necessarily contain sulphuric acid, etc., 

 I do not believe ! And what is more, I 

 believe it will answer for feeding bees, 

 and if it is a first-class article, it will 

 not injure them. I also believe that it 

 is extensively used to feed something 

 besides bees, and that in " military dis- 

 tricts" it undoubtedly makes very fine 

 honey. It could undoubtedly be profit- 

 ably fed to bees, for "stimulating only," 

 if it were not for one great reason. 



Let me ask if all our bee-keepers are 

 conscientious men V Do you suppose 

 that you can offer bee-keepers glucose 

 at 2 and 3 cents a pound, assure them 

 that linden honey is improved by its ad- 

 dition, and then expect that all will 

 resist the temptation of adulterating 

 their cropt of honey? If glucose is 

 used extensively for feeding bees, the 

 market will be ruined, and the honey 

 too. Keep on recommending grape 

 sugar for " stimulating," and you will 

 soon be surprised to see how many will 

 acknowledge themselves ; ' crazy," and 

 you will be surprised to hear so many of 

 our consumers pronounce their honey 

 " crazy," too, whether labeled so or not. 

 The "insane list" would undoubtedly 

 find the members of " that august body 5 ' 

 an uncongenial lot of fellows. 

 .1 suppose the writer of " The Coming 

 War" uses oleomargarine in preference 

 to butter, and also glucose honey in 

 preference to the genuine article ; it 

 would not be at all surprising, for there 

 is no accounting for what the people of 

 " military districts" will do. 



':' Now, what are you going to do about 

 it V" Congress should be petitioned 

 and informed as to how extensively it 

 (glucose) is used in adulteration. They 

 should pass laws to the effect of punish- 

 ing severely all persons found guilty of 

 such adulteration, and a duty should be 

 placed upon glucose or grape sugar, 

 placing it at such prices as to make it 

 less eagerly sought for. 



Would not this make it more difficult 

 for that " house" to get so much of that 

 "white honey" of indifferent flavor ? 

 And would it not, to a great extent, 

 stop the production of that " granulated 

 honey" made by those " sinners of the 

 wilderness V" 



Eastern New York, Jan. 6, 1879. 



C. S. Burt, Brecksville, O., remarks 



on the same subject : 



I am very glad indeed to notice the 

 position you have taken in regard to the use 

 of glucose for feeding bees. It is Dad 

 enough to use the best of sugars when com- 

 pelled to feed, but the use of glucose for 

 surplus is a fraud not only on the bees but 

 upon dealers, consumers and honest pro- 

 ducers as well ; and the worst wish we 



have for those that do use it, is, that they be 

 compelled to eat their own vile trash ! If 

 such goods have any merit whatever, let 

 them be put on the market for just what 

 they are, and sold on their own merits. It 

 may not be quite the " pure juice of grape " 

 but how would it sound to say, "Grape 

 Sugar Syrup, or Liquid Extract of Glu- 

 cose, from the Apiary of so and so- 

 warranted not to granulate ?" I would 

 merely suggest, it is about time they were 

 looking up a title for thier goods. It may 

 be that the " last feather" is necessary to 

 "break the camel's back," but it certainly 

 looks as though both producers and 

 consumers of honey in this country at least 

 had been loaded with this kind of dead 

 weight about long enough. That some 

 legislation is necessary seems evident and 

 if our National Convention can do anything 

 to bring this about or in any way to remedy 

 the existing evils, they will deserve the 

 gratitude of all honest dealers, producers 

 and comsumers of honey. 



For the American Bee Journal. 



Cleome as a Honey Plant. 



BY W. L. PORTER. 



I have been very much interested in 

 reading the different articles on honey 

 plants. It is a subject that every honey 

 producer is interested in. I believe 

 that every bee-keeper should look well 

 to the growing of plants that will make 

 a successive forage for his bees, from 

 early spring to the late frosts in autumn. 

 To determine the most valuable plants 

 for this, and also whether it will pay to 

 grow plants exclusively for their honey, 

 is a subject which gives ample room for 

 most valuable observation and experi- 

 ments. 



I would like to say a word in regard 

 to cleome ox the Rocky Mountain hee- 

 plant. 



I see it very often recommended and 

 classed among the valuable honey 

 plants, but as far as my experience 

 goes, I have not proved it to be of any 

 value. I have grown it for a number of 

 years, and find it to give continuous 

 bloom from June iintil killed by the 

 frosts, and while it is usually swarming 

 with wasps, flies and various other in- 

 sects, honey bees are rarely seen on it. 

 Thissummer I have observed it, partic- 

 ularly in Colorado, in different locali- 

 ties of the Rocky Mountains, and in no 

 case did I see a bee at work on it. 



In my experience it is a honey plant 

 rather in theory than in practice. I 

 have regained my health, and have 

 located at Baldwin, Wis. Hope before 

 very long to have the place swarming 

 with busy bees. 



Baldwin, Wis., Jan. 13, 1879. 



