Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-27

An interesting feature Of the New
Castle county fair, to be held at
Wawaset Driving Park, September
4th TO 7th, will be q display of honey,
wax and bees and beekcepers' supplies.
Every effort will be made TO show
the value Of the little bee TO the hora
and fruitage of the country while the
marketable products OF the hive will
be on exhibition. RevJoel S.Gilfllan
Of Newark is taking great interest in
the proposed exhibit.
Several colonies of bees will be eX-
hibited by him in glass hives, so that
the little workers may be seen IN their
neat and attractive homes, performing
the duties devolving upon them IN
maintaining and perpetuating their ex-
/ istence as a colony.
The queen, noted for her graceful
I bearing and beauty of form, MIR. Gil
fillan writes. may be seen quietly
/ directing the affairs of her numerous
subjects, while her retinue of attend
ants surround her with q loving pro-
lection and guard her from any possi-
BILE harm.
"When we consider that the queen
has the loving service of about 70. OOO
obedient subjects, 80 he writes, IL will
be a sight we'll worth visit Co the
fair to see. Besides this there will be
living exhibitions daily Of handling
bees. In wire screened cage, out OF
respect to the nervous crowd, all the
different acts performed in the apiary
will be shown. How to open q hive
and handle the bees with impunity
take all the bees out of the hive and
place them in another; how to hive q
swarm; how TO find the queen; how
TO requiem; how to care for the beef
so that they will produce the greatest
amount of honey also, showing why 81
many get little or no honey from theii
bees, and how the fault may bt
remedied how TO increase the number
Of colonies in a single season; how u
avoid increase.
+ "To prove that the bees know
; the apiarist and refuse TO stin
p him while they would another vii
be an interesting part of the ex
] | hibition. Any lady in the audienc
} who has never handled bees can ste
) into the cage and satisfy herself tina
the bees are quiet. II will be show
how to quiet the bees so that they cal
be thus handled by anyone. This vii
be explained and illustrated; tn
r mythic secret will be revealed so tha
anyone can safely handle a colony q
D bees.
3 "The climax Of the daily exhibition
c will be reached when In the presenc
8 Of all an old box hive, containing
o colony Of black bees or hybrids, vii
, be broken to pieces and the bees place
70 safely in a modern hive. This Will b
8 not only a most interesting sight bu
N Issa. AL 10 ma n
IS who have bees in old box hives an
Is who desire to transfer them to moder
+ hives. -
10 These transfers at the fair will b
l made free and as only limited nun
c ber can be transferred anyone havin
bees in box hives that he or she woul
IS like to have transferred should con
d municate as soon as possible with Nj
10 Gufllan at Newark Only one hiN
sr for any one person will be transferre
IS free, but full instructions for tram
d ferring will be given so that a novi'
ID can safely perform the operation wit
~ | any number Of colonies.
* Everybody will be interested in u
1T bees, not only because of the deligl
IS which these manipulators will caus
er but also because they Will be draw
toward the bees as they never have b
fore when they learn how important
part they play in the world, when thu
know that the beauty, richness al
ed sweetness Of the flowers are due
these little workers. indefatigab
visits and when not alone the tertA
sn zation Of the fruit blossoms but al
ee the perfection and soundness of q
n fruits are largely due7to the little be
70. Even fruits that are not depende
be upon the bee for their fertilization a
1t much improved in taste, lusciousne
on and keeping qualities by the visits
e the bee to the blossom.
at Mr.. Gilfillan has made study
by bees and takes much interest in t
al bee culture.