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October, 1915. 



American Hee JonrnaTI 



by the use of stickers similar to the 

 "Eat Honey" ones. Printed from 

 type, on gummed paper, they would be 

 very cheap, and in a short time we 

 could be shipping candied honey in 

 cheap containers, and feel quite cer- 

 tain that the goods would arrive safely. 

 The above labels are quoted at $1.00 a 

 1000, $2.00 for 6000, or $12 for 25,000. I 

 shall at once commence using an adhe- 

 sive of this kind, but think I will re- 

 write it as follows : 



Notice.— Adulterated honey cannot 

 be made to granulate, so when a lot of 

 honey does candy we know that it is 

 pure. Any honey will granulate if ex- 

 posed for a time to a temperature be- 

 low 70 degrees Fahr., but it is very easy 

 to restore it to a liquid form by setting 

 the container into a dish of hot water. 

 The temperature should not exceed 150 

 degrees Fahr. for fear of injuring the 

 flavor. Honey eaten while granulated 

 is delicious. Remember, granulated 

 honey is fure honey. 



For my individual use I may add: 

 Honev bearing my label is guaranteed 

 to be' as pure as the bees can make it, 

 and to conform to all requirements of 

 the pure food laws. 



Such a sticker put on with the regu- 

 lar label would have great influence, 

 and if made part of the regular label 

 will be cheaper and more effective. It 

 would be well to use them on letters 

 and in public places,, while their use 

 on honey packages is more logical. 

 Buck Grove, Iowa. 



[It may not be amiss to state that the 

 elder Dadant, whose portrait has been 

 at the head of the pages of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal in company with that 

 of Mr. Langstroth for a number of 

 years, placed there by the previous edi- 

 tor, put upon his honey labels, as early 

 as 1874, the following words, which are 

 still used on our labels: "The granu- 

 lation of honey is the best proof of its 

 purity." We have at all times urged 

 the selling of honey in the granulated 

 form, and would be glad if others 

 would follow the suggestion. We are 

 told that an adulterated product can be 

 produced that will also granulate, but 

 the adulterations as far as we know are 

 always in liquid form.— Editor ] 



A Naturalist of the Old School 



BY I). A. DAVIS. 



FEW men would spend one-third of a 

 perfectly good summer in studying 

 the habits of a familyof wasps, but 

 to do just such things Frank C. Pellett 

 left a growing law practice to live in 

 the woods. Eight years ago he aban- 

 doned the artificial life of the office in 

 town and with his family moved to the 

 country to spend the rest of his days 

 in the intimate contact with wild crea- 

 tures that only a naturalist knows. 



Half of the little farm where he lives, 

 near Atlantic, Iowa, is given over to a 

 preserve devoted to the keeping of 

 native birds, animals and plants. Prob- 

 ably more species of native plants are 

 growing there than are to be found in 

 anv similar area of the State, and more 



MR 



PELLETT IS A CLOSE OBSERVER AND WILL SPEND MANY HOURS IN 

 ANY KIND OF WEATHER IN ORDER TO LEARN A NEW FACT 

 OR CONFIRM A THEORY 



MR PEI LETT'S "BUGHOUSE" BUNGALOW IS AN IDEAL PLACE FOR REST 



AND CONCENTRATION 



species of bird's nests than in a like 

 situation anywhere in the middle West. 

 A haven is offered for all kinds of little 

 animals and reptiles, and species are 

 surprisingly abundant. Dozens of rab_ 

 bits play about the dooryard, and 

 skunks raise their brood in the out- 

 buildings. 



A two-room bungalow on the lawn, 

 called the " Bughouse," serves as a 

 study and houses his library of sci :n- 

 tilic books and collections of insects 

 and other material dear to the heart of 

 a naturalist. Here, hidden from the 

 eyes of the world he spends uncounted 

 hours in the preparation of numerous 

 manuscripts relating to the creatures 

 under observation and in the pursuit of 



.special studies. Some investigations 

 occupy years of time and require in- 

 finite patience. Much time has been 

 spent in special study of birds of prey 

 and the predacious animals. During 

 the past summer a family of gold- 

 banded paper-making wasps has been 

 under constant observation. In a bad 

 storm in July the nest was thrown 

 down and the mother wasp disappeared. 

 In order to continue the study it be- 

 came necessary to raise the young by 

 hand. After having seen the mother 

 feeding the babies with caterpillars 

 many times, he did his best to follow 

 her example, giving them the bits with 

 a timothy stem. Some of the younger 

 larvx died, but the older ones were 



