Visitors May Now Watch Bees At Their
Work
Interesting Exhibit in the Balcony
of Agriculture Building at Exposition
One of the Best Aparian Displays Ever Made
Canada and Minnesota Will Both Have Honey Exhibits Which Will Be Entirely
of This Year's Stock
Buffalo Evening News June 28, 1901
Orel L. Hershisher, superintendent of the New York aparian exhibit, announced this morning that visitors to this section of the Empire State's display, which is located in the balcony of the Agriculture building, could witness a hive of bees in the act of capping over or sealing their honeycombs.
The aparian exhibit, which is now complete and formally opened to the public, is one of the most complete of its kind ever shown. A dozen of the most prominent bee men in New York State have contributed to make the department complete and truly emblematic of the Exposition State.
The exhibit is in a slightly out of the way place and many of the visitors to the Exposition do not climb to the Agriculture building balcony. Those who do, however, are amply repaid. Bees are shown at their work in various hives. Courteous attendants will smoke the bees to remove the danger of stinging, open the hives and show the interested spectator the industrious little insects. The hives, which are of the latest improved pattern, contain a brood chamber where the queen lays the eggs. In this section, too, is stored the honey that the bees will need for their own consumption during the winter. The upper part of the hive is known as the "super." There the bees manufacture the superfluous honey which is used for market. An average colony of bees will produce from 75 to 100 pounds of honey more than they need in a season.
Another feature of the exhibit is that section devoted to bee keepers' supplies. Here are shown all the various devices used in the handling and breeding of bees.
Several large cases, extending from floor to ceiling, are filled with a comprehensive honey exhibit. The various kinds of honey are shown, including Apple Blossom, White Clover, Sweet Clover, Basswood, Golden Rod and Aster.
Canada and Minnesota are both going to have a honey exhibit. In both these places the crop last year was only large enough to supply the actual demands of trade, scantily, and there was none left for exhibit purposes. The bee men have made extra efforts this year, and the exhibits from these two places will be entirely of this year's stock. Canada will send honey from 7000 to 10,000 pounds of honey.