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AMERICAN BEE JOURMAU 



The World's Columbian Fair. 



The Illinois State Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation, decided to ask the Legislature 

 to appi'opriate $5,000 for the collection 

 and maintainanceof a suitable exhibit of 

 bees, honey, wax and apiarian appliances 

 at the World's Columbian Fair. 



The committee to form the bill, and 

 present its claims, being : 



Thomas G. Newman, Chicago. 



Col. Charles F. Mills, Springfield. 



Hon. J. M. Hambaugh, Spring. 



Hon. John S. Lyman, Farmingdale. 



C. P. Dadant, Hamilton. 



A. N. Draper, Upper Alton. 



S. N. Black, Clayton. 



All other States should take similar 

 action at once, so as to secure the appro- 

 priations in good time to command 

 magnificent exhibits. 



For the benefit of Committees in dif- 

 ferent States, who will have to present 

 the matter to the Legislatures, and ask 

 for appropriations, we will here reply to 

 a question which has been propounded 

 to us and others scores of times. That 

 question is — 



WHAT IS THE MONEY NEEDED FOB? 



The answer is easy. It is needed to 

 procure, transport, organize, and* take 

 good care of exhibits, and may be par- 

 ticularized thus : 



1. To pay a competent person for time 

 and diligent work for a year, or more, to 

 procure, arrange, and superintend an 

 exhibit which shall be a credit to the 

 State. 



2. He will need many assistants dur- 

 ing the entire time of holding the Colum- 

 bian Fair, to care for and protect from 

 damage or waste, the many articles 

 exhibited, as well as to keep them clean 

 and in proper condition for thorough 

 examination by the millions of visitors. 

 These must be efficient persons, and will 

 have to be suitably paid. 



*3. Products of the apiary, machinery 

 and appliances will have to be trans- 

 ported to the Fair Grounds, and this will 

 entail considerable expense. 



4. We do not desire a separate build- 

 ing for the industry of bee-keeping, but 

 it will be necessary to ^t up a large space 

 in one of the principal buildings devoted 

 to agriculture, horticulture or floricul- 

 ture. To make it convenient, and have 

 it attractively decorated, will cost money, 

 but it will be well spent, nevertheless, 

 for the general verdict, at all Fairs, is 

 that the Bee and Honey Department is 

 the most attractive thing on the Grounds. 



5. At the close of the World's Fair all 

 the goods exhibited must be carefully 

 packed and returned to» the owners. 

 This item of expense for labor, material, 

 drayage and railway transportation will 

 be very large on account of the care 

 required in handling and packing, so as 

 not to destroy the values. Honey in the 

 comb (in all forms and shapes imagin- 

 able) is delicate and fragile, and the 

 utmost care will be required to prevent 

 its being damaged or ruined entirely. 



6. And last, but not least ; cash prizes, 

 medals and diplomas will of necessity be 

 required to bring out an exhibit, which 

 will honor the State. This item must 

 necessarily be a large one, for upon it 

 will depend the success of the entire 

 undertaking. 



These are a few of the things that 

 will require money, and for which a 

 liberal appropriation is desired from the 

 public Treasury. 



A good superintendent, manager, or- 

 ganizer and financier is required to take 

 full charge of the Apiarian Department, 

 and make it a success. The North 

 American Bee-Keepers' Association, in 

 annual convention assembled, at Keokuk, 

 Iowa, by unanimous vote requested the 

 appointment of Dr. A. B. Mason, of 

 Ohio, to that important office for the 

 United States, and Mr. R. McKnight for 

 Canada. With their experience at Fairs, 

 and efficient management of large ex- 

 hibits, we may confidently expect a grand 

 success. 



There is rot much doubt now, but that 

 Dr. Mason will receive the appointment 

 of Superintendent for the United States 

 apiarian exhibit. The following letter 



