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with, the general public. Shows are supposed to have 

 some standing as educational mediums, but under present 

 conditions little or no information is gained from the 

 displays. 



The majority of these societies stipulate that the pro- 

 duce exhibited shall be the property of the exhibitor and 

 be harvested during the current season, but this rule is 

 often violated. In February, 1914, the author attended an 

 Agricultural show of a Victorian pastoral society, at the 

 iavitation of the Committee to adjudicate in "Class S., 

 Apiculture." After sampling six or seven entries, a 

 sample of Eucalyptus honey (probably "Box" mixed 

 with "Stringy-bark") was encountered. ' Now all the 

 local honey was gathered from ground bloom such as 

 Clover, Thistles, etc., so this sample was a thing apart. 

 There was no option but to disqualify the exhibit. This 

 substitution is most reprehensible on the part of any 

 exhibitor, but at the time of writing it is too frequent. 

 The author when judging at the various shows has given 

 his decision by points, so that the exhibitors had an 

 opportunity to compare the various qualities. 



SHOW POINTS IN AUSTRALASIA. 



The Apiarists' Association of New South Wales 

 adopted the following scale of points that pretty well 

 "fills the bill," and it is worth the serious attention of 

 associations and societies in other States. 



Queen in an Obseevatoby Hive. 



Colour of queen . . . . . . 20 



Form of queen . . . . . 20 



Size of queen . . . . . 20 



Purity of bees {e.g., Evenness of size 



and colour of progeny) . . . . 40 



Honey (Candied). 



Flavour . . . . . . . . 50 



Colour . . . . . . . 30 



Eegularity of grain . . . . 20 



