

 into this country, have gone into use, 

 and the ninety-eight different ex- 

 hibits, displayed at least a variety 

 never found at an American fair, 

 while tlie highest prizes in any class, 

 were awarded to the honey in Ameri- 

 can sections. 



Concerning the Toronto Bee and 

 Honey Show, Mr. Wm. F. Clarke says : 



Under the stimulus of the liberal 

 prize list, there was a magnificent 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Historic Scrap.— The Baltimore 

 Sunday Morning gave a description of 

 the " Sunny Side Apiary " in that city, 

 and adds : 



This apiary was, in the days of the 

 late Richard Colvin, the experimental 

 apiary of the firm that then existed, 

 composed of the late Samuel Wagner, 

 founder and former editor of tlie 

 Ajieuican Bee Journal ; L. L. 

 Langstrotli, tlie inventor of the mov- 

 able frame hive ttiat bears his name, 

 and Richard Colvin, of this city, to 

 whom the bee-keepers of the present 

 day owe their deepest gratitude for 

 bringing out the many useful applian- 

 ces, introducing new varieties of bees, 

 and various implements connected 

 with bee management of the present 

 day. It was here the first Italian bees 

 were received that ever came from 

 Italy. Mr. Lake still has in his pos- 

 session tlie original hive in which 

 they were received, a great curiosity 

 to visitors. 



EiiyLUk Bee Tent. 



jars in their hands, or nice boxes 

 under their arms. They bought and 

 carried them home very much as is 

 usually done with tovs and trinkets 

 on such occasions. The success of 

 this show awakens great expectations 

 as to the future of bee-keeping in this 

 country. 



Of the Honey Show in San Fran- 

 cisco, Cal., tlie «emi- Tropic said : 



The attractive display of bees and 

 honey formed a center around which 

 apiarists literally swarmed. One 

 hundred and two varieties of honey- 

 producing flowers, formed a novel 

 and interesting feature of this exhibi- 

 tion. The decorations of white sage 

 were tasteful and appropriate, and 

 tlie nectar itself, in jars arranged in 

 pyramidal shape, clear as crystal, sup- 

 ported by frame after frame of comb 

 honey, snowy and inviting, made a 

 picture wtiieh cannot be photographed 

 except by the artist memory. There 

 were samples of excellent honey 

 vinegar, almost colorless, and above 

 average in acidity; several samples 

 of fruit preserved in honey witli un- 

 deniable succef s, and three kinds of 

 honey cake, which elicited the warm- 

 est praise from those who were fortu- 

 nate enough to secure a sample. 

 Fruit cake made with honey is riclier 

 and retains moisture much longer 

 than that made of sugar. 



A Sample Oopy of the Weekly Bee 

 Journal will be sent free to any per- 

 son. Any one intending to get up a 

 club can have sample copies sent to 

 the persons they desire to interview, 

 by sending the names to this ofJice. 



Work During May in Texas.— Dr. J. 



E. Lay writes to the Texas Agricid- 

 tural Journal as follows : 



Our main honey flow for this sec- 

 tion of our state takes place during 

 the month of May. It comes from 

 the famous horseinint, a plant belong- 

 ing to the mint family, the botanical 

 name of which is, if I am not mis- 

 taken, 3Ionarda Punctata. It begins 

 to bloom generally about the 25tli of 

 April, and ends about the 10th of 

 June, continuing in bloom about five 

 or six weeks. It furnishes a clear, 

 amber colored lumey of pleasant aro- 

 matic taste, very ricli and thick, and 

 I presume will be par excellence our 

 market lioney for this vicinity. 



Now as it is of primary importance 

 to obtain as mucliof this choice honey 

 as possible, it is absolutely necessary 

 that our bees liave all the aid that an 

 intplligeiit master can give them. We 

 will suppose that during the three 

 mouths previous all swarming and 

 dividing has been accomplished, all 

 colonies equalized by building up the 

 weak from the strong, or if needed in 

 any case, a (luantity of pure white 

 sugar syrup was fed to meet any 

 emergency ; and now, that all are 

 ready for business. 



You will perceive that the bees 

 seem to have luit one thing in view 

 duringthe continuation of this bloom, 

 and that is to lill every possible space 

 with honey. As a rule, about the 

 b'jtb of April is the time to put on 

 supers for snridus storing, but this 

 spring my bees were working rapidly 

 in the upper stories of frames as well 

 as in the section boxes by the 1st of 

 April. By close observation the 

 master will know how and when to 

 lay out work for his ever willing 



