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l^cbraska Mee and Hoiiey SUo^v. 



—The beekeepers of Nebraska are progres- 

 sive and pushing— always in tlie lead in 

 every enterprise which will do honor to the 

 pursuit. 



About a month ago Mr. J. N. Heater, Sec- 

 retary of the State Association, sent out 

 circulars to the bee-keepers of Nebraska, 

 the first paragraph of which reads thus : 



The Board of Managers of our State Fair 

 Association have very generously appro- 

 priated 8B00 to be used in erecting perma- 

 nent quarters for the exhibition of bees, 

 honey and apiary supplies at our State Fair, 

 and in accordance it is expected that the 

 bee men and women of the Slate will turn 

 out and bring a liberal share of their pro- 

 duct tor exhibition until this new buildiDg 

 shall be filled until we shall even surprise 

 ourselves. Thousands of people from the 

 East will visit our coming State Fair, and 

 the light exhibit heretofore has impressed 

 them with tlie idea that we were not pro- 

 ducing much honey in this State, while the 

 opposite has really been the tact, and it has 

 only been our neglect to show this product 

 that has caused this impression. Now that 

 new and ample quarters are to be furnished 

 us in which to make an exhibit, let us, as 

 bee-keepers of the State, unite to see how 

 well we can fill these new quarters, and 

 • show to those who visit our coming State 

 Fair, what a lot of sweet things we are pro- 

 ducing here in Nebraska. 



The result of this appeal to the beekeep- 

 ers is thus stated by the Lincoln Journal in 

 its report of the Fair : 



Wlien Supt. Whitcomb of the department 

 of bees, honey and apiary goods asked the 

 Board for a new building, he aareed that it 

 should be tilled the first year. The promise 

 has been faithfully kept. The new struc- 

 ture is so full of exhibits that it is with 

 difTieulty that the spectators find room to 

 stand while they are observing the many 

 interesting features of the exhibit. 



The present display, Mr. Whitcomb says, 

 is larger than of all previous years com- 

 bined, and Mr. Whitcomb ought to know. 

 Cases and jars and vessels of all kinds are 

 filled with the most luscious honey. There 

 are cords of apiary goods with here and 

 there an exhibition colony of bees, not in- 

 cluding the seven hives out in the bee-yard. 



The first display encountered on entering 

 the building is ihat of Mrs. J. N. Heater, of 

 Columbus. This exhibit includes comb 

 honey to the amount of 500 pounds, and 

 200 pounds of extracted honey, bee-hives, 

 extractors, plants and all kinds of bee- 

 keepers' supplies. The exhibit occupies 

 the iront halt of the building. It is taste- 

 fully arranged, and attracts no end of 

 attention. 



Special credit should be given this year to 

 the bee-men of the State, who have sent in 

 a large number of samples of their product. 

 There is not so much from the vicinity of 

 Lincoln as one would expect, but the re- 

 mainder of the State has done well, and 

 will do better in the future. 



M. Tower, of Lincoln, shows one case of 

 comb honey,two gallons of extracted honey, 

 and one colony of bees. 



Almon Tower, of Lincoln, shows the 

 same amount, smokers, and a colonies of 

 bees. 



Geo. F. Warren has two cases of comb 

 honey. 



Henry Patterson, of Humboldt, exhibits 

 two cases of comb honey, and 100 pounds of 

 extracted honey. 



Mrs. E. Whitcomb, of Friend, shows 20 

 pounds of fine granulated honey. 



A. V. Kouba, of Crete, has a case of comb 

 honey and 15 gallons of extracted honey, 2 

 nuclei colonies, queens, foundation mill, 

 and foundation, and one colony of bees. 



Ernest Bose, of Pleasant Dale, has a case 

 of comb honey. 



Mrs. E. J. Watterman, of Milford, has a 

 case of comb honey. 



Thos. Dolison, of Germantown, has ex- 

 tracted honey, one colony of bees. 



W. P. Dakin, of Lincoln, shows one col- 

 ony of bees. 



J.E. Rose, of Friend, shows a case of 

 comb honey and five gallons of extracted 

 honey. 



An exhibit that fills nearly halt of the 

 building is made by E. Kretchnier, of Co- 

 burg, Iowa. This is not a Nebraska ex- 

 hibit, but Coburg is but a few miles from 

 the border, and the State can almost claim 

 the display, which includes 300 different 

 articles in the line of bee-supplies alone, 

 embracing everything relating to practical 

 bee-culture; some 23 volumes on Dees and 

 honey, including nearly ail the literature of 

 the subject, two of the books being written 

 by Mr. Kretchnier ; a full colony of Italian 

 bees in working order, and a colony of bees 

 in a revolving observatory hive ; 600 pounds 

 of honey in jars, pails, bottles and recepta- 

 cles of all kinds, and also in the comb. 



The hives in the yard were weighed yes- 

 terday morning, and the increase for two 

 weeks was found to be as follows : A. V. 

 Kouba, 74 pounds ; M. Tower, 65 pounds ; 

 A.. Tower, 60 and 15, the bees from the lat- 

 ter hive having gone home ; Thos. Dobson, 

 40 and 43 pounds ; W. P. Dakin, 13 pounds, 

 these bees also having returned to their old 

 location. 



The building— the exhibit— the honey — 

 the implements— aW are very creditable to 

 the apiarists of that youthful State ; and 

 should stir up apiarists in older States to be 

 "up and doing" something to their credit 

 in the line of exhibiting their product. 



Colnnilms.— We do not refer to the 

 discoverer of America, but to the capital 

 city of the State of Ohio, where the next 

 meeting of the North American Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Society is to be held on Oct. 3 to 5— 

 NEXT ^VEEK. Dr. Mason, writing from the 

 grounds, has this to say to those intending 

 to go to Columbus, which should be read by 

 all who intend to go : 



Most of those who will attend will be 

 within the reach of reduced rates to the 

 Ohio Centennial Exposition. Let each one 

 intending to attend the convention inquire 

 at his railroad station about rates to the 

 Centennial ; and if there is no reduction 

 from that station, buy a round-trip ticket 

 to the nearest large town or city, and there 

 buy a round-trip ticket to the Centennial. 

 Most if not all such tickets will have a ticket 

 attached that will give one admission to the 

 Centennial Grounds. If the holder does not 

 care to use it, it can be disposed of for what 

 it cost. I do not know the rates from New 

 York, Toronto, St. Louis, Chicago, Louis- 

 ville, etc., but excursions are coming every 

 week. Fare from Toledo, to Columbus, 0., 

 (124 miles) is and will be 82..50 round trip. 



No reduced rates for board and lodging 

 have been made as yet ; but good meals can 

 be had for 25 cents, and lodging for from 25 

 cents.and up. It has been customary to get 

 reduced rates at what are called first-class 

 hotels, and the rates are frequently such 

 that only a few take advantage of them, the 

 remainder preferring to secure equally good 

 accommodations at other hotels and board- 

 ing houses at cheaper rates, so that the 

 social part of the convention is divided. 



The convention will meet in the State 

 House, in the hall of the House of Repre- 



sentatives, at U a.m., Oct. 3, and I shall try 

 to be prepared to refer all delegates to gooil 

 lodging and boarding places, at rates that 

 will best suit their pocket-books, and then 

 all can make the place of meeting " head- 

 quarters" for the social part. 



We have interviewed the Passenger 

 Agent, at Chicago, of the Pennsylvania 

 Lines (Pan Handle route), and he informs 

 ns that application has been made for re- 

 duced rates for the Bee-Keepers' Conven- 

 tion, and a rate of \}{ fare has been granted. 

 Tickets can be obtained at any station on 

 that route, on Sept. 29 and 30, and Oct. 1 and 

 2, by purchasing a full-fare ticket to Colum- 

 bus, O., and obtain with it a certificate from 

 the agent of such purchase. This certficate 

 must be counter-signed at the Convention 

 by its Secretary, and upon presentation of 

 this certificate, the ticket agent at Colum- 

 bus, O., will sell the return ticket at one- 

 third fare. 



The fare from Chicago to Columbus is 

 $9.20, and trains leave Chicago at 10:30 a.m. 

 and 8:30 p.m. 



Read these particulars carefully, for if 

 not strictly followed, no reduction can be 

 obtained. 



Fresh Viands or Hash !- The fol- 

 lowing is from a valued correspondent to 

 theAMEKiCAN Bee Journal, but as he 

 did not indicate whether it was for publica- 

 tion, or only for the Editor's private read- 

 ing, we omit his name. He wrote us some- 

 thing about tlie new edition of Prof. Cook's 

 Manual, and what itsaid aboutMr. Cheshire 

 and his book. Upon receiving our reply, 

 he wrote us as follows : 



Lest you may misunderstand me about 

 the Cook and Cheshire controversy, 1 will 

 just say that I am inclined to think that 

 Prof. Cook is correct when he says Che- 

 shire's BeeKeeping is a " compilation." It 

 is a magnificent compilation, however, and 

 a most beautiful book. 



I cannot help but meditate upon the de- 

 struction of idols. William Tell, whom 

 boys have so often tried to imitate, has 

 gone ; Shakespeare is laid on the shelf ; 

 Pocahontas is no more; Captain John Smith 

 and Miles Standish rest under suspicion ; 

 and now this atmosphere of doubt pervades 

 the bee-keeper's sanctum, and clothes him 

 with uncertainty as to whether he maybe 

 feasting on fresh viands, or only after all 

 subsisting on hash. 



As between Cook and Cheshire I shall tie 

 to the American at all hazards, until proper 

 treaties are established. 



If authors and inventors could forget 

 pecuniary interest, and seek only for that 

 which is right, best, and true, the Inneral 

 expenses of jealousy could be well afforded. 



That the beautiful volumes of Mr. Che- 

 shire's "Bees and Bee-Keeping" are under 

 ban, is true ; but their elegance, like charity, 

 covers a multitude of sins ! As a work of 

 art- as a triumph of the printer's art, both 

 in " letter press " and engraving— as a full 

 and complete treatise on the subject, the 

 work is a master-piece, and stands unex- 

 celled and unapproachable in any Country, 

 clime or language. We admit that it is 

 marred by jealous flings, inexcusable errors, 

 and uncredited cuUings, but these we charge 

 up to human weakness and frailty. 



