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without any protection except a light 

 covering over the frames. The weather 

 has been very mild, and bees have taken 

 flights quite frequently during the entire 

 Winter. J. Hamer. 



Leonard ville, Kans., March 19, 1891. 



State Fair Premiums. 



There is evidently sometliing wrong, 

 either with Mr. Trego's statement on 

 page 358, or with his advertisement. 

 In the former, he states that he exhib- 

 ited "tt one-frame nuclei," while in his 

 advertisement he says: "Our bees took 

 first premium at the Illinois State Fair, in 

 1890." The Illinois State Fair does not 

 give any premiums on nuclei, only on col- 

 onies, and as the only colonies of bees ex- 

 hibited at that time were the property of 

 Aaron Coppin, how can Mr. Trego recon- 

 cile these statements? The premium 

 was given to Aaron Coppin, and not to 

 Mr. Trego. Aakon Coppix. 



Wenona, Ills. 



[Mr. Trego sends us the following 

 testimony, in answer to the above : 



Editor Bee Journal : — I have this 

 day received a letter from J. V. Cald- 

 well, of Cambridge, Ills., stating that ho 

 gave S. F. Trego, of Swedona, Ills., the 

 first premium on his Italian bees at the 

 Illinois State Fair in 1890. 



S. J. ICKES, Justice of the Peace. 



Swedona, Ills., Marches, 1891. 



Mr. Trego adds : " Before Mr. Coppin 

 makes any more statements, he should 

 examine the books of the Secretary of 

 the Fair." 



The discussion regarding the bee and 

 honey exhibit, and the award of premi- 

 ums at the Illinois State Fair, having 

 reached a stage where it has ceased to be 

 t>f any interest to the general reader, 

 and become merely a personal contro- 

 versy between two or three correspond- 

 ents, we have determined not to publish 

 anything more on that subject. — Ed.] 



Bee Classification. 



There are three classes of worker bees 

 in a thrifty colony, the nurse bees, tlie 

 wax workers, and honey gatherers. 

 The first duty the young bees perform 

 is feeding the young brood. The second 

 labor is procuring the wax and building 

 the comb. Last, gathering honey. — Ex. 



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