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and syrups, and supplemented by a cake or two of black 

 dirty wax, describes the honey exhibit at most of our fairs 

 to-day. The premiums range from twenty-five cents to fifty 

 cents. 



WHAT SHOULD WE HAVE? 



Our industry demands a separate building, filled with tons, 

 not pounds, of honey, and exhibiting every thing that is valu^ 

 able in modern apiculture. In one corner of the building 

 there should be a room (Fig. 119) partitioned ofl" with mosquito 



Fig. 119. 



netting, or wire cloth, where the bees should be exhibited, 

 and where daily manipulation at a certain time should take 

 place. Openings through the wall of the building (Fig. 120 

 B. G. etc.) should permit the bees to fly entirely outside the 

 building, or if the building is at the margin of the grounds 

 entirely outside the limits of the fair. It should be arranged 

 with the managers that sales of honey and all apparatus be 



