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VoL XVIII. 



Chicago, lU., October 11, 1882. 



No. 41. 



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TOPICS PRESENTED THIS WEEK. 



Editorial— 



Kditorial Items 641 



Honey Show at Stratford, Ontario fUI 



Health fulness of Honey 642 



Winteriny Bees 642 



Wire Frame Holder 642 



Bees stilt working on Sweet Clover 642 



Feed no (Ilucose to Bees 642 



The Northwestern Convention 642 



Convention Notes— 



Local Convention IJirectorv 643 



Ontario Bee-Keepers' Convention 643 



Prize Kssay on WinterinK Bees 644 



The Nati'tnal Convention 646 



Out Honev Marltet 646 



President Cooli's Address 646 



Fou I Brood 647 



Too Late '.".'.". 64H 



Convention Notices 64S 



Correspondence — 



A piarian Salmagundi 649 



Poisonous Gases around Bee Hives 64m 



tilucose Detective 649 



Some Hints about Conventions V. 650 



Selections from Oiir Letter Box- 

 wood work in Extracting 650 



My Third Annual Keport 650 



A Scotch Beekeeper in Texas 650 



Bee and Honey Show in London, Ont 651 



Tliat Champion Colony 651 



A (iood Protlt 651 



Bees have done fairly !!!..!. 651 



l*osition of pure air in rooms 651 



Botanical 651 



From Minnesota 651 



liood lieport from Michigan 652 



Bees still gathering Honey 652 



A Tremendous Keport 652 



Seed of the Golden Honey Plant 652 



Business Notices — 



Monthly Bee JoUBXALroR I8-<3 652 



Premiums , 652 



Clul>bing List 653 



Honey as Food and Medicine i>53 



Honey and Beeswax Market 653 



The Apiary Register 653 



H»ney Show at Stratford, Out. 



A correspondent writes us as fol- 

 lows, concerning the recent honey 

 show in connection witli the Agri- 

 cultur.al Fair, at Stratford, Ontario, 

 Canada : 



The efforts of the Bee Journal 

 are bearing fruit in the increased at- 

 tention and interest taken in the gen- 

 tle craft of bee-keeping. As a rule, 

 tlie display of lioney at the agricul- 

 tural shows in Canada has been con- 

 tined to a jar or two of thick looking 

 stuff, and a couple of boxes of comb 

 honey, which are sandwiched in be- 

 tween some dirty looking grape sugar, 

 and three or four cakes of home made 

 soap. The display made by Mr. Jones 

 at Toronto, the past year "or two, has 

 enthused local apiarists all over the 

 country, and if the directors ^of the 

 County Fairs only act decently, the 

 show of bee products may be made a 

 prominent feature. 



At the County of Perth Exhibition, 

 held at Stratford. Ont., last week, Mr. 

 D. Chalmers, of the Honey Grove 

 Apiary at Musselburg, occupied quite 

 a large display, his tempting goods 

 being arranged in glass bottles, pound 

 sections and Jones honey pails with 

 gorgeous labels. He drove quite a 

 thriving business, and carried off the 

 first prize for section, and the second 

 for extracted honey. He also dis- 

 played to wondering crowds a full 

 supply of almost everything used in 

 the honey business. 



Dr. Shaver, of Stratford, an enthusi- 

 astic apiarist, devoted himself en- 

 tirely to comb honey, having a pyra- 

 mid of several hundred one-pound 

 sections, graded according to the 

 source of supply— the clover, thistle, 

 basswood. goldenrod, etc.. being 

 clearly distinguishable from the color. 



Mr. Young, an amateur of the first 

 year, captured the first prize for ex- 

 tracted honey. The fall flow here 

 has been immense, and the yield a 

 large average. 



the recent Fair at Hamilton, 

 Ont., there was a very good exhibit of 

 hives, bees, honey and apiarian sup- 

 plies. The first prize for bees was 

 awarded to Mr. A. Robertson, of Car- 

 lisle; 2d, to Rennie Bros., of Hamil- 

 ton; Ist for hive to Mr. McEvoy, 

 Woodburn ; 1st for comb honey to Mr. 

 McEvoy ; 2d to Mr. C. Marshall, Bin- 

 brook ; 1st for extracted honey to Mr. 

 McEvoy; 2d to C. Marshall. The bee- 

 keepers on the ground met and formed 

 themselves into the Wentworth, Ont., 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, with the 

 following officers for the first year : 

 1st Prest., J. M. Knowles, West 

 Flambro; 2d Prest..- J. H. Cornell, 

 Lynden ; Treas,. A.Robertson. Car- 

 lisle ; Sec'y, Geo. X. Henderson, Ham- 

 ilton. The meeting adjourned to meet 

 on the first Saturday in Kovember at 

 the Dominion Hotel, Hamilton ; 20 

 members were enrolled. 



1^" At the Baltimore Fair there was 

 an exhibition of bees, honey and api- 

 arian equipments. Under the super- 

 intendency of Mr. Charles H. Lake, 

 there was a special tent for the dis- 

 play and manipulation of bees. etc.. 

 and all bee-keepers were invited to 

 join in making an effective and at- 

 tractive display. We hope they did 

 so, but as yet we are not informed on 

 the subject. 



1^- The Rev. W. F. Clarke's address 

 will hereafter be Winnepeg. Manitoba, 

 to which place he has removed to take 

 editorial charge of the Winnepeg Sun. 

 The Bee Journal extends congratu- 

 lations. 



A Test for Honey.— In Prof. Maher's 

 article on tliis subject on page 610. an 

 error was made, which needs correc- 

 tion. In the fourth line of the third 

 paragraph read -'weak" for white. 

 thus : •• with a weak solution." etc. 



