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Tile Bulletin. 



Mr. W. M. Allen, Food Chemist in our Department, where a material 

 supposed to be extracted honey was found, when analyzed, to consist 

 entirely of syrups, flavors, etc., which had been derived from other 

 sources. It was purely an imitation honey, yet floating about in this 



Fig. 3. — A home-made extractor. The frames filled with honey, after being uncapped with 

 a knife, are placed in this machine and the honey thrown out by rapid turning- with a 

 crank. The honey is then drawn out by means of the spigot at bottom of the extractor. 

 (Photo by Prof. Hutt). 



material was a leg of a bee, or a wing, or a tiny bit of comb, to make 

 the deception complete ! The honest bee-keeper who sells extracted 

 honey must sell in competition with these fraudulent and adulterated 



products, and he is thereby put to a disadvantage, and accordingly 



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