1907 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1879 



the poorest ways imaginable to stimulate 

 early breeding. 



Jn conclusion I repeat thit a moderate xise 

 of the honey-extraetor during early summer 

 is very heneticial in preparing bees for the 

 summer harvest. 



EXHIBITING AT FAIRS. 



Honey and Bee T)isi)lay at the New Castle 



Co. Grange Fair, in Wilmington, DeL, 



Sept. 2-6. 



BY REV. JOEL S. GILFILLAN, D. D. 



The bee-exhibit created a great deal of in- 

 terest at the fair, and was said to be by many 

 the most interesting of all the departments. 

 Every thing in the department came from 

 my own apiary. 



The honey display occupied a frontage of 

 20 feet. The middle pyramid was comb hon- 

 ey, and the side pyramid extracted honey. 



The bee-display consisted of a series of tive 

 glass hives showing different conditions of 

 the colony at different times. Upon each 

 hive was displayed a card stating what that 

 hive represented. These are sh<»wn by the 

 various engravings herewith presented. 



Besides the five glass hives, the writer 

 had a full colony of bees in a hive in a wire 

 cage six feet square, just outside the tent 

 where daily demonstrations were given in 

 handling bees. Here every operation of the 

 apiary was shown, and the observers were 

 invited to ask for any manipulation that they 

 desired to see, and it would be shown to 

 them. This was a practical demonstration 

 of the ordinary work in an apiary. He also 

 gave several illustrations of the application 

 of bee-slings for the cure of rheumatism. 



Newark, Del. 



[As we have said heretofore we say again, 

 the giving of a bee-demonstration and the 



FIG. 1.— UONEY DISPLAY AT THE NEW CASTLE 



TON, DEL. 



REV. JOEL S. GILFILLAN, NEWARK, DEL. 



making of a honey-exhibit at county fairs is 

 a splendid way to advertise the honey busi- 

 ness. It takes only a few days of time and 

 preparation, and the results are well worth 

 the time. Besides the amount of honey act- 

 ually sold at the fair, it will mean a large 

 sale of honey for the future, and at good 

 prices, without paying freight, cartage, dray- 

 age, commission, and sometimes the actual 

 loss of a whole shipment through the rascal- 

 ity of the consignee miles away. 



There is no question but that the local con- 

 sumption of honey can be increased enor- 

 mously, thus enabling a bee-keeper to double 

 on his money; for if he is a good demonstra- 



tor, a good 

 talker at fairs, 

 and square in 

 his deal, he 

 can sell a 

 large part of 

 his crop right 

 at the yard. 

 This is no 

 theory, for 

 many a pro- 

 ducer is doing 

 that very 

 thing. Of 

 course, it will 

 be understood 

 that one who 

 owns from 300 

 to 500 colonies 

 could not dis- 

 pose of the 

 entire prod- 

 uct locally; 

 but even he 



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