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than wa5 actually needed — if we only 

 thought so. However, we don't all see 

 alike. 



Why can bulk comb honey be exhibited 

 any more attractively than comb? When 

 you get anything in the honey line that 

 appeals to the eye and palate any more 

 than snowy white sections of fancy comb 

 honey you have got to go some. 



A few more lines, and I say them in a 

 friendly way, to all. It seems there is a 

 disposition on the part of some to boom 

 their end of the business at the expense 

 of the other fellow. In Gleanings, some 

 time ago, some one (and if my memory 

 serves me right it was Dr. Bohrer) took a 

 poke at the comb honey business by say- 

 ing the bees expel poison over the combs, 

 thereby poisoning the honey, and he put 

 up quite a talk about it. It was easy to 

 guess he produced extracted honey. 

 Now comes friend Wilder and infers that 

 our comb honey is "buggy," notwithstand- 

 ing his bulk comb honey is composed in 



part of practically the same thing. We 

 must remember that others besides bee 

 men read these articles. You all know 

 about the comb honey canard. Don't 

 put any more nonsense into the already 

 suspicious heads. 1 said I had always 

 produced section honey. I produce it 

 because 1 have an ideal location, and be- 

 cause there is a fascination, about pro- 

 ducing comb honey, a longing desire to 

 produce something just a little better 

 next year is hard to overcome; yet I 

 wouldn't go on record as saying comb 

 honey was more wholesome than either 

 bulk, or extracted. It is just simply a 

 matter of taste, that's all. Put your 

 shoulder to the wheel, and push the 

 honey business along. Produce a fancy 

 article of either comb, chunk or extracted 

 just as you locality seems to demand, 

 and you don't need to worry about the 

 other fellows. 



Center Junction, Iowa, Jan. 18, 1910. 



EDITORIAL 



He can who thinks he can. 



Exhibiting and handling bees in a cage, 

 at the same time giving popular lectures 

 on bees, at the State fair, is something 

 for which Mr. S. D. House, of Camillus, 

 N. Y., receives liberal compensation from 

 the Fair Association. It is not only 

 educational, but it is a very good draw- 

 ing card, attracting great crowds. It 

 occurs to me that the right man might do 

 some good educating the public, and at 

 the same time make quite a little money, 

 by making arrangements in advance with 

 fair managers, and by going from one 

 State fair to another, doing this very 

 "stunt," that of handling bees in a wire 

 cloth cage. The cage and bees could be 

 shipped by express from place to place. 



If I did not have so many other irons in 

 the fire I would be tempted to give the 

 venture a trial. It could be very nicely 

 managed in connection with an apiarian 

 exhibition such as 1 used to put up at the 

 fairs. 



How They Talk! 



I doubt if any class of people can talk 

 longer or with more enthusiasm, than 

 bee keepers. To illustrate: Upon my 

 recent visit to the hospitable home of 

 Mr. S. D. House, a neighbor-boy of three 

 summers dropped in, as was his frequent 

 habit: after hanging around Mr. House 

 and myself for a while he finally went 

 into the next room and said to Mrs. 

 House: "Auntie, how much longer are 

 they going to talk?" 



