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EDITOR. 



Vflinv. July 6, 1889, No, 2]. 



R. F. Ilolterniaun, Secretary of the 

 International Bet-Society, who has for tlie 

 last five years been in charge of the bee- 

 keepers' supply business of E. L. Goold & 

 Co., Brantford, Canada, and lately edited 

 the Canadian Honey Producer, lias left 

 lor Romney, Kent Co., Ont. 



Mr. Holtermaun, althotigh only on salary, 

 has, we believe, given first place to the in- 

 terests of those with whom lie has been em- 

 ployed. He will continue to edit the Cana- 

 dian Honey Producer until the end of the 

 present volume. Bee-keeping and store- 

 keeping combined, will occupy his atten- 

 tion hereafter. lie writes : " I am going 

 to an excellent locality for clover and an 

 abundance of basswood and excellent fall 

 pasture ; no bees at all are kept within three 

 miles, and I believe even four." 



Xlie Protspeot Urij>'Iilen!« for a 



good crop of honey. As a sample of tlie 

 many, we give these few lines from C. A. 

 Bunch, of La Paz, Ind., dated June 27, ISSO: 



Look out for a hig crop of clover honey 

 this season. The bees in this neighborhood 

 have been working between showers on 

 red, Alsike and white clover equal to any 

 season that 1 ever saw. 



Mr. Bunch sends us a sample of his bees. 

 They are very fine, large, and bright in 

 color. 



Many OooU .idvertisers invite our 

 readers to send for their descriptive Circu- 

 lars, etc. It will pay to get these, and see 

 what is for sale, by whom, at what prices, 

 and what things are offered. Every one 

 can learn something in this way. Please 

 always tell advertisers where you saw their 

 cards ; they like to know, and we like to 

 have them. 



More FalsehoodM.— The Cliicago 

 Dally Xcios of .lune-37, 18S9, contained an 

 article on page 0, wtiieli, for misrepresenta- 

 tions and unmitigated untruths "beats the 

 world !" The last paragraph reads thus : 



The worst eneiuy of the honey-raiser is 

 the producer of artificial and adulterated 

 honey. It is easy to adulterate honey, but 

 only recently have men become ingenious 

 and sK'iliful enouah to make honey in the 

 comb, both the honey and tlie comb l)eing 

 artificially produced." The spurious iiroduct 

 looks almost exactly like that created by 

 bees, and it is put np in the little square 

 biixes, windowed sides, like those used in 

 hives. It is possible to detect the imitation 

 only by tasting it, by which test anybndy 

 who has a tootli for genuine honey can 

 easily detect the fraud. The counterfeit is 

 so skillfully executed, however, that it fre- 

 quently deceives a novice. A N,\v York 

 man in a restaurant in tills city the other 

 iiiuht called for honey in the comb, and five 

 boxes were purchased for him at as many 

 different groceries before one of genuine 

 honey was obtained. He then described the 

 method of artificial lioney-making, and in 

 conclusion said that he was a drummer for 

 a New York hoiiey-liouse. 



We defy the Daily News to bring proof of 

 its foul charges, and we brand them as lies 

 without the least shadow of truth to rest on! 



There is no such thing in existence as 

 combs made of paraffine, or similar sub- 

 stances, and filled with glucose, which the 

 Daily News calls " artificial honey !" 



There is no such " spurious product '" 

 which " looks almost like that created by 

 bees, and is put up in the little square boxes 

 with windowed sides, like those used in 

 hives !" 



There is no "counterfeit" comb honey 

 "so skillfully executed that it frequently 

 deceives a novice," or " any other man !" 



The silly story, or, more properly, the 

 wilful lie, which tlie News parades in proof 

 of its "comb honey" story, is simply 

 diabolical ! 



The idea of a New York man in a " res- 

 taurant" calling for honey in the comb, 

 waiting there for the " buyer " to go out^w 

 different times and buy a " box " at five 

 " different groceries," just to please a single 

 guest ! New York men do not wait a couple 

 of hours at a meal, for different courses, and 

 especially not for an article to be purchased 

 for them five times in one course ! 



Restaurant keepers do not undertake to 

 buy at retail for any single eater ; they buy 

 at wholesale, lay in a stock, and if anything 

 is called for not in stock, they are so in- 

 formed, and that ends it ! 



New York men, and especially " drum- 

 mers," are too busy to spend so much time, 

 even if restaurant keepers would go out and 

 buy, at five different times, from five differ- 

 ent grocers, a single box of honey to accom- 

 modate a notional crank ! These " drum- 

 mers " are after l)i(si)ics8— not such foolish- 

 ness as that 1 



New Y'ork honey -houses do not have 

 drummers out to sell honey— especially at 

 this time of the year when the old crop is 

 nearly exhausted, and the new crop is not 

 yet harvested ! 



No " factory " for making the so-called 

 "artificial honey" is in existence, and 



hence it could not send out such a " drum- 

 mer !" 



No such "artificial honey" with comb» 

 " artificially produced " is in existence ! If 

 one such " paraffine comb filled with glucose 

 and sealed up by machiney " (hs tlie news- 

 papers so often put it) is produced— yes, 

 even one is presented at this ollice— it can 

 talve a thousand dollars, which is offered for 

 the proof of the existence of such an arti- 

 ficial humbug ! 



Now the Daily News should either pro- 

 duce one of those " artificial boxes of 

 honey " that are so plentiful at the groceries 

 that " five boxes were purchased " " before 

 one of the genuine honey was obtained "— 

 or else make an apology and retraction for 

 publishing such villainous falsehoods ! 



Paris Cirerii on Potatoes.- S. R. 



Norton, Leinont, Ills., on June 23, 1889, 

 writes this inquiry : 



Would there be any danger of poisoning 

 my bees if 1 use Paris green or London pur- 

 ple on my potato vines, to destroy the 

 bugs ? The potatoes are in bloom. 



At our request. Prof. Cook replies to this 

 question, in these words: "There is no 

 danger of using Paris green or London pur- 

 ple on potatoes. The bees do not gather 

 nectar from potatoes, and so could not 

 get the poison. Indeed there is no danger 

 of spraying our orchards except wlien the 

 trees are in full bloom. At that time spray- 

 ing should never be done." 



I'onib Foiintlation is now in almost 

 nnlversal use. Those who object to it, do 

 so principally on the ground of cost. Its 

 use in the brood-chamber pays well in re- 

 sults ; but in sections, for comb honey, is 

 where its utility is more mauifest. Of 

 course none should there be used but thin, 

 which is made expressly for the purpose. 

 Its use greatly aids shipping— for breakages 

 are less frequent than when only natural 

 comb is allowed. 



;^e-»v Posters for the American Bke 

 Jour.xAL, printed in two colors, have just 

 been printed, and will be sent free to all 

 who can use them. They are very hand- 

 some, and will "set off" an exhibit at 

 Fairs. It will tell Bee-Keepers how to 

 subscribe, for "Subscriptions Received 

 Ilere " is quite prominent at the bottom. 



We will also send sample copies of the 

 Bkk Jour.xAL, for use at Fairs, if notified 

 a week or ten days in' advance where to 

 send them. 



■ lindens were reported on page 40.% to 

 be stripped of buds and leaves in Minne- 

 sota. Now we have another report from 

 that State. C. Theilmann thus writes on 

 June '.28 : 



Lindens here are loaded with good, sound 

 buds, which will open in a few days. I have 

 traveled about ten miles this morning 

 through a timbered country, ami nearly 

 every linden tree is loaded with buds. While 

 clover is in full bloom also, but we have too 

 much cloudy weather. 



