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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 1 



THE APIARIAN EXHIBIT AT THE COLUMBUS STATP: FAIR IN SEPTEMBER, 1906. 



yellow wax from the Weed sheeter. Wood- 

 en letters were then dipped in melted wax 

 and secured to the several steps of the pyra- 

 mid by means of nails. "But," you ask, 

 "how did you make the goddess '! " We ob- 

 tained a plaster cast, for a nominal sum, and 

 then gave her two or three plunges into some 



melted wax. When she came out of her bath 

 she looked as if she were made of a solid 

 chunk of beeswax. A separate view of the 

 pyramid here shown will give one a little 

 idea of the detail of the construction. 



The remaining view is a snapshot of our 

 outdoor exhibit and honey-sales stand. These 



THE DEMONSTRATION WORK AT THE COLUMBUS STATE FAIR. 



