. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 330 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Honey and Bee Shows. The season for these shows is ap- proaching, and, as they do more in educating the people concerning tlie uses of honey and its consumption than almost anything else, we liope that bee-keepers throughout ttiecoiui- try will take special interest in them, and make an exhibit at every Fair open to them, which will be alike creditable to them and the Fairs whose managers show a desire to foster the honey exhibits. Last fall, Mr. C. H. Lake made an exhibit atthe Virginia State Fairthat was tlie. qrcat att
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 330 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Honey and Bee Shows. The season for these shows is ap- proaching, and, as they do more in educating the people concerning tlie uses of honey and its consumption than almost anything else, we liope that bee-keepers throughout ttiecoiui- try will take special interest in them, and make an exhibit at every Fair open to them, which will be alike creditable to them and the Fairs whose managers show a desire to foster the honey exhibits. Last fall, Mr. C. H. Lake made an exhibit atthe Virginia State Fairthat was tlie. qrcat attraction, and aided much which was sent to this office by Mr. Lake last fall, and is now in our office album. The lirst person shown on the right is Mr. Lake, the manager of the apiary, the others being some friend and assistants. In this tent he had a large display of bees and hives, as well as a quan- tity of honey, both comb and extrac- ted. A correspondent remarks as follows concerning this exhibit: "'He took the premium on a lot of button- bush lioney that was the whitest I ever saw. He also showed the three races of bees, and one imported Ital- ian queen tliat breeds bees with the white bands like the so-called albinos; append two extracts from the Rich- mond dailies of last November. They are as follows : The exhibit of the Sunny Side Api- ary, of Baltimore, deserves more than what the newspapers have said about it. Mr. U. II. Lake is the manager, and was very busy yesterday showing the workings of his new hives, which are considered by bee-keepers to be the best made. Mr. Lake exhibited Cyprian, Holy Land or Syrian, and the two species of Italian bees. From one colony '2i0 pounds of honey was obtained in six weeks.—Dcuij/ Whig. One of the attractions at the Fair is tlie exhibition of Mr. Charles H. Lake, manager of the Sunny Side Apiary at Baltimore, Md. This gen-. LUit' ; llul I jiiiiiiiiiaBaaiiia BEE TENT OF C. H. LAKE'S APIARIAN EXHIBIT AT BALTIMORE, MD. i
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