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HONEY EXHIBITS 
Suggestion for a beeswax exhibit at state fairs. 
cartons and shipping cases; and yellow 
cakes of wax should be shown in a variety 
of shapes. 
In one’of the illustrations will be seen a 
large pyramid of beeswax, supporting on 
its several shelves packages of honey, the 
whole surmounted by the bust of a goddess. 
A series of square shallow boxes are made 
of such sizes that, when piled one on top 
of another, they form a perfect pyra¬ 
mid. These are completely covered with 
sheet wax having the edges that come in 
contact nicely cemented together with a 
hot iron. The letters are cut out of inch 
boards with a jigsaw, after which they are 
dipped in hot wax, and secured with nails 
to the pyramid. The next thing to make is 
the goddess of liberty, or the bust of a 
prominent man. These in plaster can usu¬ 
ally be purchased at any of the stores for 
a small sum of money, and, after being 
dipped in hot wax, give a very fine wax 
figure. 
Besides the exhibit of honey in various 
styles of packages, there should be a col¬ 
lection of bee-supplies, so that when the 
interested persons come along with their 
string of questions, they can be shown step 
by step the process of producing honey and 
its final putting-up for market. A good 
many questions will be asked in regard to 
the extractor. It will be called a churn, a 
washing-machine, and everything else ex¬ 
cept what it really is. This should be ex¬ 
plained. There should.be one or more ob¬ 
servatory hives to show how bees behave 
when at home, and particularly the queen. 
Very much can be done by having a 
glass hive and live bees, with an entrance 
communicating outdoors thru the sides of 
the building where the exhibit is made. 
What is equally good, or perhaps better, is 
a one-frame nucleus having glass sides, 
making, as it is called, an observatory hive. 
This should contain one frame of nice 
healthy brood, regular and perfect comb, 
