Evening journal., 1907-09-06
GET A view OF
BEES HOME LIFE
1t is Visible al the Exhibit
at the GraneerS'
Fair
IS NOT A VICIOUS INSECT

Did you ever see the inside Of a bee
hive when full Of bees? Did you ever
see the queen? DO you know how they
rear their young? DO you know how
they make honey? DO you know how
they make wax? DO you know how a
colony deprived Of its queen will rear
q new queen? Did you ever see q
queen cell2 All these and a hundred
other interesting facts about bees may
be learned by visiting the department
OF bees and bee products at the Po-
mona Grange Fair, at Horse Show
Park, September .. 3, 4, 5 and 6.
The bee that plays so important a
part in the economy Of nature and is
one of the best friends Of the farmer.
VIII be exhibited at the fair in all his
useful and interesting ways
In a screened enclosure a hive of
bees will be manipulated each day
from 1870 to LS0 D. m. In these DEM
onstraions all the work Of the apiary
VIII be illustrated. 1t will be shown
why bees swarm and how to hive
the swarm. How TO handle a hive of
bees so as to procure the largest
amount Of honey. or If desired, how
to handle them so as TO secure a large
Increase Of colonies. 1t win be ex-
plained why some people get little or
no honey, while others get an abund-
ance.
1t Is a marvel to many people how
bees can be handled without getting
stung, and they seem to think there is
some secret power possessed by some
people over the bees, but I'm these dem
onstrations IL will be shown that there
is really no mystery or peculiar power
to be exercised but merely a knowl-
edge Of the bees habits and careful
handling with these habits and instincts
in view. That it is not the person. who
the manner of approach that causes the
bees to sting. II is thought by some
that the bees know the bee keeper This
| Will be shown to be false but thai
they recognize one who understands
them and handles them in the right
way 1t win be shown how impossible
1t is for the bees to know in any other
different blossoms.
The bee keeper is often not I'm his
apiary for weeks at a time. and even
In the honey season he seldom opens
any one hive oftener than once a
week. AT that time young bees are
Matching out at the rate of 2OOO a dav
ia each hive. In seven days there viii
be at least $4,000 bees i'm each hive that
never saw their owner, and in a small
apiary of only twenty hives, there will
be at least 2S0.000 bees that never saw
their master. Imagine the aplarist re-
turning after an absence Of one week
and being compelled TO get acqualnt-
ed with these 2S0.OOO bees before he
could do anything with them. The
bees do not recognize anyone. but they
recognize the way anyone approaches
them. At these demonstrations it win
be clearly shown how anyone car
safely handle bees.
Besides these demonstrations with
the bees there will be a number OF
hives Of bees in glass hives, where al
the workings Of the bees may be OBJ
served. This will be a most interesting
sight. The arrangement of these glar,
hives will be made so that they will
be educative. and intended TO give a
history of the bees home with all the
different conditions Of bee life.
A fine display will also be made Of
the products of the hive. The honey
and wax will present a pretty picture
Besides the comb honey there will be
a display of extracted honey. The ex-
tracted honey is the honey in a liquid
form that has been thrown out of the
combs by centrifugal force and the
comb is not injured. Strained honey
Is where the comb is crushed and the
honey allowed to strain from it, but
i'm that case there is always more or
less taste of the comb in it, and If there
were any bees in it they were crushed
with the comb. But Mr.. Gilhllan, in
getting his honey, uses the extractor
and in that way gets the pure honey
without any foreign substance. There
will be an exhibition of several kinds
Of honey such as is produced by the
diqerent blossoms.