The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-09
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How They Gather Honey" Food Fit 70,
the Gods "-Great Exhibit.


How They Gather Honey-"Food Fit for
the G0ds"-Great Exhibit.
Prof Rodney WEIGH, of New York city,
10 writing some interesting descriptions
OF the various exhibits in the Agricul-
tural building at the Columbian expo.
sition for New York paper. In re-
cent tour of that enormous building
she professor Investigated the exhibits
OF honeyand beeswax, which are to be
found at the east end of the Agricul-
tural building. He discovered that ia
the GreciHn agricultural exhibit SIAM
altos Papagannalxis, OF, Athens, shows
nearly fifty varieties of honey, some of
which Were collected BIZ. bees from
flowers that grew upon Mont1t Olympus
There Is nothing in, the appearance of
this honey that would seem to warrant
the praise bestowed upon it by Homer
and other Grecian poets 1t must be re-
membered, however, says Prof Welch,
that Homer was blind and therefore
could not notice that its color was ex.
ceedingly dark = No modern poet with
good sight would pronounce It flood
tit for the GODS" though it must be
acknowledged thai the havof Of SOME
OF this qfecian honey was delicious.
Each Of the, states. except New York,
making exit bits-C Colorado, California,
Ohio, WAconsin, Nebraska. Iowa, Min
nesota, Michigan and Indiana
their displays 70 : single case. Nebras-
ka makes an Interesting showing of
the chief honey producing plants of the
state. -Four cases are filed with honey
and beeswax from New York. The bee.
keepers of the state also have large
case m which Eve colonies Of bees may
be seen at work Through apertures
in the walls Of the building the in
dustrious insects 60 ''far out upon the
prairies," collect the harvest of the
flowers and return With their sweet
stores. In the display OF New York is
q large quantity Of apparatus employed
In handling bees and extracting honey
from the comb Many styles Of bee-
hives are also shown, including some of
the straw 'sskeps" which were in use
two centuries ago. An attempt is made
by those in. charge of the New York
display to show visitors the honey pro-
duced by different flowers.
Next to New York Ontario, Canada,
makes the largest display of honey, and
Is in many respects the most satisfacto-
ry to dealers. 1t is chiefly in large
packages, weighing from 6fty to sew
enty-five pounds. Most of these pack
ages contain the honey extracted from
a single kind of flower. The large
blocks of candied honey attract con-
siderable attention, as the Canadians
are endeavoring to find a market for
theirs in this condition. The comb
honey in this display is by far the finest
on exhibition, as all the cells are per.
fectly sealed.
Ate one end of the gallery devoted to
displays of honey and beeswax is a
large collection, of hives, honey ex-
tractors, bee smokers, face protectors,
honey knives, comb foundations and
many other appliances used in handling
bees aud honey. There is also large
collection Of litersture pertaining to
bees and honey. - 2 ~
Peekeepers desire TO sell extracted
money epo coneumefU desire IT In the
comb. Comb honey IL difficult to trans
port and on that account is expensive.
Az an article Of commerce honey no
longer deserves much attention. Ithas
. sentimental rather than an intrinsic
value. All the poets from David to
have sung its praises But re-
Gently other sweets have been pro-
duced that take its place, and it now
cones in 'conpetition with many con-
iipents unknown to the people of for
mer times Cheap and rapid transpor-
tation make it practical to have fresh
fruits nearly all the year, while canned
fruits OF every Kind are so cheap that
the poorest can consume them freely.
Candles made from an adulterated
beeswax are required for Catholic
and an exhibit of them is
made by several countries Some of
the altar candles are eight feet in
length and are most beautifully orna-
mented with representations of Christ,
the holy virgin and the apostles. Cam
dies superior b. these 10 design and
finish cannot be seen many of the great
cathedrais of Europe. 3 49,
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