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u Journal 



DEVOTED TO THE liYrEKESTS OF THE PRODUCERS OF HONEY. 



VOL. XX. 



CHICAGO, ILL., APRIL 30, 1884. 



No. 18. 



Published every Wednesday, by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Editor and Proprietor. 



Premiums on Bees and Honey. 



The following is the Premium List 

 on Bees and Honey as secured by the 

 Executive Committee of the Iowa Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, as mentioned on 

 page 277 of this Journal. These 

 premiums amount to S17o.00, and Iowa 

 bee-keepers should make a success of 

 the apiarian department, by arranging 

 such a display as will create astonish- 

 ment. It can and should be done. 

 Let every bee-keeper in Iowa read 

 over the List, and then work for the 

 premiums there offered. 



First Second 

 Best Italian bees in observatory hive.l 5.0J $ 2.rMi 

 Best Cyprian bess in observatory hive 5.uo '2A0 

 Best Syrian (Holy Land) bees in ob- 

 servatory hive 5.00 2.0<J 



Best blaclt (German) bees in observa- 

 tory hive 5.00 2.00 



Best and largest display of different 



races of bees, in observatory hives 20.00 ]0.(X) 

 Best and largest number of Queen- 

 cells on one frame of comb asact- 

 ually built by the bees, shown with 



bees in observatory hive 5.00 2.1X> 



Note.— In awarding the premiums on the differ- 

 ent entries of bees, the qualities of Oueens and 

 Bees will he ctmsidered. The Bees and the Queen- 

 «ells should all be shown in observatory hives with 

 glas.-s on both sides, so arranged that both sides of 

 the comb can easily be seen. 

 Be'^t comb honey, white clover or 



linden, not less than 20 lbs I 5.CK) I 2.00 



Best comb honey, fall flowers, not less 



than 2o Ib.s is.oo 2.00 



Best and largestdisplayof combhoney 25.ti0 lO.(X) 

 Best e.xtracted honey, white clover or 



linden, not less than 20 lbs 5.00 2.00 



Best extracted honey, fall flowers, 



not less than 2o lbs 5.i.i0 2.00 



Best and largest display of extracted 



honey 25.00 10.00 



Best beeswax, not less than 10 lbs ... 4.00 2.00 

 Best display of honey plants, pressed, 



mounted, and labeled 4.iX) 2.80 



Note.— In awarding the Premiums on all the dif- 

 ferent entries of honey, the couinjittee will give 

 «qual consideration to the quality of the honey, 

 and to the style of the packages in which it is ex- 

 hibited, as regards beauty and desirableness for 

 pui poses of marketing. 



Bees and Honey are the great at- 

 traction at all the fairs which have 

 given prominence to this industry, and 

 i^'e are glad to note the increasing in- 

 terest year after year in the matter, 

 as well as the increased size of the 

 Cash premiums offered by the wide- 

 awake managers of local, district and 

 State fairs. 



There are many good reasons for 

 making magnificent honey exhibits, 

 but the chief one, perhaps, is that 

 those who produce honey for the mar- 

 ket, may be induced to present it in 

 the most marketable shape ; for the 

 new methods and new ideas of practi- 

 cal management must take the place 

 of the old and undesirable ones. 



It should be our aim to'make honey 

 a staple product. To this end, let all 

 endeavor to popularize the consump- 

 tion of honey by the masses, as well 

 as to raise the standard of production, 

 by applying correct principles and 

 progressive art to the management of 

 the apiary. 



If there is one thing of more im- 

 portance than another to the honey 

 producer, it is that of popularizing the 

 consumption of honey. These "shows" 

 are the best educators of the masses 

 that have yet been devised. In an ar- 

 ticle concerning the Toronto Bee and 

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



" Under the stimulus of the liberal 

 prize list, there was a magnificent ar- 

 riiy of honey. The directors appropri- 

 ated an entire building to the use of 

 bee-keepers, and for the first time at a 

 great exhibition on the American con- 

 tinent, " honey hall " advertised itself 

 side by side with horticultural ball, 

 dairy hall, etc. Honey w-as displaved 

 in every form, calculated to make the 

 mouths of spectators water. The tin 

 packages and 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 miniature church, inge- 

 niously built of lioney-comb and wax, 

 with pinnacles and spire. A smashing 

 trade in honey was done at the exhibi- 

 tion. Thousands of people might be 

 seen with gay-looking tin cans dang- 

 ling from tlieir lingers, or with pretty 

 glass jars in their hands, or nice boxes 

 under their arms. They bought and 

 carried tliem home very much as is 

 usually done with toys aiid 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., the Semi-Tropic said : 



" The attractive display of bees and 

 honey formed a centre around which 



apiarists literally swarmed. One 

 hundred and two varieties of honey- 

 producing fiowers, formed a novel 

 and interesting feature of this exhi- 

 bition. The decorations of white sage 

 were tasteful and appropriate, and 

 the nectar itself, in jars arranged in 

 pyramidal shape, clear as crystal, sup- 

 jjorted by frame after frame of comb 

 honey, snowy and inviting, made a 

 picture which 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 with un- 

 deniable success, 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 richer, 

 and retains moisture much longer 

 than that made of sugar." 



1^" The Fremont, Mich., Indicator 

 of last week, has the following : 



George Hilton will attend the bee- 

 keepers' meeting at Berlin, 24th, and 

 also endeavor to have the next meet- 

 ing of that association held here. It 

 would pay any one interested in that 

 line of business to come to Fremont 

 and look through George's apiary ; it 

 is a very well regulated affair. 



This is praise worth having. How 

 much better than to say his apiary 

 was a disgrace to the neighborhood. 



Spider Plant. — Mr. S. F. Daily 

 asks how large the spider plant grows ; 

 how far apart the plants should be, 

 etc.? 



Its botanical name is Ckomepimgens, 

 and it thrives best in rich, damp clay 

 soil. It grows to the height of .5 or 6 

 feet. Plant them about ,3 feet apart 

 each way. 



It commences to bloom about June 

 2.5th, can easily be propagated from 

 the seed, and is an excellent honey- 

 producer. 



1^ Balmy spring weather has come 

 at last, and soon the flowers will bloom 

 and all nature will look gay, clad in 

 its rich garb of lovliness. 



1^ We liave received the Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Price List for 1S84 of Thos. L. 

 Thornton, Dividing Ridge, Ky. 



