. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. S66 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. JJuly 31, 1890. AN INQUIRY. A gentleman residing at Stoke, Devonport, is commencing bee-keeping, and would be glad to confer with some near neighbour who has had experience. The Secretary of the British Bee- keepers' Association will be glad to hear from any one willing to assist. Address, J. Huckle, Kings Langley. SHOW OF HONEY AT ARMAGH. Bee-keepers were well represented at the Armagh Show, held in the primatial city of Ireland on Wednesday and Thursday, the 16th and 17th July. This show is held on a very ext
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. S66 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. JJuly 31, 1890. AN INQUIRY. A gentleman residing at Stoke, Devonport, is commencing bee-keeping, and would be glad to confer with some near neighbour who has had experience. The Secretary of the British Bee- keepers' Association will be glad to hear from any one willing to assist. Address, J. Huckle, Kings Langley. SHOW OF HONEY AT ARMAGH. Bee-keepers were well represented at the Armagh Show, held in the primatial city of Ireland on Wednesday and Thursday, the 16th and 17th July. This show is held on a very extensive scale, and embraces flowers, fruit, vegetables, poultry, dogs, butter, honey, and horse-jumping. It takes place every year in Mr. Geo. I). Beresford's demesne, known as the Palace Farm, about half a mile from the cathe- dral city. The ground is admirably adapted for all the purposes of the show, and the tent arrangements of the Committee are always excellent. This j^ear, notwithstanding the gloomy prospects of bee-keepers, there were twenty-six entries of honey from the counties of Armagh, Monaghan, and Tyrone. Owing to the bad season the sections were not so well finished as they ought to have been, but complaints are universal about the failure of the bees to seal the rows of cells next the wood. However, the colour, consistency, and flavour of the comb honey was very good. The extracted honey was dense enough, but some of the samples staged wei-e rather dark in colour, and had the unmis- takable flavour that denoted the presence of ' aphidal sweets.' All the exhibits were shown in particularly neat show-cases of polished wood and glass, with the exception of one of tin in place of the wood. This belonged to and was made by Mr. W. J. Anderson, of Caledon, co. Tyrone, and was a novelty to the North of Ireland. It seemed well finished, the panes of glass forming the sides were easily lifted out, the top opened with a hinge and was fitted with a hasp for a small padlock.
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