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THE BEE-KEEPERS REVlE\/¥, 



of the leading markets, and that in the busy 

 season a daily report could be mailed to the 

 General Manager, and thus enable him to 

 advise shippers. 



THE UNITED STATES BEE-KEEPEBS' UNION. 



As most of my readers know the amalga- 

 mation of the Bee-Keepers' Union and the 

 North Americans Bee-Keepers' Association 

 was not effected, but the North American 

 took such a step that whether this union 

 was accomplished or not, what was origin- 

 ally the North American would become the 

 United States Bee-keepers' Union, having 

 in view the accomplishment of objects that 

 the old Union had failed to attempt. The 

 name •' Union " was adopted with the hope 

 and expectation that amalgamation would 

 be effected. As soon as convenient after 

 amalgamation was defeated, a General Man- 

 ager and Board of Directors were appoint- 

 ed, their choice being indicated by a 

 vote of the members. The otiicers of the 

 society are now as follows: President, Geo. 

 W. York ; Vice President, E. Whitcomb ; 

 Secretary, A. B. Mason : General Manager. 

 Eugene Secor: Board of Directors, E. R. 

 Root, E. T. Abbott, C. C. Miller, \V. Z. 

 Hutchinson, E. Whitcomb andC. P. Dadant. 



The objects of the union are as follows : 

 " Its objects shall be to promote and pro- 

 tect the interests of its members ; to defend 

 them in their lawful rights; to enforce laws 

 against the adulteration of honey: to prose- 

 cute dishonest honey-commission men: and 

 to advance the pursuit of bee culture in 

 general. " 



There never was a time when a bee-keep- 

 er could spend a dollar more selfishly than 

 by joining this Union. It is alive, progres- 

 sive and aggressive, and ready to grapple 

 with the bee-keeper's greatest foe, adulter- 

 ation. Just this very day I have received 

 from the chairman of the Board of Direc- 

 tors the following : 



Medina, Ohio. May 7, 18'.)7. 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Mich. 



Dear Sir — I believe the Board of 

 Directors of tne United States Bee-Keepers' 

 Union is a unit on one question: namely, 

 that it should turn its attention to the 

 question of securing pure food laws in every 

 State as soon as possible. I believe 

 foremost it should strike at Illinois, where 

 the adulteration evil is the greatest, and 

 where there is almost no law whatever to 

 protect pure food. As chairman of the 

 Board of Directors I am addressing a sim- 

 ilar letter to every other member of the 

 Board, and if this meets your approval, 



kindly communicate with the General Man- 

 ager, Secor. Very truly yours, E. R. Root." 



Of course, the first step is the securing of 

 proper laws against adulteration, and this 

 cannot be done without some expense, and 

 the time to send in your dollar is nniv, when 

 it will do the most good that it ever will. 

 Send it to Dr. A. B. Mason, Sta. B. Toledo, 

 Ohio. In sending money orders make 

 them payable at Sta. B. Toledo, Ohio. 



Making Honey Vinegar. 



A short time ago there appeared in the 

 Review an article on this subject from the 

 pen of C. P. Dadant. The article was cop- 

 ied from the American Bse .Journal. Mr. 

 E. Whitcomb of Nebraska now contributes 

 some additional facts to Gleanings. They 

 are as follows: — 



" On page 294 Mr. C. Davenport complains 

 that honey vinegar eats or softens pickles. 

 This is not necessarily the fault of the ma- 

 terial of which the vinegar is made, but be- 

 cause the vinegar is too strong. Vinegar 

 made from any other material, and of 

 double strength, will soften or eat pickles : 

 and we think if Bro. Davenport will reduce 

 his vinegar with water nearly a half, or to 

 about forty-grain strength, he will not com- 

 plain of its eating or softening pickles. One 

 pound of honey ought to be sufficient to 

 to make one gallon of good vinegar. How- 

 ever, its strength is entirely regulated by 

 the amount of material used: and it can be 

 made of triple strength, or about ninety 

 grains. Where an inferior or low-grade 

 honey is used, the fluid, before it is finished, 

 should be run about twice through a venera- 

 tor, during which process it should pass 

 through charcoal. 



I have been uuable to notice any material 

 difference in the strength or flavor of vine- 

 gar where the generator process is used. 

 Of course, dark honey will make a darker- 

 colored viuegar, while the lighter honey will 

 rnake an article almost as clear as water. 



A honey-dealer in (Jutario wrote me, 

 after the Lincoln convention last fall, in- 

 quiring why we did not manufacture honey- 

 vinegar, and thus create a market for low- 

 grade honey. The vinegar of commerce 

 doesn't cost, for the material there is in it, 

 to exceed one cent per gallon, either made 

 from corn or any of the cheap sirups, and 

 sold on the market as pnro cider vinegar; 

 and it can be made pure witliout any acids 

 or adulterations at the above price, barring 

 the labor of making it: or, in other words, 

 the barrel costs more than the vinegar 

 which it contains. 



There is no article of universal use in the 

 household, upon which the general public 

 have so little information as vinegar. 

 The whole secret of vinegar-making quick- 



