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(of Pukekohe) had very fine and large 

 exhibits of comb honey in sections, and 

 the former had as well a very ingenious 

 shipping crate for comb honey calculated 

 to prevent damage to its contents. 



Messrs. Hani on (of Whangarei) and 

 Blaekwell (of tlie Great Barrier) staged 

 very neatly got-up packages of extracted 

 and comb honey. 



Mr. 6. Stevenson (of Gisborne) was 

 very unfortunate in losing his very fine 

 exhibit while on its way to Auckland on 

 board the s.s. Thomas Russell, which was 

 wrecked. Xot to be beaten altogether, 

 Mr. Stevenson made up another very fine 

 exihibit of extracted honey in tins and 

 glass, comb honey, and comb foundation, 

 although, as he said, as an exhibit it was 

 much inferior to the one that was 

 lost. 



Messrs. Bagnall Bros, staged a com- 

 plete outfit of all apiary appliances, and 

 also Italian bees and queens, and a 

 stocked observatory hive, which created 

 great interest among visitors. 



Mr. G. Epping, of Jv^ormanby, also sent 

 a fine exhibit of comb-foundation of two 

 grades, but unfortunately it was delayed 

 on the road, and did not arrive till after 

 the close of the show. 



THE PRIZE LIST AND AWAEiDS. 



Although the cash value of the prizes 

 ■offered was not very extravagant, the 

 list indicates a worthy effort on the part 

 of the Assoedation to provide something 

 to aim for. The following- is the list of 

 prizes and awards, which has not been 

 equalled at any similar show held 

 since : — 



(Judges, McsBrs. J. Newland and E. 

 Parsons.) 



s. a. s. d. 



Best Italian queen, accom- 

 panied by some of her 

 progeny; 1 entry. Messrs. 

 Bagnall Bros., 1 20 10 



Best queen of any other race, 

 accompanied by some of her 

 progeny; no entry 10 5 



Best and largest display of 

 bees of any race; no entry 20 10 



Finest extracted honey, not 

 less than 201b; 3 entries. 

 I. Hopkins, 1; G. Steven- 

 son, 2 10 5 



Largest display of extracted 

 honey; 1 entry. I. Hopkins, 

 1 20 10 



Finest comb honev in sec- 

 tions, not less than 201b; 

 5 entries. I, Hopkins, 1; 

 W. Beloe, 2 10 ,5 



s. d. s. d. 



Largest display of comb honey 

 in sections; 2 entries. W. 

 Beloe, 1; I. Hopkins, 2. .. 20 10 



Best and neatest got up 

 packages of extracted honey 

 for marketing; 4 entries. I. 

 Hopkins, 1 ; G. Blaekwell, 2. 15 5 



Best and neatest got up 

 packages of comb honey for 

 marketing; 3 entries, J. 

 ■Collins, 1; W. Beloe, 2 15 5 



Best hive for comb honey 

 with surplus arrangements; 

 1 entry. Bagnall Bros, and 

 Co., 1 10 



Best hive for extracted honey, 

 with surplus arrangements; 

 1 entry. Bagnall Bros, and 

 Co., 1 10 



Best hive for observatory 

 purposes, stocked with bees 

 and queen; 2 entries. Bag- 

 nall Bros, and Co., 1 15 



Best collection of apiarian 

 appliances; 1 entry. Xo 

 award 



Best comb foundation for 

 brood and extracting frames, 

 manufactured in Australas- 

 ian colonies; 3 entries. I. 

 Hopkins, 1; no 2nd award. 10 



Best comb foundation for 

 sections manufactured in 

 the Australasian Colonies; 

 3 entries. I. Hopkins, 1; 

 G. Stevenson, 2; 10 5 



Best shipping crate for comb 

 honey; 2 entries. J. Col- 

 lins, 1, no 2nd award 5 



As I have always strongly advocated 

 the taking advantage by our Associa- 

 tions ■of our principal Agricultural and 

 Pastoral Association's winter shows to 

 make large and attractive exhibits of 

 iione3', etc., as an advertisement of our 

 industry, I thought it advisable to give 

 pretty full particulars of our pioneer 

 efforts in this direction of over thirty 

 years ago, as an incentive to our present 

 Beekeepers' Association to do likewise. 



OTI-IER DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 



The establishment of the New Zealand 

 Beekeepers' Association acted as a 

 stimulus in the foi-mation of others, not 

 only in New Zealand, ibiit also in Aus- 

 tralia. Mr. A. E. Bonney, a prominent 

 beekeeper in South Australia, n\ith whom 

 I was in frequent ■correspondence, was 

 instrumental in calling a meeting of per- 

 sons interested in beekeeping, which was 

 held at the Chamber of Manufactures 

 Hall, Adelaide, on July 11, 1884. A 

 strong assocdaltion was formed, with the 

 Hon. R. D. Ross, M.P., as president, and 

 Mr. A. E. Bonney secretary. 



