112 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



Bee-Keepers' Convention. 



An editorial in the Avicrican Bee Journal discusses the best 

 method of arranging a convention program in order that interest 

 may be aroused and maintained by those in attendance. This is 

 called forth by the remarks of J. L. Byer, in which he states that 

 too much business can be injected in a convention program. Per- 

 sonally, I find that the regular conventions, v^diere the mass of 

 bee-keepers attend, should be devoted mainly to discussing current 

 topics of bee-keeping. These should be selected with a view to 

 bringing out discussions from all present and must be questions 

 they are all interested in. The business, on the other hand, can 

 best be done by delegates, which session should be held apart from 

 the others so that they will not interfere with the regular program. 

 Byer is right in believing that too much business can be injected 

 into a regular Bee-Keepers' Convention. 



Fraudulent Packing. 



Bulletin No. 142, issued by the Agricultural Experiment Stations 

 of Texas, has this to say of the fraudulent packing of honey: 



"A deceptive method of packing bulk comb honey has recently 

 come to our attention and it cannot be too strongly condemned, 

 both by customers and honest bee-keepers. As explained on a pre- 

 ceding page, bulk comb honey, when properly packed, consists of 

 cans filled full of comb honey, the latter cut into just as large 

 pieces as will go into the can. What few openings then remain are 

 filled with extracted honey. 



"Some bee-keepers have, however, adopted the plan of filling 

 the honey cans only about one-third full of comb and then filling up 

 the can with extracted honey. (Jf course the pieces of comb float 

 on top of the extracted honey and when the customer takes ofif the 

 cover the can appears to be filled with comb honey. The deception 

 is not discovered until the ctistomer has purchased the can and used 

 out about a fourth of its contents. Such a deception is little short 

 of actual fraud, for Inilk comb honey usually sells at from two to 

 five cents per pound higher than extracted and when the customer 

 pays higher price for bulk comb he is certainly entitled to it, not to 

 a mixture containing To per cent of a lower-priced honey." 



The Big and the Small Bee-Keeper. 



The Canadian Bee Journal has an excellent editorial in its Janu- 

 ar}'' number concerning the relation between the big and the little 

 bee-keeper. I'he writer of that editorial stated that he was much 

 surprised to find a lack of sympathy on the part of a successful 

 producer of honey towards the little producer. Quoting him we 

 read : 



