be assured by Mr. Thurber that the 

 "cargo" of comb honey has not been 

 confiscated ! His language is explicit 

 and allays our fears — he says " nothing 

 of the kind ever happened"! 



We have repeatedly acknowledged the 

 exertions of Messrs. Thurber as praise- 

 worthy, and deserving the thanks of all 

 bee-keepers, for, in so large a measure, 

 creating a demand for honey. We can- 

 not, however, approve of the adultera- 

 tion of extracted honey with glucose, 

 which Mr. Thurber admits is practiced 

 by his firm. 



The British Bee Journal for January 

 contains the analysis by Dr. Clarke, of 

 Glasgow, of the honey which a grocer 

 of that city was fined for selling, and 

 says it was "California white comb 

 honey from H. K. & F. B. Thurber & Co." 

 The analysis showed glucose 57 per 

 cent.; water 13.3 per cent, and fruit 

 sugar 29.7 — and the " Caledonian Api- 

 arian Society," by its Secretary, adds : 

 "The sample consisted partly of comb, 

 and partly of syrup. The syrup had no 

 taste of honey." At that time we 

 could not think that Thurber & Co., 

 had anything to do with it, and so 

 stated in the Journal. We gave that 

 firm credit for more sagacity than to take 

 such an adulteration to Britain, where 

 stringent laws against adulteration were 

 in force. 



But the "cargo" of honey sent to 

 Liverpool was "honey in the comb" 

 and if it was adulterated it must have 

 been done by feeding the bees upon 

 glucose. Therefore, if it had been con- 

 fiscated, Messrs. Thurber & Co. would 

 have been the victims, not the adulte- 

 rators ! We do not see that we owe 

 them any apology ; and if they will 

 re-read our remarks in the Bee Jour- 

 nal for January, they will, we think, be 

 of the same opinion. We made no 

 allusions to them, except as the export- 

 ers of the honey they had bought — and 

 if it was adulterated, they as merchants 

 buying and selling an article in unbroken 

 packages, were of course entirely 

 innocent ! 



We do not believe that any consider- 

 able portion of honey is adulterated by 



the bees being fed upon glucose, as yet. 

 Let all take warning, and discontinue so 

 dangerous a practice at once and forever ! 



Petitions on Adulteration. 



Concerning their presentation to Con- 

 gress, Mr. Dadant says : 



" That will depend on the committee of 

 ways and means, which has to present a 

 report on the frauds on sugar, at the Custom 

 House of New York. The presentation of 

 the petition will accompany this report and 

 one will help the other. I suppose that 

 Congress will appoint a committee to pre- 

 pare a bill; till then we can have petitions 

 signed and sent to Washington. Every one 

 can send the petitions to the representative 

 of his county ; or, if preferred, the petitions 

 can be sent,to me and I will forward them to 

 Washington. 



"Prof. Cook has advised me that the 

 legislature of Michigan has passed a joint 

 resolution requesting the representatives of 

 that State in Congress to use all possible 

 means to obtain the passage of a law against 

 adulteration. This is a good move. 



" Several other legislatures will take simi- 

 lar steps. I cannot too strongly urge every 

 one, who knows some member of their legis- 

 lature, to write to them in order to obtain a 

 similar move. With such help we can take 

 Congress by storm.'" Chas. Dadant. 



The "joint resolutions" as passed by 

 the Michigan Legislature read as 

 follows : 



JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE PREVENTION 

 OE ADULTERATION OF HONEY. 



Resolved by the Senate and House of 

 Representatives of the State of Micliigan, 

 That our Senators and Representatives in 

 Congress be respectfully requested to use 

 their influence for the passage of the bill 

 now pending before Congress prohibiting 

 the adulteration of honey. 



Resolved, That his Excellency the Gover- 

 nor be requested to transmit copies of the 

 foregoing resolution to each of our Senators 

 and Representatives in Congress. 



As yet, there is no Bill before Con- 

 gress and all petitions are referred to 

 the Judiciary Committee. We hope 

 similar action will be taken by the 

 Legislatures of every State. 



Dr. J. W. Greene, of Chillicothe, Mo, 

 has made arrangements for the offering 

 of the following resolution in the 

 Missouri State Legislature, and suggest 

 that the bee-keepers of the other States 

 copy it, or prepare a better one, and 

 cause the same to pass in the legislatures 

 of all the several states this winter. 

 The manufacturers of all articles of 



