Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07
BUFFALO AND THE BEES.
Makers at the Pan-Ameri.
can Exposition.

The busy bee will be in big business
at the Pan-American exposition the
coming summer. 1t has been decided
to construct special building for the
proper display of the working colonies
of bees and the great variety of bee
keepers supplies which will constitute
this exhibit. This will undoubtedly
be the most extensive bee exhibit ever
prepared in this or any other part OF
the world. Anyone who is not stu
dent of bee culture little realizes the
very great importance of this; industry.
1t is estimated that there are 1000
persons engaged in bee culture in the
United States alone and. that the pres
ent annual value of honey and wax 10
in excess of $2O,OO0,OO0. There are ITO
societies devoted to the study and pro-
motion of bee keeping. Eight journals
are sustained by this industry. Fifteen
steam power factories are producing
supplies of various kinds for the use of
bee keepers. American honey finds q
market in many distant countries, the
United States producing more honey
than any other nation.
The bee exhibits at the Pan-Amer-
lean exposition will be SO arranged that
the bees may enter their hives from
the exterior of the building and carry
son their work of honey collection I'M
disturbed by visitors, yet in full view
through the glass sides of their hives.
The successful management of an api-
airy require knowledge of botany as
we'll as the habits and requirements of
the bees themselves. The little honey
bee plays a very important part in the
general economy. The failure of fruit
crops may be due to the absence Of
bees whose special function is to fer
tilize the blossoms by carrying the
pollen from stamens to pistil.
1t is estimated that the flora Of the
United States could sustain ten times
as many bees as are now in existence
and nearly every farm could support
an apiary Of profitable size. The bee
exhibit will illustrate the operation of
an apiary and will show the common
honey producing fora in way to be
understood by all who may be interest
ed. The relation of bees to horticul-
ture and agriculture will be clearly
shown and the many uses Of honey IL
Illustrated. Honey is extensively used in
the manufacture of bake stuffs and in
making medicines and candles. Bees
wax is a commercial article much used
by dentists and manufacturers of wax
goods.
The actual demonstration of bee
keepers supplies Of latest pattern will
show what economies may be prac-
ticed by bee keepers to increase their
profits. The movable frame hive was
invented in 1851 by Langstroth, and
since that time the application of labor
saving, honey-saving and bee-saving
devices have beer very interesting and
important. Experiments in crossing
varieties Of bees have been carried on
with surprising success. New York,
Pennsylvania, Vermont and other New
England states are large producers of
comb honey. Any locality in which
white clover, Eastwood and buckwheat
are plentiful is adapted to the success.
full culture of the bees. In California
and Arizona the keeping Of bees ranks
as one of the most important indus.
tries, and from those states are annual
ly shipped vast quantities of liquid
honey.