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Bees must be exhibited in such shape that 

 each comb may be seen on both sides. 



1st 2d M 



Most attractive display of comb 

 honey $ 35 20 10 



Specimen of comb honey, not less 

 than twenty pounds, quality and 

 manner of putting up for market 

 to be considered 10 5 



Most attractive display of ex- 

 tracted honey 35 20 10 



Specimen of extracted honey, not 

 less than twenty pounds, quality 

 and manner of putting up for 

 market to be considered 10 5 



Most attractive display of beeswax 20 10 



Specimen of beeswax, not less than 

 ten pounds, soft, bright yellow 

 wax to be given the preference G 3 



Single-comb nucleus Italian bees 10 5 



Single-comb nucleus black bees 10 5 



Single-comb nucleus Syrian bees 10 5 



Single-comb nucleus Carniolan 

 bees 10 5 



SWEEPSTAKES ON BEES. 



Display, in single-comb nuclei, of 

 the greatest variety of the differ- 

 ent races of bees 10 5 



Collection of queen bees, of differ- 

 ent varieties 1(3 8 



Honey vinegar, not less than one 

 gallon, shown in glass G 3 



Specimen of comb foundation for 

 use in the brood-chamber (! 8 



Specimen of comb foundation for 

 use in section boxes (! 3 



Comb foundation, for use in the 

 brood-chamber, made on the 

 grounds 20 10 



Comb foundation, for use in sec- 

 tion boxes, made on the grounds 20 10 



SWEEPSTAKES. 



The largest, best, most interesting, 

 attractive and instructive exhi- 

 bition in this department, all 



things considered 35 20 10 



In the first place, let's don't offer any pre- 

 mium on lying. Never compel the judge to 

 take an exhibitor's word for anything. Let 

 the article exhibited show for itself. Don't 

 offer premiums on samples of different kinds 

 of honey, when they can be so easily gotten 

 up for the occasion by mixing. Don't put 

 at the head of the list such requirements as : 

 "Honey must be this season's crop." or 

 "Must be the product of the exhibitor." 



when there is no way of knowing whether 

 they are lived up to. For this same reason, 

 we would offer no premiums on "honey 

 candies," "pastry made with honey," or 

 on "fruits preserved in honey." Deception 

 in these matters is so easy and detection so 

 diificult. In offering premiums on displays 

 of honey and wax, we would omit the word 

 "largest," using simply the word "attract- 

 ive." We think this expresses all that is 

 needed. Size would, of course, be one fac- 

 tor in making a display attractive, but a 

 small display might be so skillfully arranged 

 as to be more attractive than a larger one. 

 The larger of two displays, equally attractive 

 in other respects, would, of course, bear off 

 the palm. We think bee-keepers would prefer 

 to have " supplies " included in the premium 

 list, but the managers of fairs have decided 

 against offering premiums on implements, 

 on account of the difficulty of securing sat- 

 isfactory decisions, and will not allow hives, 

 extractors, and the like, to be placed upon 

 the list. The best we can do is to have a 

 "sweepstakes" premium offered upon the 

 largest and best exhibition ; thru supplies 

 will count. 



Mr. Cutting suggests that the forego- 

 ing list be brought before the Michigan 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association when it 

 meets at Lansing next December ; that it be 

 discussed at length and finally sent out, as 

 approved by that body, to all societies offer- 

 ing premiums on bees and honey. 



BEES ALONE, OK " MIXED ; " IF THE LATTEK, 

 WHAT WITH V 



Time was when many of the industries 

 were represented in one family. Flax and 

 wool were grown, spun and worked up into 

 cloth, and made into clothing. Cows were 

 kept and cheese as well as butter made for 

 home-use. Poultry and a few stocks of bees 

 added to the comforts of the household. But 

 there is no need of going into detail : every 

 one knows how people lived 100 years ago. 

 Cheap and rajiid transporation has en- 

 couraged the invention of machinery, the 

 building of factories and the classification of 

 labor. This has brought about specialty. 

 No one disputes that this condition of things 

 is better ; by it our comforts are more than 

 trebled. Some industries branched out as 

 specialties much sooner than others. Bee- 

 keeping was among the later ones. At last, 

 however, it is becoming recognized as an in- 



