. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 319 filled with comb honey from such men as Hetherington, Elwood and Hoffman. One large case contained mostly extracted honey in bottles and jars. In this case there were also 112 pounds of comb honey and 140 of extracted that had been gathered by six col- onies of bees kept in the building, they fly- ing out through the walls a la house apiary. This honey was dark. F. H. Cyrenus fur- nished a box a foot wide by four in length and three inches deep in which were some very fantastically built combs. A little close study showed the
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 319 filled with comb honey from such men as Hetherington, Elwood and Hoffman. One large case contained mostly extracted honey in bottles and jars. In this case there were also 112 pounds of comb honey and 140 of extracted that had been gathered by six col- onies of bees kept in the building, they fly- ing out through the walls a la house apiary. This honey was dark. F. H. Cyrenus fur- nished a box a foot wide by four in length and three inches deep in which were some very fantastically built combs. A little close study showed the initials of his name drawn by the crooks of the combs. He also had on exhibition another box in which were two combs four feet in length at the points of attachment, perhaps six inches in depth, but about three or four inches thick. Two large letters, N Y, were built up with pound sec- tions in the front end of the case. There The New York exhibit was put in place and cared for by our old-time competitor at fairs, O. L. Hershiser, and it showed that he haa had experience in that kind of THE ". Y. EXTKACTED HONEY EXHIBIT. were also some beautiful mounted speci- mens of honey producing plants. Yes, and I remember seeing some photographs of the Langdon house apiary—both exterior and interior views. The other large case was filled with comb honey ; a long pyramid at each end and a smaller one in the 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 National Bee-keepers' Association. [Flint, Mich. : s. n.
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