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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



June. 



his bees had gathered. In reference 

 to this item Mr. Lawrence C. Miller, 

 Providence, R. I., writes as follows: 



In my apiary, then located in Newton, 

 Mass., I also noticed that kind of hon- 

 ey and some of its peculiarities. The 

 honey was not all discolored but the 

 clear honey had mixed in it drops and 

 streaks of a cloudy or sooty-looking 

 substance very much as if a bee had 

 occasionally brought in a load of nec- 



sufficient to protect the glass in hand- 

 ling; the block or tube to be impervious 

 to liquids, including oils, and to be 

 inclosed by a tight-fitting lid or cover, 

 so adjusted as to make the block or 

 tube water tight and to prevent the 

 leakage of the conten'ts in case of 

 breakage of the glass. 



Queen bees and their attendant bees, 

 may be sent in the mails when properly 

 put up so as not to injure the person 



tar different from that which the rest of those handling the mail, nor soil the 



were gathering. From its disinclina- mail bags or their contents, 

 tion to mix with the other honey and Never send comb honey by mail, and 



from its "dusty" appearance I was lead see 'that all other packages conform to 



to believe it was "honey-dew" mixed 

 with soot from the soft-coal smoke. 



Where the honey contained but lit- 

 tle of the substance no unusual flavor 

 was noticed, but where the admix- 

 ture was more liberal it had a very 

 musty taste. It was all gathered dur- 

 ing Ti-Ugust and September. The bees 

 had quite a lot of this honey for winter 

 stores but it did not harm them. 



Lawrence C- Miller. 



.ABUSE OF THE U. S. MAIL. 



Gen. Manager France, of the Na- 

 tional, is sending out to members a 

 leaflet which bears the following in- 

 formation and good advice: 



Section 496 U. S. Laws and Regula- 

 tions. 



(a) When not liquid or liquefiable, 

 they must be placed in a bag, box or 

 removable envelope or wrapping, made 

 of paper, cloth or parchment- 



(b) Such bag, box, envelope or 

 wrapping must again be placed in a 

 box or tube made of metal or some 

 hard wood, with sliding clasp or screw 

 lid. 



(c) In case of articles liable to 

 break, the inside box, bag, envelope or 

 wrapping must be surrounded by saw- 

 dust, cotton, or other elastic substance. 



When in glass bottles or vials, such 

 bottles or vials must be strong enough 

 to stand the shock of handling in the 

 mails and enclosed in a metal, wooden 

 or papiermache block or tube not less 

 than three-sixteenths of an inch in the 

 thinnest part, strong enough to sup- 

 port the weight of mails piled in bags 

 and resist rough handling; and there 

 must be provided, between the bottle 

 and said block or tube, a cushion of 

 cotton, felt or some other absorbent. 



U. S- Postal laws. I have received by 

 mail several broken boxes of comb hon- 

 ey for inspection. I also find unlawful 

 queen cages and packages with honey 

 sent by mail. 



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Connecticut will have one of the most 

 unique exhibits at the World's Fair, 

 St. Louis. The exhibit will show the 

 growing oyster, Large glass tanks, 

 filled with runnig sea water, will con- 

 tain living oysters of various ages. 

 In some of the tanks will be placed 

 the enemies of the oyster. Star fish 

 and borers will be allowed to carry on 

 their work of deadly attacks upon the 

 living bivalves that the spectators may 

 see the work of destruction. A fine 

 collection of curios picked up while 

 dredging for oysters will also be in- 

 cluded in the exhibit. 



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