Gleanings in bee culture . ble in the East. The management hasan abundance of enthusiastic material avail-able in Connecticut beekeepers. The bee-keepers have an exceptionally interestedfair management and well-equipped fairbuilding, 75 x 50 feet. There is, moreover,an aggregate of $500 in premiums. Con-sider what this means to the promotion ofthe industry when ujiward of 150,000 peo-ple attend the fair. The large electrically lighted buildingwith electric signs, of pavilion type, andaccessible near the entrance to the grounds,is apart from all other displays. (See ) Thus the apicultural
Gleanings in bee culture . ble in the East. The management hasan abundance of enthusiastic material avail-able in Connecticut beekeepers. The bee-keepers have an exceptionally interestedfair management and well-equipped fairbuilding, 75 x 50 feet. There is, moreover,an aggregate of $500 in premiums. Con-sider what this means to the promotion ofthe industry when ujiward of 150,000 peo-ple attend the fair. The large electrically lighted buildingwith electric signs, of pavilion type, andaccessible near the entrance to the grounds,is apart from all other displays. (See ) Thus the apicultural disj^lay is dis-tinctly a feature. In contrast it is to beregretted that the honey show at some fairsis frequently merely an annex to the fruitor flower shows, or even to the poultiy ex-hibit, which, of course, makes it less dis-tinctive. The illustration shows a few ofthe attendants and exhibitors. At Hartford the competition is open tothe world, witli this restriction—that com-petitors must be or become members of the. Fig. l.^Beekeepini:, Hall, Hartford, Ct. The pavilion is 75X 50 feet, with an open front. Some of the concessions are shown groupedin front. Connecticut Beekeepers Association. Thisapplies with exception to the section desig-nated Culinary, comprising cookery inwhich honey is used, and to the Displaysby Novices. Another distinctive feature is that thepremiums are offered and awarded by theConnecticut Beekeepers Association, ofwhich Mr. A. W. Yates is the present Chair-man of the Committee on Fair. In tlusway the best interests of beekeepers arefostered; also the excellency of the displaymay be attributed to this provision. TheAssociation, being incorporated, receivesfrom the State a bounty for premiums,which accounts for the fact that, since 1908,when the Association began to make itscompetitive displays, the premium awardshave advanced from $ to $500. Thisis a surprising and admirable developmentin six years. The earnestness in the displayof p
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