DEVOTED TO liEE« ATND HONEST, AND HOME INTERESTS. 



Vol. VII. 



FEBRUARY 1, 1879. 



No. .2 



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SCRAFS AND SKETCHES. NO. 2. 



ADULTERATION OF HONEY. 



USING DEEP FRAMES, TWO STORIES HIGH. 



m, LTHOUGH "as broad as it is long-," I believe 

 jg-fw, the American frame is called a deep frame. 

 sss* I also believe that when these deep frames are 

 used 2 stories high, they have to be managed some- 

 what differently from the shallow ones. For in- 

 stance, if you should place an upper story, contain- 

 ing empty frames, over an ordinary swarm, I think 

 the bees would be loth to commence so high up. 



When a single story is full of brood and honey, 

 and the bees begin to show a disposition to hang 

 out, I remove three or four frames that contain the 

 least brood, and place them with the adhering bees 

 in an upper story. The vacant places in the lower 

 story are filled with frames containing fdn., and the 

 balance of the upper story is filled with empty 

 combs, and then we, the bees and I, are ready for 

 business. If the yield of honey is good, it is "busi- 

 ness," for the bees will fill the upper story with a 

 "rush." When the bees begin to seal the honey, I 

 commence to extract it, extracting from the upper 

 story only. With this management only one colony 

 showed symptoms of swarming, and that was qui- 

 eted by giving it a third story. This swarm was a 

 strong one, had a prolific queen, and I could not see 

 but-that honey was stored as rapidly in the upper 

 story, that "loomed" up so high, as in any other part 

 of the hive. 



DEEP FRAMES AND COMB HONEY. 



As long as I can sell, at home, all the extracted 

 honey I can raise, at a shilling, or even 10 cts. per 

 lb., I shall do but little "fussing" with comb honey. 

 I did, however, "fuss" with it a MtOe; it is so pleas- 

 ant, "you know," to know that you can raise comb 

 honey if you wish to. 



Three frames were removed from a single story 

 hive, and their places filled by hanging a broad 

 American frame containing 4 sections supplied with 

 fdn. starters, on each side of the brood combs. Tin 

 separators were used. Several strong swarms were 

 thus supplied with sections, and when the bees were 

 well started in them, 8 of these broad frames of sec- 

 tions, with the adhering bees, were taken from dif- 

 ferent colonies, hung in a Simplicity hive, and placed 

 over the strongest swarm. As fast as the sections 

 were filled they were removed, and new ones, sup- 

 plied with fdn., were put in their places. 



You may have to cater to the whims of the little 

 chaps, somewhat, to get them at work in the upper 

 story; but after they are once under way, or if they 

 are very strong, I think it makes little difference 

 whether your frames are deep or shallow. 



W. Z. Hutchinson. 



Kogersville, Genesee Co., Mich. 



Your plan of getting the bees at work in 

 the upper story of hives with tall frames is 

 all right, but I fear you will rind more troub- 

 le with the deep frames than you imagine, 

 especially if you use them side by side with 

 shallow ones year after year. Some colonies 

 go into an upper story much more readily 

 than others. See Mr. Langstroth's remark's 

 about deep and shallow frames. 



N this question of adulteration, I have read all 

 that was said, but have not yet had my say. I 

 consider the question in another way yet. 



Supposing glucose to be very healthy, very good, 

 and to contain nothing injurious to health, is it 

 right to sell it under the name of honey, or of sug- 

 ar, or of other syrups? And if it is wrong to sell it 

 under a false name, should this not be forbidden? 

 You say that we must let demand and Bupply regu- 

 late the market. Very well; we agree to that. Let 

 there be a law that will prevent the sale of articles 

 of food under any but their real name, and then see 

 how much glucose will be used by the people, under 

 its real name. Let glucose be sold at its real value; 

 let the manufacturers of honey sell their glucosed 

 honey as such, &c, &c; and then you will see de- 

 mand and supply regulate the market. 



AVhether glucose be healthy or injurious, you take 

 sides with the adulterators, with those who fraud 

 their products, when you refuse to petition against 

 adulteration. You thereby proclaim' that you are 

 willing they should keep on selling an inferior arti- 

 cle, in the place, and at the expense, of the honey 

 produced by your fellow bee-keepers, and that you 

 would rather see the public cheated in the article 

 they buy, than try to prevent a dishonest practice. 



You claim that you are anxious to do justice to 

 all; if so, prove it by publishing this short article. 

 Truth fears not light. 



1 will make you a proposition that you can accept 

 without contradicting yourself, and which will at- 

 tain the desired end. Frame a petition to congress 

 asking for laws to prevent the sale of any sweets 

 under any but their real name, and you will do jus- 

 tice to bee-keepers, and yet not injure the honest 

 sale of your pet article "glucose," or rather "dextro- 

 gbicoso." 



You have injured yourself considerably already 

 on this question, and it is the best way to prove that 

 you are really considering the public interests, and 

 not your own alone. You will do your duty to bee- 

 keepers by giving it a hearing, and at the same time, 

 will give us satisfaction in a very reasonable request. 



Hamilton, Ills., Dec. 21, '78 C. P. Dadant. 



Gently, friend I).; if I am correct, I have 

 favored the use of grape sugar for feeding 

 bees, and nothing more. I have done this 

 too, with the understanding that grape sug- 

 ar cannot be used for adulterating honey; 

 its bitter taste would render this impossible, 

 aside from its invariable habit of hardening 

 in the cells, almost immediately after it is 

 fed to the bees. If anybody knows of any 

 process By which grape sugar can be con- 

 verted into glucose, by the ordinary bee- 

 keeper, 1 will reconsider the matter. I have 

 never used glucose, nor advised it; its ex- 

 pense alone compared with grape sugar for- 

 bids it. I have gone over this ground many 

 times ; I have also shown up at least two 

 parties in the humbug and swindle depart- 

 ment, for adulterating honey with glucose. 



