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exhibited in such a shape as to be readily 

 seen at least on two sides. Such provision 

 will be made for tlie display of comb honey 

 (and other articles that might be injured by 

 bees), that it can be exhibited without 

 crates. Everything must be in place by the 

 morning of Sept. 4, 1888. 



Best display of comb honey (largest and most 



attractive) »25 00 



Second best 20 00 



Third best 15 00 



Best display of extracted boney (largest and 



most attractive) 25 00 



Second best 20 00 



Third best 15 00 



Best sample of extracted honey, not less than 



2n lbs., in best shape for retailing 5 00 



Second best..... t 92 



Third best • 3 00 



Best sample of comb honey, not leas than 20 



lbs., in best shape for retailing 5 00 



Second best * 00 



Third best 3 00 



Best colony of bees, numerical strength and 



purity of race being competing points. 10 00 



Second best 8 oo 



Third best .• 6 00 



Best race of bees, numerical strength ana 



purity of race, the competing points — 10 00 



Second best 8 00 



Third best 6 00 



Best collection of honey-producing plants 15 00 



Second best lO 00 



Third best 5 00 



Best display of beeswax 8 00 



Second best « 6 00 



Third best * 00 



Best foundation mill o 00 



Second best. 5 00 



Third best * 00 



Best foundation press 6 00 



Second best 5 00 



Third best * 00 



Best foundation for a brood-chamber, made 



on the grounds 4 00 



Second best 3 00 



Third best 2 00 



Best foundation for surplus, made on the 



grounds 4 00 



Second best 3 00 



Third best ■•.• 2 00 



Best foundation for surplus, sample of not less 



than 10 lbs 3 00 



Second best 2 00 



Third best 1 00 



Best foundation for brood-chamber, sample of 



not less than 15 lbs 3 00 



Secondbest 2 00 



Third best 1 00 



Best honey-cake, with recipe for making 3 00 



Second best 2 00 



Best honey-cookies, with recipe for making — 3 00 



Secondbest 2 00 



Best honey jumbles 3 00 



Secondbest 2 00 



Best honey candies 5 00 



Second best 3 00 



Best honey vinegar, not less than 5 gals., dis- 

 played in glass 4 00 



Second best 3 00 



Third best 2 00 



Best display of queens, in such shape as to be 



readily seen 4 00 



Second best 3 00 



Third best 2 00 



Best honey-extractor 5 00 



Second best 4 00 



Third best 3 00 



Best wax-extractor 3 00 



Second best 2 00 



Thirdbest 100 



Best bee-hive for all purposes 4 00 



Secondbest 3 00 



Thirdbest 2 00 



Best bee-hive exhibition 3 00 



Second best 2 00 



Best tiee-smoker 3 00 



Second best 2 00 



Best arrangement for securing surplus honey. 3 00 



Secondbest 2 00 



Thirdbest 1 00 



Best sections tor comb honey, not less than 50. 2 00 



Second best 1 00 



Best apiarian supplies and fixtures 8 00 



Second best 6 00 



Third best 5 00 



FOUNDATION. 



Historical Description of 

 Sfeir Comb Foundation. 



the 



Written for the American Bee Journal 



BY C. J. H. GRAVENHORST. 



A bee-keepei' of Thuringia, the 

 homeland of Baron von Berlepsh, in 

 Germany — a Mr. Koerbs in Bath 

 Berka — has been successful in produc- 

 ing a new kind of comb foundation. 



For a few years he had subjected his 

 invention to a test, and found that it 

 works very well. 



A careful obsei-vation of the bees, 

 suggested by a remark in the third 

 and fourth edition of my book, " The 

 Practical Bee-Keeper," prompted him 

 to make experiments. His new foun- 

 dation has the following advantages : 



1. It is made of pure wax,by means of 

 a hand-press, and it is not used by the 

 queen for breeding, even if the foun- 

 dation-combs are put in the brood-nest. 



2. It is veiy durable, and the most 

 delicate combs of such foundation will 

 stand the employment of a full force 

 in extracting the honey. 



3. The honey is extracted very 

 quickly, the operation scarcely requir- 

 ing half the time that others take. 



4. In bad seasons, these combs re- 

 main empty, not being used for breed- 

 ing, and there being, unfortunately, no 

 honey to collect. 



5. The bees store no pollen there. 



The separation of the honey com- 

 partment in the hive, from the brood- 

 nest, becomes superfluous. As Mr. 

 Koerbs told me this, I wrote to him, 

 that he promised a good deal. Though 

 I knew him as a successful bee-keeper, 

 and fortunate inventor of a frame ma- 

 chine, I nevertheless was not over- 

 sanguine in regard to his latest inven- 

 tion. But as Mr. Koerbs ofi'ered to 

 give me particulars of his invention, I 

 gave him my word of honor not to 

 divulge his secret. Full particulars 

 were given me, and in addition I re- 

 ceived one of Mr. Koerbs' combs of 

 foundation, completed by the bees, 

 from which the honey had been ex- 

 tracted several times. , 



The matter did appear to me to be 

 very simple, and I thought that if this 

 new invention should accomplish only 

 half of what Mr. Koerbs expects it to 

 do, we shall undoubtedly see a great 

 revolution in the manufacture of comb 

 foundation, as well as in bee-keeping. 



Mr. Koerbs has sold the patent of 

 his invention to Mr. Otto Schulz, a 

 German manufacturer of foundation 

 on a great scale, who now has, by his 

 patent, the right to manufacture this 

 new foundation in Germany and Aus- 

 tria, and no one in these countries 

 has the permission to use the new 

 combs, except after buying the comb 

 foundation from Mr. Schulz. 



I do not like patents in bee-keeping 

 matters, and should have been very 

 glad if another plan were cai-ried out, 

 to the benefit of both the inventor of 

 the combs, and the bee-keepers of Ger- 

 many and Austria. 



In oi-der to enable bee-keepers to 

 manufacture their requirements of 

 such combs for themselves, Mr. Koerbs 

 has started a subscription to a pamph- 

 let in which his experiments, and also 



the manufacture of the foundation, and 

 the method of using it are described. 

 Any one who would agree to take this 

 pamphlet at 25 cents, would, in due 

 time, receive a copy, postpaid, in case 

 Mr. Koerbs secured at least a few thou- 

 sand subscribers. The pamphlet would 

 be mailed to all subscribers on the 

 same day. But only 350 subscribers 

 had agreed to buy the pamphlet. Many 

 of the German bee-keepers condemned 

 this way, and pleaded for a patent. 

 Mr. Koerbs applied for a patent, and 

 then sold it to Otto Schulz. 



And now comes the secret : The 

 new comb foundation is one-sided,with 

 prolonged honey-cells. One side of a 

 frame is closed with a tin sheet, cov- 

 ered with wax and worked into foun- 

 dation. The bees work out the cells 

 to double the length, and fill them 

 only with honey. Perhaps many bee- 

 keepers have seen one-sided combs in 

 hives full of honey, and many perhaps 

 have had comlis with prolonged cells 

 on both sides of each comb, and have 

 seen only honey in them. I do not 

 doubt that a comb of such qualities as 

 Mr. Koerbs claimed for his, would be 

 of great benefit for every bee-keeper, 

 if he only understands how to use it in 

 the right way ; and this way will be 

 found out, I think, next season. 



Wilsnack, Germany, March 12, 1888. 



CONVEI^XIOj^ motices. 



t^~ The narke County Union Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will hold Its annual meeting on Friday, April 

 27, 1«88, at Ansonia. O. J. A. Koe, Sec. 



(^- The next meeting of the N. W. Ills, and 8. W. 

 Wis. Bee-Keepers' Association will be held in Ruck- 

 ton, Ills., May 22, 1888. D. A. Fuller, sec. 



iW The spring meeting of the Wisconsin Lake 

 Shore Center Bee-Keepers^ Association will be held 

 on May 31. 1888, In Mueller's Hall, at Kiel, Wis. 



FEKD. ZASTBOW, StC. 



JW The Cortland Union Bee-Keepers' Association 

 win hold its sprinc meeting on May 8, I8S.S, at Cortr 

 land, N. Y., at li' a.m. All Dee-keepers are invited. 

 W. H. BEACH. Sec. 



t^* The Keystone Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 hold its sixth annual meeting in the Court House at 

 Scranton, Pa., on Tuesday, May 8, 1888, at 10 a.m. 

 All bee-keepers are invited. A. A. DAVIS, Sec 



J^" The annnuai meeting of the Western Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will be held at Independence, 

 Mo., at the Court House, on April 25. 1888. It will 

 be carried on as a sociable, friendly gathering. Let 

 all bring their baskets and have a good time. 



Petek Otto, Sec. 



IW The semi-annual meeting of the Progressive 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will be held in the Sons of 

 Temperance Hall at Bainbridge Centre, O.. on Thurs- 

 day, May 3, 188*^. Parties wishing conveyance from 

 Geauga-Lake Station, on the Kne railroad 3 miles 

 distant, win please notify Mr. L. H. Brown, Bissels, 

 Geauga Co., O.. so that arrangements can be made 

 for the same. All interested are invited. 



Miss Dema Bennett, Sec. 



BS^ The next meeting of the SusquehannaCounty 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will be held at New Mil- 

 ford, Pa., on May 5. I>iS8. The following subjects are 

 to be considered : Bee-keeping for pleasure and pro- 

 fit—Spring work with bees— Is it advisable to use 

 f{)undation? It so, to what extent?— How can we 

 make our Association of the most practical value to 

 its members. Ail are cordially invited to come. 



H. M. Skeley, Sec. 



B^" The tenth annual meeting of the Texas Statfi 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will be held at the bee- 

 yards of Vice-President W. R. Graham, in Green- 

 ville, Hunt Co., Texas, on May 2 and 3, 1888. A 

 leading feature ni the convention will be criticisms 

 upon subjects that iiave been mentioned in the bee- 

 papers. A good time is e.xpected. so let all Texas 

 and Arkansas bee-keepers attend. A cordial invi- 

 tation IS extended to all bee-keepers wheresoever 

 dispersed. Remember, no hotel bills to pay at our 

 conventions ! B. F. Cahroll, Sec. 



