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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



The cover is removed very easily. There 

 is no need of any prying with a knife or 

 screw driver. No coming oflF with a snap 

 on a cool day. The cover rolls back just 

 as easily as a quilt. I must say that I 

 was very favorably impressed with both 

 his cover and his "dirt-cheap" bottom- 

 board. If I were establishing an apiary, 

 I should certainly give both of them a 

 trial. They are a move towards cheap- 

 ness, simplicity, durability and desirabil- 

 ity. If I don't miss my guess, Mr. Tvr- 

 rell will yet make his mark in the api- 

 cultural world. 



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M^HAT THE NATIONAI^ ASSOCIATION IS DO- 

 ING IN COMBATING ADUI^TERATION. 



Several years ago a suit against an 

 adulterator of honey in Chicago was 

 brought by the National Association. 

 While it did not result in conviction, it 

 certainly had a very beneficial effect. 

 Now attention is being turned towards 

 the prosecution of adulterators in Colo- 

 rado. The Colorado bee-keepers have 

 hustled and secured a State law, and novv, 

 with the aid of the N itional Association, 

 they are going after the adulterators. 

 General Manager France has done a lot 

 of correspondence in the matter and while 

 on his way home from the I^os Angeles 

 convention he stopped off at Denver and 

 still further investigated the matter. Mr. 

 France now sends out the following state- 

 ment: 

 Mrs. Mary E. Wright, 



Colorado Food Commissioner, 

 Denver, Colorado. 

 Dear Friend: — 



Complaint came to me of adulterated 

 honey on the market of Denver, and as it 

 came from members of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, I, acting General 

 Manager of said Association, have made 

 the following investigations: 

 1897, April 5, Colorado Slate Agricultural 

 College Chemist analyzed three 

 samples honey purcha.'^ed from Den- 

 ver grocery stores, bearing Frisbee 

 honey label. Each proved to be 

 adulterated. 

 i8y7. May 18, samples of honey purchas- 

 ed from grocery shelving in Denver, 

 bearing label of Frisbee Honey, was 

 analyzed and found adulterated. 



1899, June 27, three samples purchased by 

 E. R. Root from Denver grocery 

 stores carefully analjzed, each adul- 

 terated, 30 to 35 per cent foreign. 



1903, Feb. 4, complaint from Colorado 

 Bee-Keepers' Association of the 

 same brand of goods being adulter- 

 ated and sold upon Denver market, 

 also other places. After a lengthy 

 correspondence with both said Asso- 

 ciation and the Frisbee Honey Co., 

 I proceeded as follows: 



1903, June 26, I ordered Denver Notary 

 Public to summon a Cit)' Food 

 Inspector (E Geirge) to pur- 

 chase at Thompson's Fruit Store, 

 Denver, three (3) jars honey bear- 

 ing Frisbee Honey label, J Charles 

 Frisbee as witness. Said samples 

 were expressed to me by said Notary 

 Public. They have been analyzed 

 by reliable chemists of different 

 states. Every sample found by each 

 chemist to he pure honey. 



1903, June 27, Reply from P'risbee Co., 

 thanking me for the action I had 

 taken, and hoped I would publish 

 the report in each Denver paper 

 and all the Bee papers in America, 

 and thus put a stop to the unjust 

 complaints about his honey. I so 

 promised, aud hereby comply with 

 the same. 



1903, July 16, I received notice that there 

 was danger of the samples having 

 been purposely placed there to ob- 

 tain tins report from, and if so I 

 might be led into a snare. 



1903, July 18, the then vice-president of 

 the National Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion (J. U. Harris) and Colorado 

 State Food Commissioner ( Mrs. 

 Wright) went to various Denver 

 grocery stores and purchased sam- 

 ples bearing Frisbee Honey Co. 

 label. A portion of each was saved 

 by the Food Commissioner, and a 

 portion of each sent me, each of 

 which have been carefully tested 

 and found to be adulterated. 



1903, Aug. 28, Deputy State Food Com- 

 mis.sioner and myself with witnesses 

 purchased from tour Denver grocery 

 stores several samples bearing Fris- 

 bee Honey Co. label. A portion of 

 each sample was saved by said Food 

 Commissioner and the remainder of 

 each I have had carefully analj-zed. 

 All but one sample was adulterated. 



ALSO one other sample gathered at the 

 same time, in a tumbler with metal 

 cover, bearing a green, three-leaf 

 clover label, from an Omaha firm. 

 Contents proved to be nearly all 



