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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June IS 



And Somerford talked. 

 "It does seem discouraging-," said I; 

 "any new ideas we may advance, adapted 



AND SOMERFORD TALKE;D. 



to making a new road and destroying old 

 ruts, are promptly sat upon; and the idea of 

 raising the membership of the Association 

 to 100,000 will be looked upon as stupen- 

 dous." 



Our little convention came to a close. A 

 rain cut short our proposed trip. I accept- 

 ed an invitation from the two Harrys to go 

 on an alligator hunt. Said hunt and its 

 queer ending will be given in the next. 



And Somerford kept right along talking. 



BLEACHING HONEY. 



A Paying Investment ; how a Bee=keeper Converts 



his No. 2 into No. I Honey, and his No. I into 



Fancy ; a Valuable Article. 



BY J. E. CRANE. 



During the season of 1900 there appeared 

 one or two articles in Gleanings on the 

 subject of bleaching honey, by writers on 

 the Pacific Coast. As the results given 

 seemed quite reasonable, and as I had been 

 troubled a good deal with stained combs, I 

 decided to try it on a small scale in the au- 

 tumn of the same year. Accordingly I 

 made a light frame in front of my honey- 

 room and covered it with sheeting, putting 

 up shelves and selecting some 600 or 700 of 

 my worst-stained combs. I proceeded to 

 sulphur and bleach according to rules laid 

 down in the articles above referred to; and 

 after encounteriner some unlooked-for difii- 



after bleaching. 



