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But if what was written should result 

 just opposite to what was intended, one 

 can at least express a regret. We will 

 not attempt to "formulate in words 

 what" we " think our mistaken friends 

 ought to say," but it is another mistake 

 for any one to say that we expect them 

 to state anything contrary to their hon- 

 est convictions. The question is not 

 whether bees make honey or not, but 

 whether the publishing of the suggestion 

 of feeding sugar to bees for the produc- 

 tion of honey will not result in untold 

 danger to floral honey production. We 

 have said before, that these columns 

 would be open to a manly expression of 

 regret that the stupendous mistake had 

 been made, of publishing the idea. 



We know a man who is "honest" in 

 his " belief" that he is doing right when 

 he sells liquid damnation to his fellow 

 men; but we think the whole cursed 

 traffic should be annihilated. We don't 

 have to prove to that man he is wrong. 

 Self-evid«nt truths need no proof. 



Again we must say that we bear no 

 malice toward the sugar-lwney folks, or 

 anybody else. But we do feel sorry that 

 we must disagree with them in their 

 views ; and that we feel it our duty to 

 oppose them in their suggestion of pro- 

 ducing honey by feeding sugar syrup to 

 bees. We don't want any one to " lie," 

 but we cannot believe that only two or 

 three are right about this matter, and 

 all the thousands of others are wrong. 

 We prefer to stay with the majority this 

 time, though it was safer with the 

 minority in the days of Noah and his 

 ark. 



Bro. Root's glucose idea is not a 

 parallel case. Good testimonies say that 

 bees don't like glucose in their honey 

 any more than do people. But we are 

 very certain that Bro. Root had grace 

 enough to say that if what he suggested 

 was going to result disastrously to bee- 

 keeping, he most assuredly regretted 

 ever having even hinted at such a thing. 

 These latter-day brethren may have 

 " stopped " as did Prof. Wiley in his 

 " manufactured comb honey " talk, but 



just like that unfortunate utterance we 

 fear the sugar-honey idea will be car- 

 ried in the sensational newspapers 

 throughout the length and breadth of 

 the land, and, it seems to us, cannot 

 help being to the great detriment of the 

 sale of pure floral honey. We sincerely 

 hope that we may be wrong in our views, 

 but we are inclined to believe that we 

 are not. 



Is there Poisonous Honey ? 



^The following question is sent for re- 

 ply in the Bee Journal : 



Does honey from the ailanthus poison 

 bees ? Is there any other honey from 

 common plants or trees that poison bees? 



Prof. Cook replies thus : 



From all that I can gather, I doubt 

 if any natural honey will kill bees or 

 people. The stories about ailanthus, 

 rhododendron, etc., are much to be 

 questioned. It is very probable that 

 some plant-louse or honey-dew honey is 

 bad for bees, and will prove fatal for 

 winter, just as glucosed honey does. I 

 think the sickness from eating floral 

 honey is not because the honey is pois- 

 onous. Of course, I may be wrong, but 

 I have excellent reasons for my opinion. 



A. J. Cook. 



COWVE\TIOW DIRECTORY. 



1893. 



Time and place of meeting. 



Feb. 25.— Wabasb Valley, at Vincennes, Ind. 

 Frank Vawler, Sec, Vincennes, Ind. 



April 5, 6.— Texas State, at Greenville. Tex. 

 A. H. Jones, Sec, Golden, Tex. 



May 4.— Allegany Co., at Belmont, N. Y. 

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



In order to have this table complete, 

 Secretaries are requested to forward full 

 particulars of the time and the place of 

 each future meeting. — The Editor. 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



President— Dr. C. C. Miller Marengo. Ills. 



Vice-Pres.— .T. E. Crane Middlebury, Conn. 



Secretary— Frank Benton. Washington, D. C. 

 Treasurer— George W. York... Chicago, Ills. 



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National Bee-Keepers' ITnion. 



President— Hon. R. L. Taylor.. Lapeer, Mich 

 Gen'l, Manager— T. G. Newman, Chicago, 111. 



