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done with one "run;" besides, the 

 large press enjoys more leisure than 

 the small one. The last straw that de- 

 cided me to make the change was find- 

 ing where this beautiful, enameled, 

 g^olden rod paper was kept in stock, 

 and could be bought in any qudntities 

 at any time. As business increases, I 

 find there are many things that can be 

 done with a small business that are not 

 practical with a large business — all 

 "fussy" operations must be eliminated. 



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Raspberry Honey is White Honey. 



In my article about Northern Michi- 

 gan, published in the Review for De- 

 cember, 1903, I said that the honey 

 from the wild, red raspberry could not 

 be classed as a strictly white honey. 

 Since then, several have written and 

 protested against my saying that it 

 was not white. Two samples have 

 been sent me. One is from Mr. E. D, 

 Townsend, who has his apiary in a 

 raspberry district, where the entire 

 surplus was from this source. The 

 sample is strictly water white. Mr. 

 Townsend suggests that what makes 

 some samples slightly colored is prob- 

 ably because brood has been raised up 

 into the upper story, and honey ex- 

 tracted from combs that have contained 

 brood. The sample that I saw that 

 caused me to say that raspberry honey 

 was not strictly' white, was produced 

 under exactly those conditions. I cer- 

 tainly have no desire to do any honey 

 an injustice, and I make room with 

 pleasure for this explanation. 



Who invented the Wax Press? 



Perhaps it would have been better, 

 in publishing Mr. Townsend's article, 

 describing his wax-press, to have said 

 that others had made and described 

 similar presses some years ago; notably 

 Mr. F. A. Gemmill, of Canada, and 

 Mr. C. A. Hatch, of Wisconsin. Long 



ago the Review published an illustra- 

 tion and description of a press similar 

 to the one described by Mr. Townsend, 

 and called it the Hatch-Gemmill press, 

 as these two men seem to be the in- 

 ventors. Perhaps Mr. Townsend did 

 not know of this. Knowing Mr. Town- 

 send as I do, I know he would not 

 knowingly rob any man off a just due. 

 The press as Mr. Townsend has made 

 it, varies in detail from the Hatch- 

 Gemmill press, as shown in the Re- 

 view, but the principle must be the 

 same in all such presses. Some of the 

 details in the construction of the press, 

 and its management in rendering wax, 

 are quite important, and several have 

 written, since reading the Townsend 

 article, and expressed their thanks for 

 the benefits that have come to them 

 from its perusal. Mr. Hatch writes 

 that a square dipper is much better 

 than a round one to dip the wax off the 

 top. He also says that he would run 

 most of the wax directly into the forms 

 for the cakes, that is, not re-melt it, as 

 wax is not improved by being melted. 



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Missouri Foul Brood Bill has been Vetoed. 



Missouri bee-keepers have learned a 

 sad lesson, in that securing legislation 

 is much like going to war — no point 

 can be left uncovered or unconsidered. 

 As a rule, when a bill has passed both 

 houses of the legislature it is looked 

 upon as almost a law — that the Gov- 

 ernor will surely sign it. But the 

 Governor didn't. And he shows by 

 his veto that he wholly misunderstood 

 the true meaning and necessity of the 

 proposed law. Here are three para- 

 graphs clipped from his veto. I give 

 them to show how little the Governor 

 comprehends the real situation. 



The measure illustrates the falla- 

 cious idea that the Government can do 

 more for the individual than the indi- 

 vidual can do for himself. Anyone in- 

 telligent enough to conduct a bee in- 

 dustry is certainly better qualified to 



