. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. BEE EXPERTS HUNT aUEENS FOR PRIZES Great Gathering of Honey Producers at Jenkintown Apiary. STINGS ENOUGH FOR AL,L Four hundred men and women bee fanciers from all sections of the East strolled back and forth among hives, toyed with queens and handled drones at the apiary of W. A. Selzer, Jenkin- town, yesterday, at an all-day meet- ing, held under the direction of the Philadelphia, New Jersey and Penn- sylvania Bee-Keepers Associations. New York city and vicinity sent big deleo^ations, and two native Filipinos were present to carry back to the is
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. BEE EXPERTS HUNT aUEENS FOR PRIZES Great Gathering of Honey Producers at Jenkintown Apiary. STINGS ENOUGH FOR AL,L Four hundred men and women bee fanciers from all sections of the East strolled back and forth among hives, toyed with queens and handled drones at the apiary of W. A. Selzer, Jenkin- town, yesterday, at an all-day meet- ing, held under the direction of the Philadelphia, New Jersey and Penn- sylvania Bee-Keepers Associations. New York city and vicinity sent big deleo^ations, and two native Filipinos were present to carry back to the is- lands the information they saw and heard. Before the sessions had been con- cluded the bees took the demonstra- tions into their own feet, and there were so many subjects of the bee sting that a formal experiment, which was planned for the visitors' interest, was not necessary. At no time was there a rout of the demonstrators, but there were a good many moustache comb- ings and eye jabs that indicated sting- inp' unpleasantness. Several hundred persons, half of them women, wearing veils of mosqui- to bar, moving about the buzzing hives, picking up bees and stroking their backs, made an interesting pic- MEN WHO HAI Four hundred bee lanciers Irom all s to attend a meeting held under the auspic were given by experts to show that bees c swarm and picked out the queen ol the CO ture for the laymen, in s ironclad sign, "Don't di hives!" But that passed into th when Dr. E. F. Phillips, of States Department of i scooped two handfuls off a heroically held them unti SR. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Falconer, N. Y. : W. T. Falconer Manfg. Co.
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