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a common lamp, melted the granulation, 

 and handing him the liquidated honey, 

 I said, " What do you think of that ?" 

 He thought it very nice. I explained to 

 him, and he was happy. 



It seems strange to us, but it is a fact 

 that people do not know that pure ex- 

 tracted honey will granulate, and that 

 alone is responsible, for the public gen- 

 erally are inclined to think because 

 honey granulates it must be adulterated. 

 I think we have nothing to fear from 

 that source. I could sell 200,000 

 pounds every fall, if I could get the 

 honey to sell. I never yet have been 

 able to get enough to supply my trade. 

 I am a bee-keeper, and sell pure honey. 



Clinton Co., Iowa. 



[We do not presume to say to just 

 what extent the adulteration of honey is 

 practiced, but we have it on pretty good 

 evidence that if it were fully known how 

 much it is done, it would cause our 

 friend Jacobs and others like him to 

 stand in utter amazement ! Murder is 

 not a general thing, and yet we believe 

 in preventing or prohibiting it entirely, 

 and must have good laws upon that sub- 

 ject. When we once get a law that we 

 can "screw down" on adulterators of 

 honey and other food products, a good 

 many will be surprised at what will re- 

 sult from the " squeeze." The Bee 

 Journal is ready to push on the 

 " lever " with a pretty heavy force. Just 

 give us a chance ! — Ed.] 



Convention Notices. 



CALIFORNIA.— The 2nd annual meeting ol 

 the California State Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held in the Chamber of Commerce in 

 Los Angeles, Calif., on Feb. 7th and 8th, 1892. 

 Programmes will soon be issued, for which 

 address, John H. Maktin, Sec. 



Redlands, Calif. 



NEW YORK. — The next meeting of the 

 Allegany County Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held at Belmont, N. Y., on May 4th, 

 1893, in the Hotel Belmont. All bee-keepers 

 are invited to attend and make it what it 

 should be — an interesting meeting. 



H. C. Fabnum, Pres., Transit Bridge, N. Y. 



Please Send Us the Names of your 

 neighbors who keep bees, and we will 

 send them sample copies of the Bbk 

 Journal. Then please call upon ihem 

 and get them to subscribe with you, and 

 secure some of the premiums we offer. 



Do not write anything for publication 



on the same sheet of paper wltn business 

 matters, unless it can be torn apart without 

 interfering with either part of the letter. 



Heavy Colonies for Wintering. 



I got my bees all into the cellar in 

 time to miss this cold spell. Their aver- 

 age net weight was 60 pounds per hivg 

 — the heaviest I have ever put into win- 

 ter quarters. Jas. A. Stone. 



Bradfordton, Ills., Dec. 28, 1892. 



Profitable Reading, Indeed. 



I have followed instructions given in 

 the Bee Journal the past season, and 

 as a result, I have gained more than ten 

 times the cost of the Journal from 10 

 colonies of bees. 



Horatio N. Scratch. 



Kingsville, Ont., Dec. 30, 1892. 



Bees Wintering Well. 



I commenced last spring with 4 colo- 

 nies, and had 6 swarms, 2 of which 

 went off. I saved the other 4, which 

 are wintering well. I did not get much 

 honey, as the season was bad., and not 

 much bloom. I could not get along 

 without the Bee Journal and keep 

 bees. W. S. Meador. 



True, W. Va., Dec. 31, 1892. 



Experience of the Past Season. 



I bought 2 colonies of bees last spring, 

 and transferred them to dovetailed hives 

 on May 6th. One stored 29 one-pound 

 sections of honey, which brought 15 

 cents per pound at home. The other 

 colony took the swarming fever and 

 swarmed four times ; two times they 

 went back into the old hive, and the 

 third time I hived them, but they came 

 out again, and flew about 50 feet, 

 then returned to the new hive. I now 

 have 3 strong colonies, with the hives 

 crammed full of capped honey. 



Frank B. Aticins. 



Hannibal, Mo., Dec. 26, 1892. 



