AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



437 



. We suggest to every county and local 

 bee-keepers' association in the State to 

 send at least one individual to represent 

 their interests at this October meeting. 

 We extend a most earnest invitation to 

 every bee-keeper in the State, both rrtale 

 and female, and have made provisions 

 for the largest assemblage ever held on 

 this coast. 



There will be "Ramblers" from all 

 sections : invite your friends to join with 

 you, and if possible inform us of those 

 who will be present. 



223 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, Calif. 



Toronto Inistrial EiMMtion. 



R. F. HOLTERMANN. 



The honey exhibit at Toronto this 

 year is not entirely unlike that of former 

 years. The quality is probably about 

 the same as that of last year, the num- 

 ber of exhibitors one less. 



As to quality, that of the extracted- 

 honey is hardly up to the standard of 

 former years, several exhibits having a 

 slight touch of that in their honey 

 which would debar it from being called 

 strictly first-class. There are only two 

 which show honey having an appreciable 

 quantity of linden honey in it. 



The comb-honey is decidedly not as 

 well filled as formerly, showing a honey- 

 flow which has almost become old-fash- 

 ioned, we having had four poor seasons 

 in succession. 



As to the style of exhibit, there 

 appears to be a tendency to set comb- 

 honey crates on their ends, instead of 

 on their bottoms. This innovation is 

 probably owing to a movement in that 

 direction by Mr. Hall, of Woodstock. 



There is also a very decided tendency 

 to forsake shelves for exhibiting ex- 

 tracted-honey, and making pyramids of 

 honey in glass, with glass or light boards 

 between each story, as the pyramid is 

 built. Your humble servant first intro- 

 duced that system, having in turn 

 copied it from W. Z. Hutchinson, at the 

 Detroit Fair. 



I think the largest prize winners are 

 in order as follows : E. L. Goold & Co., 

 R. H. Smith, Geo. Laing, J. B. Hall, 

 and William Goodger. A good deal of 

 taste has been displayed, and we all 

 concede that Mr. Smith fairly and 

 squarely won the first prize for the 

 neatest and most attractive exhibit. In 

 tact, the judges appear to have done 

 their work so well that there has come 

 to my ears not one word of complaint. 



This reflects credit not only on the 

 judges, but on the exhibitors. 



For the latest and best invention, E. 

 L. Goold & Co. take first prize. They 

 exhibit a 2 and 4-frame honey extractor; 

 the combs all reversible. The advantage 

 over the Stanley, it is claimed, being no 

 loose bottom hinge, each basket must 

 reverse, it takes a small can, and the 

 entire machine is much less expensive. 

 Second prize Mr. Leach takes on the 

 foundation and section folder already 

 described in the Bee Journal. Third 

 prize was awarded to the Porter bee- 

 escape, shown by Mr. Hall. 



PRIZE LIST. 



Best display of 200 pounds of ex- 

 tracted granulated honey, in glass — 

 Frrst prize, R. H. Smith, Bracebridge ; 

 second, E. L. Goold & Co., Brantford ; 

 third, J. B. Hall, Woodstock. 



Best display of 500 pounds of liquid 

 extracted-honey, of which not less than 

 250 pounds must be in glass, quality to 

 be considered— First, Geo. Laing: second, 

 E. L. Goold & Co. ; third, J. B. Hall. 



Best display of 500 pounds of comb- 

 honey in sections, quality to be consid- 

 ered—First, J B. Hall; second, George 

 Laing ; third, E. L. Goold & Co. 



Best display of 20 pounds of comb- 

 honey in sections, quality to be consid- 

 ered, that is to say, clean sections and 

 best filled— First, J. B. Hall ; second, 

 Geo. Laing ; third, R. H. Smith ; fourth, 

 Wm. Goodger, Woodstock. 



Best display of 100 pounds of ex- 

 tracted liquid linden honey, in glass, 

 quality to be considered — First, George 

 Laing ; second, E. L. Goold & Co. 



Best display of 100 pounds of ex- 

 tracted liquid clover honey, in glass, 

 quality to be considered — First, R. H. 

 Smith ; second, E. L. Goold & Co. ; 

 third, Geo. Laing. 



Best beeswax, not less than 10 pounds 

 — First, Geo. Laing ; second, R. F. 

 Holtermann ; third, R. H. Smith. 



Best foundation for brood-chamber — 

 First, E. L. Goold & Co. 



Best foundation for sections — First, E. 

 L. Goold & Co. 



Best apiarian supplies — E. L. Goold 

 & Co. 



Style and assortment of glass for re- 

 tailing extracted-honey— First, R. H. 

 Smith ; second, E. L. Goold & Co. 



Section super for top-story and system 

 of manipulating, product to be exhibited 

 in super as left by the bees — First, E. L. 

 Goold & Co. ; second, J. B. Hall; third, 

 Geo. Laing. 



Best and most practical new invention 

 for the apiarist, never shown before at 



