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THE BEE-K:EEPERS' REVIEW. 



fraternity, not as bee-keepers but as in- 

 dividuals, by calling the attention of the 

 manufacturers of cereal products such as 

 rolled oats, wheat foods, grape nuts and 

 the like, to the fact that these prepara- 

 tions can be eaten sweetened with honey 

 instead of suojar, and taste better than 

 sweetened with sugar, and requesting 

 these manufacturers to state this as a fact 

 on their directions that appear on the 

 packages of these materials. 



Hundreds and possibly thousands of 

 bee-keepers are using some of these prep- 

 arations; and these requests, coming from 

 a number of parties, might induce the 

 manufacturers to do this. This certainly 

 ought to do some good toward increasing 

 the market for honev. I say this ought 

 to be done by the bee-keepers as individ- 

 uals and not as bee-keepers, because if 

 this subject is broached by the bee-keep- 

 ers the manufacturers of these foods will 

 simply consider that Mr. Jones "has au 

 ax to grind." 



I enclose a copy of a letter which ex- 

 plains itself. If you consider the matter 

 of sufficient importance, please bring it 

 before the readers of your p^per. 



Wm. Hahm.^x. 



Altoona, Pa., Oct. 30. 



Gentlemen: I ha%-e been using your prepara- 

 tion — for breakfast for some time, and 



like it very much. I have lately tried eating it 

 with honey instead of sugar, and enjoy it even 

 more. As you are doubtles.s aware that honey 

 is a far more healthful food than su.gar. particu- 

 larlj- for persons subject to disorders of the kid- 

 neys. I thought you might be sufficiently inter- 

 ested to call attention to the fact that 



is very good sweetened -writh a good grade of ex- 

 tracted honey instead of sugar on your directions 

 for the use of this food as given out by you on 

 your circular and on the outside of the package. 



This receives the hearty editorial en- 

 dorsement of Gleanings, and I wish to 

 voice my approval. The plan is most ex- 

 cellent; and Mr. Hahman has been 

 thoughtful enough to draft a form for a 

 letter. His suggestion that we write as 

 ordinary' folks, as consumers, instead of 

 as bee-keepers, is well worth heeding; 

 but, if 1000 of us copy this letter, and 

 send it to the manufacturers of "H O," I 

 fear thej- would begin to suspect some- 

 thing under the surface. However, there 

 is no necessity for the copying of this let- 

 ter verbatim; simply give the gist of it. 

 If the manufacturers of these foods should 

 receive hundreds, yes, perhaps dozens, of 

 such letters, it might induce them to men- 

 tion honey in their directions for use. 



These people are all on the lookout for a 

 good thing, and, if satisfied of the desir- 

 ability' of honey, would be only too glad 

 to bring it to the attention of consumers 

 of their products. If all of the directions 

 on the packages of such foods advocated 

 the use of honey, and told of its superior- 

 ity, it would be one of the best adverti.s- 

 ments that honej' has ever received. 



SEASONABLE ARTICLES. 



Is ii Worth While to try and Have Such in 

 Our Bee Journals? 



Some months ago I urged the desirabil- 

 ity of having seasonable articles in our bee 

 journals. It seems to me that the man 

 who is wrestling with 20 swarms a da}- 

 can not have so much interest in an arti- 

 cle on cellar-wintering, as he would in 

 one on the " Control and Management of 

 Swarming. '" Then, too, the harvesting 

 of the crop, its preparation for market, 

 its sale, and the preparation of the bees 

 for winter, must have largely driven from 

 his mind the article read several months 

 previous. It is possible that there is 

 something to be said on the other side ot 

 the question; at least, Mr. F. L. Thomp- 

 son is stirred up to give us the following 

 in the Progressive. 



We have had it hinted of late that ar- 

 ticles should be on seasonable subjects. 

 But verj- few bee-writers make a business 

 of writing so much as to make it pay to 

 write their articles when the subject is 

 freshest, then hold them until the proper 

 time to apply them. They have not the 

 time to sit down and do a lot of work 

 ahead. Again, even from the reader's 

 point of view, it is just as well to have 

 somewhat unseasonable articles, at least 

 from September to April or May; for he, 

 too, especially at this time of year, has 

 the problems of the />(7.n/ season fresh in 

 mind, and can bring a keener interest to 

 their consideration, than when nearly a 

 year has elapsed since he last thought of 

 them, and by laying the foundation of 

 next year's work now he will have a 

 longer time to digest the subject thorough- 

 ly, and make such modifications in bis 



