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md the more modern one still of making the 

 greater part of it glucose, I have gradually 

 ;ome to liave a dislike to any syrup except ma- 

 de. This, however, is a good deal cheaper; 

 .nd I should say, from the test we have made, 

 t is just as wholesome. If this notice should 

 ;ive friend \V. a trade in the syrup. I shall be 

 lad of it.l 



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So the sun stood stni in the midst of lieaven, and histed not 

 i go <lown about a whole day.— Josh. 10: 13. 



Jakk Smith will have something rich in our 

 ?xt issue. By the way, Jake has been posting 

 imself up, and is about to assume the roZe of 

 istructor. 



Our bees are wintering nicely so far— indeed, 

 lite a little better than tht;y were last winter 

 . this time under sealed covers. They are 

 )w all under ab-iorbents. 



In our last journal, page 940, we said Prof. 

 )ok had been writing more articles on the 

 ibject of sugar honey for tipicultaral papers, 

 hen we meant to say agricultural. 



We are compelled to omit our last Book Re- 

 ewin thi^ issue, as lack of time renders it 

 ipossible to get any proper idea of the eight 

 ten books remaining, in the short space al- 

 tted between the issues of our journal. It is 

 e intention to give simply a general idea of 

 ,ch one. 



We saw an item lately, in one of the mechan- 

 il papers, to the effect that, for small powers. 

 s and gasoline engines were much more eco- 

 imical in cost of running than the steam- 

 gine. For large powers, the case is reversed, 

 ere it not for the fact that gas and gasoline 

 gines cost two or three times as much as 



run -engines of the same power, the' bee- 

 epnr who wants to run only one or two buzz- 

 ws had better use the gas-engines. The time 



coming when gas-engines will be made as 

 eaply as steam-engines, and then— good-by 

 the small sKuim powers. 



Is anoilier page we present to our readers 

 3iid"s-('ye view of the Home of the Honey- 

 HS. It is generally pronounced, by every one 

 re, to be an accurate picture. We especially 

 sired our artist not to exaggerate any of our 

 iidings; and while perspective may, perhaps, 

 iduce a slightly diff.M-ent impression, yet the 

 w as a wliole is wonderfully accurate. This 

 ;ture is takpn from a water-color painting 

 It was on exhibition at the World's Fair, over 

 exhibit, and is now hung up in our ofHce. 



We are sorry we can not present to you the 

 realistic, lifelike look of the original. It is, 

 perhaps, unnecessaiy for us to go into details in 

 regard to the diflferent buildings; but should 

 the H'ader desire some facts with reference to 

 the growth of our business, he will find them 

 on page 849, J 891. 



It seems that the bees, away back so many 

 thousand years ago, spoken of by Mr. Mathey 

 in another column, must have been very nearly 

 itientical in appearance to the present Egyp- 

 tian bees; if this is true, bees do not change 

 their general appearance. Mr. Mathey saw 

 the bees himself, while in Egypt. We might 

 mention, further, that he is now and has been 

 for a long time a contributor to some of the 

 best bee-journals in Austria, in both the Ger- 

 man and Hungarian languages. As yet he 

 writes no English, so the translation of his 

 manuscript has devolved upon W. P. R. so far. 



A SHOKT time ago one of the food inspectors, 

 after giving a long list of certain foods, includ- 

 ing honey, that were adulterated with various 

 compounds, ended up by saying that wheat 

 flour was adulterated with potatoes. The pro- 

 prietor of one of our milling establishments 

 quickly took him to task by saying that, as long 

 as wheat could be bought for .')5 c. a bushel, it 

 was altogether improbable that they would put 

 in potatoes at 75 cts., or IK times its cost, even if 

 such adulteration were possible. Our food com- 

 missioners have been doing some good service, 

 and, as a general thing, are not far from right; 

 but they want to be careful and not make such 

 stupid blunders as in the case of the wheat and 

 potatoes. As long as it does not pay to adulter- 

 ate, there will be no such thiug as adulteration. 



Among our old bee-books we find an edition 

 of Huber included in the "Naturalist's Li- 

 brary." published by Henry G. Bohn. York St.. 

 Covent Garden. London (the publisher of 

 Huish). The book contains 300 pages, and is 

 beautifully illustrated with copperplate en- 

 gravings in colors. We purchased this copy, 

 with the other old bee-books which we have 

 been reviewing, of W. P. Henderson, Murfrees- 

 boro, Tenn. The different bird and insect 

 enemies of bees are shown in this volume true 

 to life, both in outline and color, making it 

 altogether the prettiest book we have yet re- 

 viewed. If any of the readers of Gleanings 

 can find another copy like it, we should be glad 

 to correspond with them. Sometimes books of 

 this character can be found in second-hand 

 bookstores, where the proprietor has no idea 

 of their real value. This book was printed in 

 18.5:3, and was edited by Sir Wm. Jardine, 

 Baronet. 



In the last issue, Dr. Miller voted strongly for 

 the footnotes. We suppose, if they have any 

 thing of value in them it is because of the fact 



