1894. 



THE AMEUK'A V BEE-KEEPER. 



29 



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Henry Alley is just right when he 

 says, "If anyone has any desire to 

 ruin bees, just pack them in sawdust. 

 * Sawdust is adapted to pack- 

 ing ice. It does not seem thai an arti- 

 icle that will preserve ice is just the 

 thing to preserve bees, especially in 

 winter." Sawdust, although a non- 

 conductor of heat, accumulates darnp- 

 ind retains it. Ground cork is 

 undoubtedly the best article to u 



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Bees should not be disturbed dur- 

 ing the winter unless positively neces- 

 sary to do so, as any disturbance 

 causes an unusual consumption of 

 food with bad results. 



It has been very generally supposed 

 that if extracted honey candied it. was 



a positive indication that it was strict- 

 ly pure. Tins idea seems to have been 

 quite wrong, for, according to Glean- 

 ings, honey containing as much as 66 

 per cent, glucose will candy, although 

 it has a peculiar appearance which 

 one of experience will readily n 

 nize. This discovery is one of import- 

 ance, and it seems strange that it has 

 not been noticed before this. In the 

 meantime doubtless considerable glu- 

 cose mixed honey has been worked off 

 on the unsuspecting public as pure 

 honey simply because it was more or 

 Qulated. 



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