1908 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



carefully tested the bands in water at various 

 temperatures, because we had heard bee- 

 keepers say so many times that honey mvist 

 not be liquefied in water hotter than may be 

 born by the bare hand. A temperature of 

 140 was too much for us, and, like you, we 

 could not bear the hand for any length of 

 time in water hotter than 125 degrees; but 

 we suspect that your wife might be able to 

 stand it considerably hotter. As a general 

 thing we think it much safer and better to 

 refer to actual degrees measured by a ther- 

 mometer, for then there will be no danger of 

 injuring the flavor of the honey. A temper- 

 ature of 140 degrees, if prolonged, affects 

 slightly the bouquet, hence 130 or even 125 

 would'be still better. — Ed ] 



I've lived to see the time when a Presi- 

 dent of the United States dared to say a word 

 against the saloon in his message. I give it 

 at second hand. A newspaper man was in- 

 terviewing Rev. A. C. Dixon, pastor of 

 Moody's Church, Chicago: 



The minister reached for a newspaper containing 

 President Roosevelt's message in full. He glanced 

 through the long columns and finally came to some- 

 thing that held him. 



"Ah, here it is," he announced. "I do not suppose 

 one man in 10,000 knows that the President says some- 

 thing in derogation of thi^ saloon in his message, but 

 he does. Let me read: 'Just as the blackmailer and 

 bribe-giver stand on the same evil eminence of in- 

 famy so the man who makes an enormous fortune by 

 corrupting legislatures and municipalities and fleec- 

 ing his stockholders and the public, stands on the 

 same moral level with the creature who fattens on the 

 blood money of the gambling-house and the saloon.' 

 There it is, right there— gambling-house and saloon,' 

 and I am mighty well pleased to see the President of 

 the United States placing the saloon in the right place 

 and condemning it as he has. I do not know that 

 other Presidents have had the courage to mention the 

 saloon, but Roosevelt did, and he Is entitled to the 

 thanks of the law-loving people of the land." 



In Germany an advertisement appeared 

 offering for 25 cents to send a recipe for 

 making 2 lbs. finest honey from 1 qt. of but- 

 termilk. Remittance of 25 cents brought the 

 instruction to add 1 lb. of sugar and boil 

 slowly two hours, stirring constantly, in a 

 brass, copper, or enameled kettle; but the 

 enameled kettle must not be cracked inside. 

 Pretty good for a German; but a Yankee 

 fakir would follow it up with an advertise- 

 ment offering for 50 cents to sell a recipe to 

 produce for less money a better honey than 

 the buttermilk thing. The recipe would 

 read, "Go to a grocery and buy it." "That 

 wouldn't cost less?" Figure up and see. 



1 qt. buttermilk 1 cent 



1 pound sugar 5 " 



2 hours stirring at $1.50 a day. . . .30 " 



Cost of 2 lbs. buttermilk honey.... 36 " 



[These so-called artificial honeys, unless glu- 

 cose be made the main constituent, cost con- 

 siderably more than genuine honey. But 

 glucose can not now be used except as an 

 adulterant, the mixer to consume it in his 

 own familv. Or if sold for general con- 

 sumption it must be used as a mixture of 

 honey and glucose, stating the mixture of 

 each. — Ed.] 



Mr. E. E. Coveyou, in the last Review, 

 shows a practical scheme for filling square 

 honey-cans automatically, and shutting off 

 the honey gate just the moment the honey 

 reaches a certain level in the can. We hope 

 to illustrate it later. 



The editor of the Review is somewhat 

 skeptical as to the success of the plural- 

 queen system, saying he can not see any 

 thing to balance the labor and cost. He ad- 

 mits that the scheme may be possible but 

 not pi'ofitable. This is an open question, 

 and we will allow the discussion to continue 

 for a time longer. 



labeling the weight. 

 Swift & Co., the meat-packers, have be- 

 gun a suit to test the legality of the Nebras- 

 ka pure-food law which compels them to la- 

 bel the weight on ham and bacon pieces. 

 Comb honey in sections would seem to come 

 under the same category — at least, if a ham 

 has to be labeled, a section of comb himey 

 ought also to be. w. k. m. 



OUR special spring-management number. 

 One of our late advertisements states that 

 our symposium of articles on spring manage- 

 ment will appear in our issue for March 1. 

 We did not discover the error until it was 

 too late. The series will appear in our 

 March 15th number, and it will be well 

 worth reading, as the articles comprise many 

 valuable hints and suggestions from our vet- 

 erans in the field. 



A W^ORD to our subscribers — ESPECIALLY 



THOSE whose subscriptions MAY 



HAVE expired. 



The editor has been going over our list of 

 subscribers, and has been very much grati- 

 fied to see that it is well paid up. The num- 

 ber of delinquents— that is to say, those who 

 have not paid up arrearages or back sub- 

 scriptions — is very small. We were sur- 

 prised, also, to notice how large a number 

 have paid in advance — some clear up to and 

 including 1915. One man in particular paid 

 for twenty years ahead. So many of the 

 number having paid in advance leads us to 

 believe that our journal is appreciated. We 

 have no doubt that those who are behird 

 like it just as well, but perhaps have neg- 

 lected to send in their back dues. 



It is not nor has it been our policy to con- 

 tinue sending our journal after the time paid 

 for to any particular person unless we con- 

 sider him responsible, and believe that he 

 desires its continuance. The few delinquents 



