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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 



I'ertalniiig: to Uee Culture. 



[We respectfuUv solicit the aid of o\ir friends in 

 conducting this flepartmcnt. and wnnld consider it 

 a favor to liave them seu<l us all circulars that have 

 a deceptive appearance. Tlie greatest care will be at 

 all times maintained to prevent injustice being done 

 any one.] ■ ' 



Wm C. HAZARD, & CO., whose circular we 

 tlLJJo, mentioned last month, send us a marked 

 co;)y of the Grocery and Provision Revieic, call- 

 inir our attention to the fact, , that they ask 

 twelDe_ dollars per doz. for their California honey 

 in quart jnrs, which would look as if it might 

 be pure, but are we to understand that is all 

 the pifre honey they deal in V Right over the 

 leaf we sec the same quotations of Extracted 

 honey at $4.50 as mentioned last month. If 

 they know this latter to l)e something else 

 than honey, are they not swindlers, in this 

 respect at least? Yet on another page of 

 above Monthly is the following notice with a 

 blue pencil mark around it. 



The Mouse oi Messrs. E. C. Hazard & Co. is known 

 to sell only the very best quality of goods that can be 

 obtained, and if goods fail to "come up to the sample 

 shown to its bi^yer, the firm justly refuse ,to purchase 

 the article, being too sensitive to anything that will 

 reflect upon the character of its trade. 



Now if such is the case, we demand an hon- 

 est statement of what the article is that they 

 are offering at |4.5() per doz. qts., and adverti- 

 sing as inire choice honey. The saine goods are 

 being advertised quite extensively by other 

 firms in N. Y., and' unless they label it just 

 wliat it is, we propose giving a list of all their 

 names. 



Circulars of a number of patent hives 

 that are clearly frauds, are sent us but we 

 hardly think it worth while to enumerate them, 

 at present, but you can set it down that any 

 circular claiming that "all prominent bee-keep- 

 ers" recommend this or that hive "above all 

 others," is a swindle. 



Attempts are frequer.tlj^ made to bring in 

 Quinby's name and others, an.d in one we see a 

 U'.stimonial from Jf. Quiiiley. 



All receipts fdr making pure honey that can- 

 not be told from that made by the bees, etc., 

 are swindles every time. AVe clip the following 

 ' from a circular by N. H. AVhite, 441 Broad St., 

 Newark, N. J. 



Disappointmont of bee-raisers is proverbial. It is 

 said to be as dillicult to manage a few hives of bees as 

 it is to take projicr charge of a cotton-mill. Jlence 

 the great scarcity ol' iioisEv, and hence the grcatvalue 

 of our recipe for making the beautiful Qkystal Hon- 

 Kv, which we are herein uravving your special atten- 

 tii)n to. 



Our already stated elaborate researches have abro- 

 gated the necessity of bee process in the prei)aration 

 of this nectissary and deli(;ious lijc-prcticrvcr. This re- 

 cipe, therefoi'e, is the sublime mode of i)roducing 

 honey in every respect as cjuod as that made by bees 

 without any of the risks or other disadvantages con- 

 Kcquont ui)bn depending on the hive method alone for 

 the needfut supiily. 



Ogdcnsburg, Wis. Feb'y 22d, 1873. 



N. H. WiiiTi;, Dear .Sir r—^Our Honey receijjt is at 

 hand, I have tested it and found it to be as good as 

 recommended. It sells very well here at fair prices 

 and is preferred by many to the genuine r>ee Honev. 



M. (!. (>i;iJii!V. 



How talented, frank, and how cheerful. 

 "Cotton Mills" forsooth. Bees — al)rogatcd. 



Like "Flick" of the "Aml)rosial," he uses 

 "Slippery Elm" (to make the honey) and he 



likewise charges $3.00 for the Stitp-/(f-endous 



receipt. 



It pains us to receive more and more com- 

 I)laint,-> of Adair. Is it not possible that some 

 friend of his can induce him to pay up these 

 small items and to l)e a man once more. After 

 all his pleasant writings in our Journals, it 

 seems hard to think of him as a swindler. 



M^pif :b^ co;i^ic^Mif® 



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I have about 300 lt)s. comb honey in Langstroth 

 frames, taken out in Nov., good for table use, or good 

 for feeding; price 35c per lij.— combs good. Al.'-o 30U 

 lbs. Basswood extracted honey, price 15c; 700 lbs. clo- 

 ver, price 18c. per lb. 



T. Pierson, Ghent,'8ummit Co.. O. March 28, '75. 



C. R. Isham, Peoria, Wyoming Co., N. Y., 

 sends us an exceedingly neat and pretty honey 

 box, and we have also on our table a sample of 

 Barker & Dicer's, Sectional honey boxes, put 

 together like the Crandall building blocks; 

 both are neat and would probably enable the 

 dealer to retail the honey at high prices on ac- 

 count of their attractiveness, (see advertise- 

 ment of the latter) yet we cannot help feeling 

 that paying for these fancy boxes by the pound 

 is a great tax on the consumer. It may be 

 said that is none of our business, that if people 

 ioill persist in paying 50c. per lb. or more, tbr 

 honey because it "looks nice," it is their own 

 business, and not ours, even if the fancy box 

 lor which they have paid so much, is of no use 

 to them at all after the honey is u.«ed out of jt. 

 In discussing the merits of the two systems of 

 surplus with Adam Grimm, some time ago, he 

 replied in answer to our remark about the ex- 

 pense of boxes for a ton of honey, that they 

 cost him 7iolhing; in fact he sold them at a good 

 iirofit, as he received the same price per lb. for 

 them as he did for the honey. 



Of late years, is it not a fact, that people are 

 being driven to purchasing only the necessa- 

 ries of life, and will' they not soon, begin to 

 see, that what is wanted, is onlj^ good honey, 

 and not useless packages ? As the consumers 

 are really fellow beings also, shall w^e not en- 

 courage them in wholesome economy 'i In our 

 own town, people have changed so much of 

 late, that many, now say thej' would prefer a 

 o lb. fruit jar of good extracted honey to one 

 containing comb, even at the same price, and 

 in regard to the fruit jar, every customer now 

 prefers them liecause they are useful in every 

 household. 



Now our friend Pierson mentioned above, 

 says he can get nice comb lioney built in Lang- 

 stroth frames in the upper story, while he is 

 steailily using the extractor on the combs of 

 the lower story, and we presume you will all 

 agree with him when he says that he gets more 

 honey in the frames than he could in any kind 

 of boxes. The point is, just cut the comb hon- 

 ey out of these frames, pack it tastefully in the 

 fruit jars, and pour in nice ext'd honey, heat- 

 ed as hot as it can be without melting the 

 coml)s, seal it up instantly, • and you are at 

 no bother and expense for boxes etc., that are 

 of no use either to you, or your neighbor the 

 cousumer, and you have a clean nice package 

 that is good for years. Of cour.-;e you will al- 

 ways furnish the liquid honey without the comb 

 lo those who prefer it. We sell a 3 lb. Mason 

 jar with the comb, for iiU.OO, without for 75c. 



