(established 1888) 



OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE 

 NATIONAL BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



Office OF Pu BLicATiON - - - 230 Woodlan d Aven u e 



VOL. XXV. DETROIT, MICHIGAN, NOVEMBER 1, 1912. No. 11. 



Our Product. 



Oliver Foster. 



Of all the rich foods the market presents, 

 Concoctions and compounds that man can invent; 

 The pure liquid fragrance of flowers give me, 

 As gathered and stored in the hive by the bee. 



Dame Nature's own product, all ready for use, 

 The sweetest her finest of arts can produce. 

 No vile human expert, whatever his skill, 

 Can copy those combs the bees daintily fill. 



A prize to the epicure, yet within reach 

 Of humblest of households with plenty for each. 

 The kids with sore throat almost welcome a cold 

 For honey's the surest of remedies sold. 



A land where the milk and the honey should flow, 

 Was God's chosen slogan. His bounties to show. 

 The fare of the gods as some ancients believed ; 

 As gifts from the lowly, by kings well received. 



The cow and the bee ! "Milk and honey" for me ! 

 Or honey with butter or cream — or all three. 

 To spread on our bread or hot biscuits or rolls, 

 Or pancakes or waffles, to fill up the holes. 



Those rich, luscious oozings from crumpling white comb, 



Those wabbling curlies from under the dome 



Of the honey jug, or from silvery spoon! 



Oh, how my mouth waters! — Is dinner time soon? 



