DFCEMRER 1, 1915 



ered delectable. In Psclm 119 the same 

 writer uses the same metaphor in speaking 

 of God's words. Probably honey reminded 

 him of how near it came to costing his 

 friend Jonatlian his life. 



In Psalm 81:16 David says honey is one 

 of the good things God would have given to 

 the wicked had it not been for their per- 

 verseness. Hero, again, honey is spoken of 

 as being found in the clefts of the rocks. 



In Proverbs 24:13 the writer advises his 

 son (pupil) to " eat honey, for it is good." 

 In chapter 25:16 the same pupil is warned 

 not to overeat honey, but to stop when lie 

 has enough. The warning shows the liking 

 the young people haJ for honey in those 

 ancient times. 



In Isaiah 7:15 is a remarkable passage 

 predicting that the Messiah, Christ, would 

 eat honey, which prophecy was fulfilled in 

 Luke 24:42, where Jesus was regaled with 

 honey after his resurrection from the dead. 



In Jeremiah 41 :8 the treachei'ous Ishmael 

 is persuaded not to kill ten certain men 

 whom he had captured, as they had treas- 

 ures of honey and other things hidden in a 

 field. Probably he cared more for their 

 honey than for their lives. 



In Ezekiel 3:3 the prophet is commanded 

 to eat a roll of manuscript, which he did — 

 probably figuratively. To give an idea of 

 its agreeable elt'ects he says it was like hon- 

 ey for sweetness. In chapter 16 honey is 

 spoken of as one of the great blessings God 

 had conferred on the rebellious city of 

 Jerusalem. In chapter 27 of the same book, 

 lioney is spoken of as being sold to the 

 merchants of Tyre — another indication of 

 the abundance of honey among the Jews. 



In Matthew and Mark honey is said to 

 have been a part of the food of John the 

 Baptist, 



In Revelation 10 :9 John was commanded 

 to eat the book. This was bitter in taste, 

 but as sweet as honey afterward. This was 

 ]iossibly in vision as in the case of Ezekiel. 



In several places in Proverbs honey is 

 spoken of as a standard of sweetness. 

 Where honey-comb is s^Doken of in the Bible 

 as being eaten, we should always under- 

 stand comb honey; but the Hebrew word 

 "dabash " indicates what we used to call 

 strained honey, the same word being called 

 " debs " by the Arabs of today when speak- 

 ing of crushed comb honey. 



Medina, Ohio. 



ONE WOMAN'S WAY OF LIFTING SUPERS 



BY FliORA M^INTYRE 



Grace Allen is puzzled over the lifting 

 problem. My mother does considerable 

 work alone in the apiary, and she manages 

 the lifting of heavy supers thus: Carrying 

 along an empty super when she goes into 

 the apiaiy, she places it 

 on the ground at the 

 back of the hive to be 

 opened. After prying 

 the super free and ap- 

 plying a little smoke she 

 half slides, half swings 

 tlie super along on the 

 empty one in the rear. 

 When she is ready to 

 close the hive she swings 

 the super back on to the 

 broou-charaber in the 

 same manner. In this 

 way the heavy super 

 does not have to be lift- 

 ed or lowered from the 

 level at which it rests, 

 aii«l tliat eliminates what 

 is usually the very hard- 

 est part of the lift. Not 

 long ago my mother 

 wished to put a super 



of empty combs under one that was full of 

 honey. She lifted the full one off in the 

 manner described, and found that it was 

 very heavy. After putting on the super 

 filled with empty combs the problem was 



Swing the heavy super on to the empty one. 



