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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



February, 1918 



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Our Food Page — Continued from page 1 19. 



melted fat. If dried bread crumbs are used 

 in either of the above recipes more liquid 

 will be needed. Put into greased bread-pan 

 and bake about 30 minutes in a moderate 

 oven. This should yield eight servings. 



SPANISH BE.'VNS. 



2 cups kidney or navy V2 cup pimento or sweel 



beans pepper 



2 cups tomato 2 tablespoons drippings 



1 cup finely cut onion 2 tablespoons flour 



1 tablespoon honey 1 tablespoon salt 



Soak beans over night and cook until ten- 

 der. Drain, and add sauce made as follows: 

 Put fat in frying-pan; add onion and chop- 

 ped pimento, and fry until tender, but not 

 brown; add flour, and stir until smooth. Add 

 the salt and tomato sweetened with honey, 

 and boil five minutes. Pour over the beans 

 and simmer ten minutes. 



Sugar Substitute Recipe. 



HONEY devil's FOOD CAKE. 



cup honey 



tablespoons melfed-but- 

 ter substitute 

 squares Baker's un- 

 sweetened chocolate. 



% teaspoon soda 

 V2 cup sourmilk 

 V8 teaspoon salt 

 2 teaspoons baking pow- 

 der 

 1 2/3 cups flour 



Blend the melted-butter substitute and the 

 honey; add the chocolate, which has been 

 melted over hot water, and beat smooth; 

 break in the egg, and beat again. Add the 

 sour milk alternately with the flour in which 

 the soda, salt and baking powder have been 

 sifted. IBeat well and bake in a rather slow 

 oven. Measure the flour after once sifting. 

 All measurements level. 



BOOKS AND BULLETINS 



THIRD ANNUAL REPOET OF THE MIN- 

 NESOTA STATE INSPECTOR OF API- 

 ARIES. 



A report that is something more than the 

 usual collection of dry statistics is that of 

 State Apiarist Chas. D. Blaker to the Gov- 

 ernor of Minnesota, for 1917. Mr. Baker 

 rightly points out in his introduction that 

 ]iroducing the largest possible crop of honey 

 is like purchasing a Liberty bond. While 

 one is aiding the government he is at the 

 same time making a good investment for 

 himself. 



All beekeepers are urged to familiarize 

 themselves with the characteristics of each 

 disease. American four brood is more likely 

 to appear in the stronger colonies first, since 

 it is most generally carried by robbing, and 

 strong colonies are more apt to rob than 

 weak ones. In case of European foul brood 

 the weak colonies are more apt to be attack- 

 ed first. It is pointed out that black and 

 hybrid bees are much more likely to be at- 

 tacked by European foul brood than are 

 Italians, and, inasmuch as this disease has 

 secured a firm foothold in Minnesota, all who 



