The Cambridge Meeting , 1894. 
451 
Jams and Preserved Fruits. 
There were 3 classes, embracing 10 entries, respecting 
which the Judge reports : — 
On the whole the jams and bottled fruits in this section are good. No. 
309 is particularly good — the fruit being whole and well preserved, but as 
there are only six different kinds of fruits in this collection, it cannot com- 
pare with Nos. 313 and 312 in this important respect. 
It is very unsatisfactory to find that there is such a small competition in 
this section. 
Hives and Honey. 
The entries exceeded the average number, there being in all 
222 entries disposed in 18 classes. Subjoined is the report : — 
The interest taken in bee-keeping was fully maintained during the week 
of the Cambridge Show, and it can, we think, be fairly claimed for this 
department, that it was one of the most attractive on the ground, if we may 
judge by the crowds of visitors who inspected the exhibits of honey and 
appliances, and attended the lectures on bee-keeping, illustrated with 
practical manipulations with live bees, in the bee tent. 
Everything in this department was exceedinglywell arranged, and great 
credit is due to those who had the management. 
In Class 302 there were two large collections of useful and well-manu- 
factured bee goods, containing all articles that are required to carry on 
scientific bee-keeping in the most approved manner. It would have been 
more satisfactory had there been a larger number of entries in tbis important 
class, but the educational value of the display was none the less thorough, 
seeing that every improvement in hive and appliance manufacture was 
embodied in the collections shown. 
In Classes 304 and 305, for hives, there was a cood entry, but nothing 
particularly new worthy of special notice. In most instances the hives were 
better made, and owing to the more general use of machinery, the prices 
quoted were very reasonable. 
On the part of a few manufacturers there is still a tendency to make hives 
too unwieldy and complicated for practical purposes. Particularly was this the 
casein those shown as “ Wells hives,” used for the double queen system, and 
we consider tbis tendency needs repressing. 
In the classes for honey the entries were larger than they have been for 
some years, but, owing to the cold and ungenial weather in May and part of 
June, several of the intending exhibitors had no honey to stage. Notwith- 
standing the adverse conditions for the storage of nectar, continued almost 
up to the date of the Show, sufficient honey had been gathered to make a 
very creditable display. 
Class 316, for granulated honey of 1893, was a strong class, and most 
keenly contested. The exhibits came from all parts of the kingdom, and were 
in such good condition and prime quality as to clearly establish the good 
keeping properties of British honey. 
In Class 318, for any practically useful inventions connected with bee- 
culture, there was nothing specially worthy of mention. 
In Class 319, for the most interesting and instructive exhibits, was one 
illustrating the easy and useful method of raising queen bees as practised 
in America and known as the Doolittle system. 
Taken as a whole, the exhibition will compare very favourably with other 
years. 
