1907 



(i LEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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THE EXHIBITION OF BEES AND HON- 

 EY AT STATE FAIRS. 



BY E. H. ROOT. 



The subjoined illustrations show the dis- 

 play that we made at the Ohio State fair at 

 Columbus, in September last. This attract- 

 ed a great deal of attention through the 

 State; and as other exhibits of a like nature 

 are now being made at poultry shows, some 

 hints and suggestions along these lines may 

 prove to be helpful. 



The bee and honey display was designed and 

 prepared by our honey-man, Mr. Jesse War- 

 ren, who has made this matter a special study 

 for a year or so back. So well did he suc- 

 ceed with his show at our Ohio State fair 

 that Mr. Tusing, of the State Boaixl of Agri- 

 culture, expressed himself as being highly 

 pleased, and desired to have it reproduced in 

 the Ohio exhibit at the Jamestown exposition 

 at Norfolk this coming summer. Twice, and 

 perhaps three times, the Board has approach- 

 ed us on this subject. We have not defi- 

 nitely promised, but the incident is here 

 mentioned to show the interest that our ex- 

 hibit created; for INIr. Tusing, of the State 

 Board of Agriculture, said he had heard 

 very favoral)le comments from every one. 



The large half-tone plate shows an elevat- 

 ed table, the panels of which are tilled in 

 with No. 1 and fancy sections of comb hon- 

 ey. On top of this table is seen a pyramid 

 on which is placed a variety of packages of 

 honey put up in glass Just opposite is 

 another pyramid, made of beeswax. Sur- 

 mounting the whole is the bust of a goddess 

 also of beeswax. But we shall have occasion 

 to refer to this a little later. 



Surrounding this general exhibit was a 

 display of live bees in observatory hives, of 

 bee-appliances, queen-rearing outfits, straw 

 hives, and any thing and every thing connect- 

 ed wilh the bee industry in general. Two or 

 three attendants were kept busy in explain- 

 ing the use of the various articles and deny- 

 ing the oft-repeated comb-honey lie and dis- 

 tributing our $1000 reward-cards. The two 

 interior views here taken were secured just 

 after the crowds had rushed out of the build- 

 ing to see Kuabenshue and his air-ship. One 

 of the boys then snapped the camera and the 

 results are here shown. 



But how about that pyramid of beeswax ? 

 The separate steps were not made of solid 

 blocks of wax. for they were nothing more 

 nor less than a series of boxes of proportion- 

 ate sizes piled one on top of another. These 

 were then covered with long sheets of nice 



A SUGGESTION FOR A BEESWAX EXHIBIT AT STATE FAIRS. 



