. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 584 THE AMERICAN BEE JOJENAL. for the American Bee Journal. Ohio Bee and Honey Show. EAKLE CLICKENGER. As I had the honor of being the Superintendent of the Apiarian De- partment at the Ohio State Fair, which began on Aug. 31,1 would say that our sliow of bee-products was not as large as usual, on account of al- most an entire failure of honey in central Ohio. The main premiums were awarded as follows: For the finest case of comb honey. Brigham & Chiyburgh. of New Lon- don, O.; display of comb honey, A. S. Goodrich, of Worlhington; display of extr
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 584 THE AMERICAN BEE JOJENAL. for the American Bee Journal. Ohio Bee and Honey Show. EAKLE CLICKENGER. As I had the honor of being the Superintendent of the Apiarian De- partment at the Ohio State Fair, which began on Aug. 31,1 would say that our sliow of bee-products was not as large as usual, on account of al- most an entire failure of honey in central Ohio. The main premiums were awarded as follows: For the finest case of comb honey. Brigham & Chiyburgh. of New Lon- don, O.; display of comb honey, A. S. Goodrich, of Worlhington; display of extracted honey. Dr. II. IJesse, of Delaware; display of comb and ex- tracted honey, ; manip- ulation of a full colony of bees, C. A. Jones, of Delaware; best nucleus of Italian bees, the Superintendent of the Apiarian Department; display of <}ueeii-bees, A;'.ion Benedict, of Ben- nington; sample of beeswax, Mrs. Jennie Culp. of Ililliard; beeswax ex- tractor, J. W. Newlove. of Columbus. The bee-keepers held tlieir meet ings in the Apiarian Hall, the con vention being culled to order by the President, Mr. A. I. Boot. As iheie was no important business to be transacted, the time was occupied in discussing topics that were of in terest to bee-keepers. Columbus,© O., Sept. 9, 1885. Farmer's Advocate Method of Transferring Bees. G. B. JONES. My method of transferring bees from a box-hive : ('hoose a warm sunny day, when the bees are very busy on apple bloom. In the shade of a tree or building some 200 feet from the bees, prepare a table or box to work on. Have a milk pan, tv\o large meat-dishes, a dish-pan lialf full of water, and a pail of water iieai also two or three dish-towels, a lioney knife, a large rough knife, and a pruning or pocket knife. You will need, too, an old chisel and a hatchet. Transferring Botird. or hammer, a transferring board, and a good supply of transferring sticks. Without the board you cannot do good work, and the sticks will pay their cost s
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