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Prizes for Cider, Bees and Hives. 
Reference 
Number in 
Certificates. 
CIDER. 
*Cask of not less than 54 gallons made in the 
Autumn of 1878 (Herefordshire and West Mid- 
land Coimties) 
*Cask of not less than 54 gallons made in the 
Autumn of 1878 (Devonshire and Western 
Counties) 
""Champion Prize of £5 for the best cask. Open to all 
England. 
bottles (Herefordshire and 
bottles (Devonshire and 
*Three dozen quart 
West Midland) .. 
*Three dozen quart 
Western Counties) 
"'Champion Prize of £5 for the best three dozen bottles. 
Open to all England. 
AU Cider to be made by the Exhibitor, of his own 
produce. 
BEES AND HIVES. 
(British or Foreign.) 
ti'or the best Observatory Hive, stocked with Bees 
and their Queen, all combs to be visible on both 
sides 
fFor the best Hive, on the movable comb principle, 
with covering and stand 
fFor the best Exhibition of Pure Honey in sectional 
supers — each section to be separable, and not 
more than 3 lbs. in weight, the total weight of 
each entry not to be less than 12 lbs. The 
Honey to be submitted to analysis, if required 
by the Judges or Stewards 
fFor the Competitor who shall in the neatest, 
quickest, and most complete manner drive out 
the Bees from a straw skep, capture and exhibit 
the Queen, and transfer both combs and Bees 
into a Hive on the movable comb principle. 
Competitors to provide their own Bees and 
Hives. No veils or gloves to be worn .. 
In each of the Classes 374, 375, and 376, a Hive of 
British Manufacture, with cover and stand com- 
plete, on the movable comb principle, wiU be 
presented to the Foreign Competitor to whom the 
Judges shall award the highest honours. 
* Offered by INI. Biddulph, Esq., M.P. 
t t)ircrtd by the liritish Bee-kuepers' Association. 
