. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 232 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER November while not large was sufficiently com- prehensive to be of educational value. Many kinds and colors of honey were shown, ranging all the way from light and delicate apple and clover honey to that as black as Porto Rico molasses. The first prize for extracted honey went to Mr. J. S. Whittemore, of I^ei- cester, Mass., for honey from apple bloom. It certainly was as near per- fection as we need ever ask. The sec- ond prize went to Mr. Shepard, of Sturbridge, for white clover, and the There was a sample section of
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 232 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER November while not large was sufficiently com- prehensive to be of educational value. Many kinds and colors of honey were shown, ranging all the way from light and delicate apple and clover honey to that as black as Porto Rico molasses. The first prize for extracted honey went to Mr. J. S. Whittemore, of I^ei- cester, Mass., for honey from apple bloom. It certainly was as near per- fection as we need ever ask. The sec- ond prize went to Mr. Shepard, of Sturbridge, for white clover, and the There was a sample section of orange blossom honey from Owanita, Fla., produced by a Mr. Wheeler. It was not quite perfect having been kept for some time and subjected to some rough handling. It was white and smelt faintly of orange bloom, but was not opened for sampling. Mr. Latham had some honey vinegar, which he came near loosing. Dr. Phillips sampled it and "took to ; He could hardly be blamed, it really was good enough to drink, and the rest. APIARIAN EXHIBIT, WORCESTER. third to Mr. Cheney, of Worcester, for apple bloom, and had this latter been a little lighter in color it woiild have been a sharper competitor for second. One interesting and unique exhibit was that of a Mr. Lobdell, who had several dozen bottles and tumblers in which the bees had built their comb. These attracted much attention. A Mr. Holmes had combs showing his name and initials. of us helped him to "sample ; There was bread, cake and preserves made with honey and some were vei'y fine. On the stage at one end of the hall was a large wire cloth cage in which demonstrations with bees were made. Tiiesc were decidedly a popular fpa- \ure of the show. The bees for these demonstrations were generously fur- nished by Mr. Cheney, of Worcester,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustration
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