the larger part of it. Tliis sweet is found in 

 our market under different sliapes and 

 names. Corn syrup, for instance, is one of 

 tlieni. Beinjj very susceptible of flavor, the 

 most pleasant flavor is jiiven it. It sells 

 ■well, but not often to one party, as one soon 

 gets tired of it. Other parties, however, 

 take his place. So much for living in a large 

 country. Another kind of glucose is maple 

 syrup ; seven-eighths or more of Jtll sold is 

 glucose. 



As bee-keepers, we don't care how much 

 honey-syrup is sold, but glucose honey is 

 very detrimental to our welfare, especially 

 so if the glucose part of the name is left off, 

 and the article f()rced on the market under 

 the name of " Pure Honey." 



I have been thus particular in describing 

 adulteration, because I wish to put on their 

 guard honest producers and fair dealers. 

 That the public be assured of the purity of 

 our produce is of vital interest to the bee- 

 keeper and honey dealer. 



In regard to comb-honey, it is of impor- 

 tance to the bee-keeper, first and above all, 

 to produce a choice article in good shape. 

 Choice comb-honey iswhiteand well capped. 

 Small frames of liglit, clear lumber, 5 to 

 6 inches square, and \}4 to 2 inches wide, 

 filled with nice, white comlvhoney, well 

 finished, and weighing IK to 2)^ lbs. each, 

 is perhaps the most suitable shape with 

 which to meet the retail demand. Neat 

 shipping cases, holding 50 or 60 lbs. of tiie 

 above frames of honey, will accommodate 

 the jobbing business. Shipping-cases should 

 be cheap, neat, but strong enough to stand 

 transportation, and the contents should be 

 shown through glass on two sides to as 

 much advantage as possible. When placing 

 them in our stores, the honey should be 

 shown without exposing it to the dust, dirt 

 and flies. 



Neat glass-boxes, filled with nice, white 

 comb-honey, looks well; but the most popu- 

 lar shape is, undoubtetly, a frame, as des- 

 cribed above, without any glass. Purchases 

 of honey look so much at their own interest 

 In close times like the present, that they are 

 loth to pay for any more tare than necessary. 

 The price of honey, like that of other pro- 

 duce, will be regulated by the laws of supply 

 and demand, just as soon as consumers com- 

 mence to be better judges of the quality; 

 when honey will also, cease to be merely an 

 article of luxury. 



Granulated honey, which is apparently so 

 much objected to by the uninitiated, and is 

 a source of trouble to dealers, will then be 

 the preferred article, which it has been for 

 years in the Old World. Perhaps nothing 

 is a better proof ot the purity of honey than 

 a solid granulation. Chas. F. Muth. 



Cincinnati, O., August 10, 1878. 



L. C. Root. I think this one of the most 

 important subjects before the meeting. We 

 must not on ly watch the dealers, but see that 

 the producer is free from any practice that 

 might injure the business. On this score I 

 olnect to the use of foundation in the boxes. 

 The adulteration of honey by the use of 

 glucose is a very serious one to the honest 

 producer and the prosperity of the business. 

 Some think that honey in the comb, as well 

 as the extracted, is tampered with, and sales 

 are very much affected. This should be 



corrected, as a large and growing interest 

 ought not to be allowed to sutfer from the 

 dishonesty of a few unprincipled men. 

 Sixty pound crates I consider too large ; 

 twenty pounds makes the best package for 

 handling. Frames without glass I think 

 lessen the sale. Grocers who have dealt in 

 them are opposed to them as being trouble- 

 some to handle and not a practical form for 

 the general puclic. 



riAFTEKNOON SESSION. 



Mr. Shearer. Two years ago 1 killed 

 nearly all my bees by experimenting with 

 feeding glucose. I fed them as much as 

 they wanted to eat about the middle of 

 April, and I continued to feed them, but 

 they did not develop satisfactorily: they 

 continued to dwindle until I had but eight 

 colonies by doubling. I determined to fol- 

 low up this, and later put the eight into two, 

 and lost them. This had a bitter taste and 

 may not have been as good as some made 

 now. Certain poisons in small doses have a 

 stimulating effect, and in large quantities 

 are poisonous. 1 have never experimented 

 since, but I am satiified that all who have 

 tested can detect these poisons. The ques- 

 tion is, are we not ruining our trade if we 

 admit any use at all of glucose. We may 

 not be able to stop its use, but we can make 

 it a penal offense to sell it for honey. Let 

 each article be sold under its own name. 



Mr. Porter. There is a difference in the 

 quality of grape sugar. If we can have a 

 wholesome food for wintering bees it will be 

 used. An article free from sulphuric acid, 

 which seems to be the chief ol)jection, I 

 would so experiment with that it will not 

 be stored, and mark the result. 



Mr. Bacon has lately examined specimens 

 of grape sugar and glucose. Grape sugar is 

 hard ; glucose soft, peculiar in taste, and 

 lias not the same body as honey, and by 

 adding it to honey it may deceive. It varies 

 in price, according to quality, from five to 

 two and one-half cents. This material will 

 throw us out of the market. It is an inferior 

 material, not honey, and should not be so 

 called. Druggists need the purest honey for 

 their prescriptions, and the use of another 

 substance vitiates the prescription and it is 

 a gross imposition upon the public. 



Mr. A. E. Manum, of Vermont, sold his 

 extracted honey to a druggist in Troy, who 

 used it in the manufacture of a patent medi- 

 cine, paying him much higher than the 

 market price because he knew of the adul- 

 teration after leaving the producer, and 

 feared its use in his goods. 



Other members gave similar testimony. 



Dr. Trimble said we must be careful of 

 reputation, otherwise sales could not bo 

 kept up, and gave a statement of adultera- 

 tions ill butter and how shamelessly some 

 rich men had lent themselves to frauds in 

 articles of food. 



Mr. Newman. It is essential to know 

 what we are eating, whether honey, butter 

 or anything else, and the Ameuican Bee 

 Journal, as well as the Bee Keepers^ Mtig- 

 oziTie, will uphold honest dealing and de- 

 nounce adulteration. 



Mr. Shearer stated that in this country 

 97,000,000 bushels of grain are used yearly to . 

 make spirits. By the use of stryclmine, 



