THE AMERICAN BEE JUURJSAL. 



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straight and all-worker combs, and 

 fully as much or more surplus honey 

 with the use of only guides in the 

 brood-frames. 



NARROW GUIDES IN BR00D-FKA3IES. 



Just here I wish to touch a subject 

 which, so far as I have read, has 

 been neglected by all writers, myself 

 included, although for years I have 

 argued it to ray customers who come 

 here in person. It is, that narrow 

 guides for brood-frames are much 

 better than wide ones. After I once 

 abandon the use of foundation for a 

 labor-saving material, by no means 

 will I ever use the foundation guides 

 more than % of an inch wide. If we 

 use them 2 inches wide, although the 

 upper edge fastened to the top-bar 

 must remain as straight as it was put 

 on, the lower edge will warp and 

 curve, so that the comb will not be as 

 straight as though the guide had been 

 but three rows of cells wide, in which 

 case the whole strip, if not of too thin 

 foundation, will remain rigid and 

 straight. 



Please experiment with both 2-inch 

 and %-inch guides in brood-frames, 

 and see if you do not find this just as 

 I did eleven years ago. 



Dowagiac, P Mich. 



For tbe American Bee JonmnJ. 



Bee aM Honey Stiows, 



MARK THOMSON. 



was enclosed by mosquito-bar— the 

 hives of bees being inside, with a 

 tube connecting with the entrances 

 running through the sides of the 

 building, allowing the bees free pas- 

 sage in and out of the hives. Manip- 

 ulation or examination of the bees, 



Comer nl BuUMnQ allowing Sntrance-Tubes. 



may be accomplished by going inside 

 of the netting, and no one outside 

 need be disturbed by the bees. The 

 first illustration shows the ground 

 plan of the same corner : A ^shows 

 the netting; B, CD, E, F, G shows 

 the entrance tubes to the hives. 



The Stark County, Ohio, Agricul- 

 tural Society, at the solicitation of 

 the Stark County Bee-Keepers' So- 

 ciety, has appropriated $100, to be 

 given as premiums for bees, honey, 

 supplies, etc., and has also consented 

 to spend §150 for a building specially 

 for the display of these things. A 

 committee was appointed by the Bee- 

 Keepers' Society to select a plan for 

 said building. 



Being aware that the Editor of the 

 American Bee Journal has had 

 much experience (as well as world- 

 wide observation) concerning the ex- 

 hibition of bees and honey, we desire 

 that he shall give through the Bee 

 Journal, for the benefit of others as 

 well as ourselves, some suggestions in 

 regard to a plan for such a house or 

 building, with a place partitioned off 

 in which we may exhibit to the pub- 

 lic manipulation with bees, with 

 safety to tlie public. 



Canton, rf O., June 17, 1887. 



[The Stark County, Ohio, Agricul- 

 tural Society deserves much credit 

 for the business sagacity which pro- 

 vided for a "Bee and Honey Show." 

 The officers of the St. Joseph, Mo., 

 Exposition did the same as an experi- 

 ment some years ago, and were sur- 

 prised at the result. They realized 

 the fact that it formed the greatest 

 attraction presented at the Exposition. 



There they had a building in which 

 to display the honey and implements 

 for bee-keepers, and one corner of it 



Corner of BuildiU'j enclosed with Ntttiiitj. 



When in Great Britain, during tlie 

 summer of 1879, we found that the 

 most attractive features of the fairs 



English Bee-TenL 



were the public manipulations with 

 bees, and the large display of honey 

 of captivating beauty. There they 

 had a large tent; the inner circle 

 being enclosed by mosquito-bar or 

 netting around the sides, and about 8 



feet high, leaving the top entirely 

 open. Around this circle is a passage- 

 way, covered with canvas above and 

 outside, about H feet high, and 6 feet 

 broad; in this inclosure the audience 

 assembles to witness the manipula- 

 tions with bees. 



We gave eight half -hour lectures in 

 this tent ; each time the inclosure was 

 full of eager listeners. Two of these 

 were delivered at the Scottish Bee 

 and Honey Show at Perth, concerning 

 which the Dundee Advertiser remarks: 

 " The manipulating tent was a scene 

 of great interest during the show. It 

 is of octagon shape, the operator stand- 

 ing in the middle, while the public 

 feel secure under the protection of an 

 intervening gauze screen. Driving 

 bees from a straw skep and trans- 

 ferring their combs to a bar-frame 

 hive, were hourly operations, and 

 never failed to strike with astonish- 

 ment the spectators, who stood aghast 

 at seeing a human being unprotected 

 turning up a hive of bees, and hand- 

 ling them as if they were blue flies. 

 Mr. Thos. G. Newman, editor of the 

 American Bee Journal, was pres- 

 ent, and gave lectures on American 

 bee-keeping, which were very inter- 

 esting. The society presented to him 

 a medal as a souvenir of his visit to 

 this country, and for the valuable 

 services he has rendered to the pres- 

 ent session of the society." 



For exhibiting bees, observatory 

 hives were used— those having glass 

 sides, through which the bees may be 

 seen at work— the hives being inside 

 the exhibition building, with a tube 

 covering the entrance, and running 

 through the side of the building, 

 giving free passage, in and out, for 

 the bees. Sometimes, a glass-box in- 

 closing each frame, arranged like 

 leaves of a book, with a common 

 entrance to all of them, from the tube 

 running through the side of the build- 

 ing, is made to exhibit bees. This 

 gives an opportunity for thorough 

 examination of the whole colony. 



Concerning the Toronto Bee and 

 Honey Show, Mr. Wm. F. Clarke 

 said : " Under the stimulus of the 

 liberal prize list, there was a magnifi- 

 cent array of honey. The directors 

 appropriated an entire building to the 

 use of bee-keepers, and for the first 

 time at a great exhibition on the 

 American continent, 'honey hall' 

 advertised itself side by side with 

 horticultural hall, dairy hall, etc. 

 Honey was displayed in every form, 

 calculated to make the months of 



