Sept. 1, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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FROM MANY FIELDS 



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Bees Not Doing Well. 



I commenced the season with 9 colo- 

 nies of bees and increased to nine, and 

 have taken off about 100 pounds of 

 comb honey. They don't seem to be 

 doing much at the present time. 



Ivong may the American Bee Journal 

 flourish. I give it credit for most of 

 my success in bee-keeping. 



Mrs. C. W. Snyder. 



Logan Co., 111., -Aug. 11. 



A Report— Instructing the Public. 



My crop is pretty fair. I have 2200 

 pounds of honey so far from 34 colo- 

 nies, spring count. My success is due 

 principally to using empty combs. (It 

 has been too cool for comb building). 

 Much of the comb honey would not 

 grade No. 1 in Chicago, but dark honey 

 goes just the same here as the snow- 

 white, if it is not too dark. I will have 

 a good demand here for honey. 



I think we should give serious 

 thought to the matter of instructing the 

 public as to the value of honey. There 

 are thousands of would-be honey con- 

 sumers who never saw a modern bee- 

 hive, and it is easy for them to believe 

 that bees would not store honey in 

 square boxes as while as snow. When 

 even professors in chemistry who are 

 paid by the people, make such bung- 

 ling mistakes as to give out to the 

 world that comb honey is manufac- 

 tured, what can be expected of the 

 great mass of people who have never 

 seen a bee-paper nor a modern bee- 

 hive? 



Prof. AUyn sa5'S that he found comb 

 honey on the market, which, when an- 

 alyzed, was shown to contain glucose, 

 and which was flavored with formic 

 acid. Bees' honey always contains 

 formic acid, and as the honey is predi- 

 gested it always contains glucose, or 

 grape sugar. But that glucose is en- 

 tirely different from the commercial 

 glucose. The word glucose should not, 

 however, be used in any newspaper in 

 connection with honey, as the public 

 will not understand that the chemical 

 term glucose, used for grape sugar or 

 part predigested nectar, is entirely dif- 

 ferent from the filthy stuff that is used 

 in syrups. But the glucose found by 

 Prof. Allyn was just what is so valua- 

 ble in honey, as is also the formic acid. 



When we remember that honey is so 

 favorably spoken of in the Bible, and 

 is a food that is as an all-wise Creator 

 has intended it to be, we can only con- 

 clude that we are doing the public a 

 great favor in urging its daily use. 

 Nowadays the people want to know the 

 " why " of things, and it is right that 

 they should, as they are very much im- 

 posed upon in many ways. Every bee- 

 keeper should contribute a little in in- 

 forming the public of the real value of 

 honey. If he would do this, which he 

 very easily could by distributing 

 pamphlets and using the local papers, 

 we would need have no fear of a glut 

 in the market, nor would we have any 

 use for a honey exchange. There are 

 a great many people who believe that 

 comb hone)' is manufactured and it is 

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