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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



this exhibition— First, E. L. Goo Id & 

 Co.; second, W. O. Leach; third, J. B. 

 Hall. 



Largest and best variety of uses to 

 which honey may be put in goods — First, 

 R. H. Smith ; second, Geo. Laing. 



For the most tasty and neatly ar- 

 ranged exhibit of honey in the apiarian 

 department, all the honey to be the 

 production of the exhibitor. Twenty- 

 five dollars of this prize is given by the 

 Ontario Bee-Keepers' Association — First, 

 R. H. Smith ; second, J. B. Hall ; third, 

 E. L. Goold & Co. 



To the exhibitor taking the largest 

 number of first prizes for honey at this 

 exhibition, 1891— First, R. H.Smith; 

 second, Geo. Laing and J. B. Hall. 



The judges, Messrs. C. W. Post, Mur- 

 ray, Ont. ; J. B. Aches, Poplar Hill; and 

 Murray, of Owen Sound, appear to have 

 given very general satisfaction, and 

 went about their business in a way to 

 convince the exhibitors that they in- 

 tended to do their duty without, fear or 

 favor. 



Not Lnci or Chance, Mt Science, 



THOMAS KELLEY. 



Being puzzled in the management of 

 my bees, I went to see Mr. Geo. E. Hilton, 

 on July 13, related my troubles, and I 

 shall never forget his interesting conver- 

 sation, practically illustrated by hives, 

 surplus cases, and general manipulations. 



If you are a beginner in bee-culture it 

 will pay you to go 100 miles or more to 

 visit Mr. Hilton, and you will be con- 

 vinced, as I was, that he has no secrets, 

 but that his experience of 14 years is a 

 gift to the seeker for information. 



I now have $50 or $60 worth of the 

 finest comb-honey I ever saw, having 

 taken within six weeks from a single 

 hive 112 finished sections, or about 100 

 pounds. 



Mr. Hilton came to see me qn July 30, 

 and said I was getting the honey from 

 what he called "Willow Herb." He 

 proved to me that bee-keeping is no 

 longer luck and chance, but a science. — 

 Michigan Farmer. 



Bee Journal Posters, printed in two 

 colors, will be sent free upon application. 

 They may be used to advantage at Fairs 

 over Bee and Honey Exhibits. Samples 

 sent free. Write a week before the Fair 

 where to send them. 



CaWVENTION DIRECTORY. 



Time and pUice of meeting. 



1891, 

 Oct. 7, 8.— Missouri State, at Sedalia, Mo. 



J. W. Rouse, Sec, Mexico, Mo. 

 IP 

 Oct. 10.— Capital, at Springfield, Ills. 



C. B. Yocom, Sec, Sherman, Ills. 



Oct. 14, 15.— S. W. Wisconsin, at Fennimore, Wis. 

 Benj. E. Rice, Sec, Boscobel, Wis. 



Nov. 19, 20.— Northwestern, at Chicago, Ills. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec, Flint, Mich. 



In order to have this table complete, 

 Secretaries are requested to forward full 

 particulars of the time and the place of 

 each future meeting.— The Editor. 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



President— P. H. Elwood . . . . Starkville, N. Y 

 Secretary— C. P. Dadant Hamilton, Ills. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— James Heddon ..Dowagiac, Mich. 

 Sec'y and Manager— T. G. Newman, Chicago. 



Bee ajid Hopeu Gossip. 



^^ Do not write anything for publication 

 on the same sheet of paper with business 

 matters, unless it can be torn apart without 

 interfering with either part of the letter. 



Nice, White Honey. 



We are keeping bees, although we 

 hardly make a mark yet. We have 51 

 colonies in chaff hives, which have not 

 stored a particle of dark honey this 

 year — and not much white honey, either, 

 but what we did get is in 1-pound sec- 

 tions, and as nice as was ever stored in 

 honey-comb. 



A. O, HOLLIWELL & Co. 



Sears, Mich. 



Contradictory but Not Spiteful, 



On page 376 Mr. E. L. Pratt alleges 

 that I have searched to " pick up little 

 contradictory points, of no special im- 

 portance, and fling them at him in a 

 spiteful way." Thus Mr. P. confesses 

 to " contradictory points,"' but he fails 

 to give evidence of spite. To allege 

 spite unaccompanied with evidence is 

 beneath the dignity of any honorable 

 person. I challenge Mr. Pratt to quote, 

 or to refer to anything I have written 

 that can, by an impartial reader, be 

 construed as aiming "spitefully at" 

 him- He would not have his "contra- 

 dictory points " mentioned, so he spite- 

 fully " resents any allusion to them. 



Richford, N. Y. C .1. RoBr>^soN. 



