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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ July 29, 1880. 
dents should throw out ideas calculated to prevent its more 
general adoption.— George A. Procter, Hector of Tullamclan. 
Mr. Raitt of Blairgowrie, on page 62, invites bee-keepers to 
state their experience with comb foundation. I have used the 
comb foundations made by Mr. Raitt and supplied to me by Mr. 
Abbott for two seasons, and 1 can confidently recommend it to 
all intelligent bee-keepers, but I cannot advise them to follow in 
the footsteps of Mr. Pettigrew. I have used some hundreds of 
sections fitted with strips of foundation, and I think in only one 
instance have I found the foundation fallen down ; that was owing 
no doubt to the melted wax being too cold to adhere firmly to 
the wood. I certainly was very much surprised on reading Mr. 
Pettigrew’s experience with foundations to think that he should 
have commenced in such a cart-before-the-horse style, by which 
no one could hope to succeed.—P. Skinner, Swanley. 
BRITISH BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION’S SHOW. 
The sixth annual Show of this Association is now being held at 
the Royal Horticultural Gardens, South Kensington, and will be con¬ 
tinued until Tuesday, August 2nd. Our general analysis must he 
reserved until next issue ; suffice it now to say that progress marks 
the whole Exhibition, while even those who are not novices in bee¬ 
keeping still wonder that so much room is found for ingenuity and 
inventiveness in winning the little busy bees into doing the will of 
their masters while they are made to believe they are doing their own. 
The exhibits of honey are large and beautiful, and when we remem¬ 
ber the grand supers the Chairman of the Committee exhibited in 
1874, and compare them with the quality of the exhibits of many even 
in the cottager class now, we are impressed with the fact that the 
Association has not existed in vain. It is not too much to say that 
the average of the sections of honey in the collection far surpass in 
quality and appearance the best of those sent to us across the 
Atlantic. The present year has been favourable for honey, and has 
clearly shown that our bee-keepers are rapidly learning not only how 
to manage bees so as to secure surplus, but also how to secure that 
surplus in the most inviting form. Foreign comb honey of course 
suffers in appearance in the transit; but even making allowance for 
this, we think the present Show proves conclusively that the home¬ 
grown article need fear no competition. The Hon. Secretary, the 
Rev. Herbert Peel, so organised the whole Show that everything fell 
into its proper place, and the bee tent with its displays and lectures 
is as attractive as ever. 
The Conversazione was held on the evening of Tuesday in the 
conservatory, when the subject of the relations of bees to flowers 
was opened by Mr. Cheshire, who is also delivering a course of lectures 
on bees and bee-keeping at the gardens. The next lectures will take 
place at 3.30, on the afternoons of August 10th and 24th. 
The following is the prize list:— 
HIVES and BEES.— For the Best Frame Hive. —1, IV Hunt, 2, IV.JMartin. For 
the Best Stock of Ligurian Bees.— I, S. J. Baldwin. 2, Neighbour & Son. For the 
Best Stock of Cyprian Bees.—I, Abbott Bros. For the Best Stock of other Foreign 
Bees. —1, Neighbour & Son. 2, Abbott Bros. For the Best Hive for Observation 
Purposes.— 1, Abbott Bros. 2, R. Scott. For the Best Comb Hive.— 1, Neighbour 
and Son. 2, Abbott Bros. 3, AAL Hollands, c, J. Clapp. For the Best Frame Hive, 
Price not to exceed 15i.—1, Green & Sons. 2, J. M. Hooker. 3, S. J. Baldwin, c, W. 
Hollands. For the most Economical Htve, on the Moveable Comb Principle, for 
Cottagers' use. Price not to exceed 10.?. 6 d. —1, Green & Sons. 2, R. McGregor. 3, 
AV. Hollands, c, H. Parson. For the Best Straw Hive fo> Depriving Purposes, 
Price not to exceed 5s. — 1 , T. Sells For the Best Supers for Harvesting Honey in the 
Comb in a Saleable Form.— 1 , Green & Sons. 2, J. M. Hooker. 3, J. Clapp. 
HONEY.— For the Best Exhibition of Super Honey from one Apiary—l, AV. E. 
Warren. 2, S. Thorne. 3, Rev. E. Bartrum. For the Best Super of Honey. The 
Super to be of Wood, Straw, or of Wood in combination with Glass or Straw.— 
1, S. Thorne 2, W. E. Bacon. 3, W. H. Dimman. 4, Rev. E. Bartrum. 5 and c, 
Mrs. Leigh Spencer. For the Best Glass Super of Honey.— l, Row. F. G. Jenyns. 
2 and 3, W. Sells. 4, R. Scott. 5, W. E. Warren. For the Best Exhibition of Comb 
Honey in Sections, each not more than 3 lbs. in weight, the total weight of each entry 
not to be less than 20 lbs— 1, J. Thorne. 2, S. Thorne. 3. T. W. Cowan. 4 , W. E. 
Glasses, not to exceed 2 lbs. each.— I, R. Scott. 2, F. H. Lemare. 3, S. Thorne. 4, W. 
Sells, c, J. Walton. 
English Comb FOUNDATION.— For the Best Sample of Comb Foundation 
(worker cells) made of pure Bees' Wax, not less than 10 lbs. in weight, manufactured 
in the United Kingdom, with price per pound attached. -1, W. Raitt. 
COTTAGERS’ CLASSES.— For Ole Largest and Best Exhibition of Comb Honey, the 
property erf one Exhibitor, and gathered by his own Bees.— 1, P. Skinner. 2, M. Free- 
man. 3, T. Sells. For the Best Super of Honeit.—l, P. Skinner. l.H. Ellingham. 
3, M. Wood. 4, T. Sells. For the Largest and Best Exhibition of Comb Honey in 
Sections, each Section not to exceed 3 lbs. in Weight.— I, P. Skinner. 2, W. Martin. 
3, W Hunt. 4, T. Sells. For the Best Exhibition of Run or Extracted Honey in 
small glass jars not to exceed 2 lbs. each ; total weight of each entry not to be less than 
10 lbs. — 1 , J. Walton. 2, P. Skinner. 3, M. Wood'. 4, T. Sells. 
Foreign and COLONIAL Classes.— For the Best Exhibition of Run or Ex¬ 
tracted Honey in glass jars, not to exceed 2 lbs. each— 2 , Lucio Pagiia. For the Best 
Sample of Comb Foundation.— Bronze Medals, Newman & Sons. 
COMESTIBLES.— For the Best Mead or Metheglin made from Honey, with Recipe 
attached.—1. Abbott Bros. 2, R. Scott. 
MISCELLANEOUS.— For the Best and Largest Collection of Hives and Bee Furni- 
tude. 1, Neighbour & Son. For the Best Honey Extractor .—1, T. W. Cowan. 
2, J. Walton. 3, Abbott Bros. For the Finest Sample of pure Bees’ Wax, not less 
than 3 lbs.in Weight .produced by the Exhibitor’s own Bees.— 1, W. Hunt. 2, W. Sells. 
—Silver Medal, John J. Hunter. For the Best and Largest Display of British Bee 
Flora in a dried stale or otherwise.— Silver Medal, W. Ingram. Bronze Medal, 
A. E. Gibbs. For the Best Set of Diagrams illustrating the Honey Bee. —Bronze 
Medal, Abbott Bros. 
Driving Competition.— l, J. Walton (4 min. 15 see.). 2, J. Fillee (4 min 
15 sec.). 3, W. Hunt (8 min. 35 sec.) 
OUR LETTER BOX. 
Fowls Diseased (J/. F. (?.).—You had better treat them as directed by 
Mr. Moffat as follows :—The head may be bathed with warm water, or milk and 
water, and carefully dried afterwards; warm but airy lodgings must be pro¬ 
vided, and boiled potatoes or oatmeal made into paste with milk given for food ; 
and occasionally a clove of garlic beat up with a little of the oatmeal paste and 
made into pills may be put down their throats. Keep the fowls infected sepa¬ 
rated from those not infected. 
Cork (R. M.j. —If the Pheasants peck out pieces of it we do not think 
any injury will occur to the birds. 
Much Swarming (C. D.). — You have not had an unusual number of 
swarms out of your four hives. In many cottage gardens may be seen as many 
as twelve or more stocks at the end of a season where only three hives had 
survived the winter. Of course such swarming is much to be deprecated, as it 
necessarily involves a proportionate failure in the honey harvest. If you had 
put your swarms in the place of the parent hives you would probably now have 
only eight stocks instead of nine. Less than one swarm out of each hive you 
could hardly have expected. Giving supers will not prevent swarming. Bees 
will even swarm before they have filled the parent hive—we had an instance in 
our apiary this season. Your high-growing Peas are too near your hives, 
but we do not think they have anything to do with their swarming. As to 
“ burning ” your bees with sulphur, it is a barbarous plan and utterly unprofit¬ 
able. Drive the bees out of the hive to be plundered and join them at night to 
a neighbour’s stock. 
Grubs in Hive (Me. Af). —The specimens of grubs thrown out were duly 
received. The hive is not foul-broody, but is turning out drones in all stages, 
from the termination of the larval condition to the time of gnawing out. 
The causes may be either singly or in combination, shortness of provisions, 
excess of drone comb, or an old queen. Feed gently and the difficulty will cease, 
but the cause should be sought and removed. 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
CAMDEN SQUARE, LONDON. 
Lat. 51°32'40"N.; Long. 0° 8'0" AV.; Altitude.il 1 feet. 
DATE. 
9 A.M. 
IN THE DAY. 
Rain. 
1 
1880. 
July. 
1 Barome- 
! ter at 32° 
i and Sea 
Level 
Hygrome¬ 
ter. 
Direction 
ofAVind. 
Temp, of 
Soil at 
1 foot. 
Shade Tem¬ 
perature. 
Radiation 
Temperature. 
Dry. 
AVet. 
Max. 
Min. 
In 
sun. 
On 
grass. 
Inches. 
deg. 
deg. 
deg. 
deg. 
deg. 
deg. 
deg. 
In. 
Sun. 18 
29.941 
65.0 
59.5 
AV. 
62.0 
75.1 
57.2 
122.0 
55.0 
— 
Mon. 19 
30.005 
0t,4 
59.0 
N.AV. 
62.0 
74.0 
5G.1 
125.1 
53.3 
0.010 
Tues. 20 
30.087 
66.0 
60.3 
N.AV. 
62.1 
7G 4 
54.0 
132.0 
51.2 
0.033 
AVed. 21 
30.070 
64.5 
60.7 
N. 
62.6 
75.4 
54.3 
119.4 
50.4 
0128 
Tliurs. 22 
29.99(» 
59.0 
57.2 
E.S.E. 
62.0 
72.G 
54.3 
105.6 
50.0 
0.020 
Friday 23 
30.M0 
66.9 
58.0 
S.AV. 
61.2 
77.6 
55.9 
121.7 
52.3 
— 
Satnr. 24 
29.910 
65.6 
59.3 
N. 
62.0 
76.2 
56.0 
126.9 
52.9 
0.012 
Means. 
30.001 
64.5 
59.1 
62.0 
75.3 
55.4 
121.8 
52.2 
0.208 
REMARKS. 
18th.—Pine day with bright sunshine in forenoon, slight shower 3.30 P.M., fine 
evening. 
19th.—Fine bright breezy day ; slight shower 1 P.M., brilliant evening. 
20th.—Very fine bright day throughout; clear moonlight night. 
21st.—Very dull, hazy, close, morning ; bright for a short time at noon, but 
generally overcast; thunder occasionally from 3 P.M., heavy shower at 
6.30 P.M., moonlight night. 
22nd.—Very thick, damp, morning ; afternoon fine ; fair evening. 
23rd.—Very fine bright day throughout. 
24th.—Morning dull and overcast with short slight shower, fine afterwards. 
Rather fine week, with very equable and somewhat higher temperatures. The 
extreme difference between the daily maxima was only 5° (72.6’ to 77.6°), and 
between the daily minima it was even less, being only 3.2° (54.0° to 57.2°).— 
G. J. SYMONS. 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET.—JULY 28. 
SOFT fruit being now nearly over our market presents a less busy appearance, 
and prices remain with little or no alteration. 
FRUIT. 
S. d. S. d. 
Apples. i sieve 2 6 to 4 6 
Apricots. box 10 2 6 
Cherries. if it. 0 4 10 
Chestnuts. bushel 12 0 16 0 
Figs. dozen 2 0 4 0 
Filberts. ^lb. 0 0 10 
Cobs. fit O 0 10 
Gooseberries .... 4 sieve 2 6 4 0 
Grapes . ^ lb l 6 3 0 
Lemons. If 100 6 0 10 0 
Melons . each 2 0 4 0 
s. d. s. d. 
Artichokes. dozen 2 0to4 0 
Asparagus. bundle 0 0 0 0 
Beans.Kidney.... if lb. 0 6 0 9 
Beet, Red. dozen 10 2 0 
Broccoli. bundle 0 9 16 
Brussels Sprouts.. J sieve 0 0 0 0 
Cabbage. dozen 0 6 10 
Carrots. bunch 0 4 0 6 
Capsicums. If 100 1 6 2 0 
Cauliflowers. dozen 0 0 3 6 
Celery . bundle 16 2 0 
Cole worts_doz. bunches 2 0 4 0 
Cucumbers. each 0 4 0 6 
Endive. dozen 10 2 0 
Fennel. hunch 0 3 0 0 
Garlic . if lb. 0 6 0 0 
Herbs . bunch o 2 0 0 
Leeks...... hunch 0 0 4 
s. d. s. d. 
Nectarines. dozen 2 OtolO o 
Oranges . ^ 100 4 0 12 0 
Peaches . dozen 3 0 10 0 
Pears,kitchen .. dozen 0 0 0 0 
dessert. dozen 0 0 0 0 
Pine Apples .... fib 1 0 3 0 
Plums . J sieve 0 0 0 0 
Raspberries .... if lb. 0 3 0 G 
Strawberries.... if lb. 0 6 10 
AValnuts . bushel 0 0 0 0 
ditto . If 100 0 0 0 0 
!LES. 
s. s. d. 
Mushrooms . dozen 1 0 to 1 6 
Mustard*Cress .. punnet 0 2 0 3 
Onions. bushel 3 6 5 0 
pickling. quart 0 0 0 9 
Parsley. doz. bunches 6 0 0 0 
Parsnips. dozen 10 2 n 
Peas . quart 0 10 13 
Potatoes. bushel 3 9 4 0 
Kidney... bushel 4 0 0 o 
Radishes.... doz.bunches 16 2 6 
Rhubarb. bundle 0 4 0 0 
Salsaiy. bundle 10 0 0 
Scorzonera . bundle 16 0 0 
Seakale . basket 0 0 0 0 
Shallots. fit 0 3 0 0 
Spinach . bushel 3 0 0 0 
Turnips . bunch 0 4 0 0 
Vegetable Marrows each 0 2 o 0 
