The Doneader Meeiing. 
479 
Hives axd Hoxey. 
The four Judges (the Eev. J. F. Buckler, Mr. W. B. Carr, 
Mr. Jesse Garratt, and Mr. Walter Martin) who officiated in 
this section, have sent the following report : — 
TV Rpo TlM iMtmfwt nf tha Show wM thia jBT aJmirah ly laid nut, and 
it woold 1» diwalt to si^gert anf infroTeinaa in the mel^^ 
either die boney or the ^pplianeesL 
"Die jhn &Ilawed had the doable adTantage alloirii^g far the con- 
wmeiit inspectioa of the Tanoos artieles hy be&4DBqien and otheis specially 
inte geeted, while not inteileriiig with free locooiotion on the part of Ae great 
body of viaton. The ekee piumimii y oS the lectniing tent was also Tcry 
adTantageoos; isdeed the whole amngements of the d^aitment were mast 
creditable to the offiriab whu had them in ehaige. 
The entries in the more important classes were coaiadeiaUy better than 
last year, notably in those for eofleetions of bee appliances, obsesratory hires 
stocked with bee% and nsefid inrentions; the exhibits in these three 
elaases being aboat dooUe the nnmba staged at I^ymooth. Beferring to 
Claas 901 for obeemtoiy hires, we would suggest the introduction in next 
year's sdhedule of a nde ma ting it eompolsory that ''all hires exhibited 
with lirii^ bees ^hall hare fadlities £ar and be staged ao that the bees shall 
hare free egress and ii^nss the refr om.^ This would do away with the 
almost cmd practice of staging hires in which the bees are impikoned 
doiii^ the whole time the Show continues. Sereral hires ctf the latter type 
were shown at Doncaster, and as usual eaneed the death of some bnndreda 
of the bees confined dievein. 
'While bearing testiniooy to the genezal exedlence of the workmanship 
inmost of the goods dhown, we may ctmfine our remarks to the conaidefation 
of sndi aitides in each elass as possess some daim to originality, or improre- 
ment on what has been shown before. In this connection it was noticeaUe 
that the tetribfy sererc winter of 1890-91, and die consequent heary 
mortality amoi^ bees, has had some influence in enoouragii^ the mannfiio 
tnre of hires rritb a loose outer case, for the protection <rf bees against the 
weather, both first and Second Pmes in Class 302 "For the best hire for 
general use" beiug awarded to hires of this type. In Class 301, fiw Honey 
Extractors, the madiine taking first place had attached to it — ^for use n 
deared — a norehy in the di^e of an " extra chain gearing" amUar to those 
used on cydii^ machines, but we doubt if the adrantage gained is worth the 
extra cost oitailed, many nraetieal men l yefer tii^ the ample and direct 
action of a handle attadiea to the central rod of the rerolriiig cage. Class 
305 for sectiim racks produced eight ottries, the highest award beii^ giien to 
one with hai^ng-fcamea in which the sections were worked, instead of the 
ordinary rack. The idea is not a new one, but the box shown claimed to 
remedy the defects of prerions ones of the same type. 
In the class for rapid-feeders, some good ones were shown, and we are 
pleased to obeerre that makers are still endesronrii^ to improre this useful 
adjunct to the Apiary. In Class 312 for usefnl^rentions, there were fifteeai 
entries, the most important, £rom a commercial point of riew, being a hire 
in which the sereral parts are held together by a twin-doretafl joint almost 
entirely without the use of nails. The idea of the designer is to hare these 
hirea cut by macfainoy and srait out in the flat, so that bee-keepers may 
build in> tluar hires at hom^ and thereby save cost of labour and carriage. 
There is no doubt tltat a firm and rigid joint is secuitd by the stotit anqle- 
