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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Vol. mVII. CHICAGO, ILL, FEB. 4, 1891. No. 5. 



Editorial Con}n)cr)t^^ 



<^ol<l ^Veatlier.— Sunday and Monday, Jan. 35 and 26, 

 1897, were reported to have been the coldest days Chicago has ex- 

 perienced in 2.5 years. The average temperature for Sunday, we 

 believe, was 14 degrees below zero, and for Monday 18 degrees 

 below. The range was from 12 to 20 degrees below — both days. 

 The sleighing has been, and is, fine (Jan. 30). It has been zero 

 weather right along since those coldest days. Up to Jan. 24 the 

 winter had been quite mild and open ; but the next month may 

 give us plenty of cold to make up for it. So far as we have been 

 able to learn, bees are wintering all right in and around Chicago. 



I»artlj-.I>ra-»vu foiiil»— A Big- 'riling-.— Mr. E. B' 



Weed, of comb-foundation fame, in conjunction with The A. I. 

 Root Company, is now able to announce that the making of 

 partly-drawn comb— or comb foundation with side-walls I4 to i.j 

 inch in depth, is an assured success. For a number of years Mr. 

 Weed, who is a persistent worker, has been experimenting along 

 this line, and, seemingly, has finally and completely won. From 

 present indications, it is apparent that this latest invention will 

 merit an equally eminent position with the movable-frame hive, 

 the honey-extractor, the bellows bee-smoker, comb foundation, 

 and many others of the greatest inventions of the past in the realm 

 of apiculture. 



One beauty of this new comb seems to be that the bees will 

 start storing honey in it at once, and that by its use almost as 

 much comb honey as extracted can be produced. 



At present, the manufacturers are able to make the new comb 

 only in sufficient quantity to supply samples for illustration. But 

 we doubt not it will be offered for sale through the advertising 

 columns of the various bee-papers in good time for next season's 

 use. 



We have on our desk samples of the new partly-drawn comb- 

 one of the samples having been cut out of a section after the bees 

 had drawn it out further and also continued it downward from the 

 original drawn starter, showing how perfectly the bees accept it 

 and unite it with their own natural comb. 



If the manufacturers can get this new comb down cheap 

 enough in price, we believe that bee-keepers will run almost exclu- 

 sively to the production of comb honey, for the reason that it will 

 enable them to produce abjut as many pounds of comb honey as 

 they could of extracted, and the cost of sections and the new comb 

 will just about offset the cost of extractors and labor of extract- 

 ing. If such should prove to be the case, it may go a long way 

 toward solving the adulteration problem, because the effect will 

 be to put upon the market more and more comb honey, and less 

 and less of the extracted article. 



We believe the manufacturers contemplate putting the drawn 

 comb right into the folded sections, then the sections put into 

 shipping-cases, and tbe latter crated in comb-honey crates. Then 

 all the bee-keeper need do is to get whatever quantity he may 



need— of sections already filled with drawn comb — put them on 

 the hives, and when properly filled and sealed, remove to the ship- 

 ping-cases, put the cases back into the large crate again, and it is 

 ready to be shipt to market. 



As many know, the use of partly -drawn combs in the produc- 

 tion of comb honey is not an entirely new idea. One bee-keeper 

 has had an experience of over 25 years with such comb, and thinks 

 that its importance has not been overestimated. Others have used 

 it in one way or another for 12 or 15 years, and place a high value 

 upon it. 



We trust that this new way of producing partly-drawn comb, 

 and the article itself, may prove to be all its inventor and pro- 

 moters anticipate. Mr. Weed has been an indefatigable worker, 

 and merits whatever success may attend his efforts in behalf of 

 bee-keepers. 



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Calirornia Anti-A<1iiltei-ation Kill The following 



letter, by Mr. C. H. Clayton, of California, explains itself: 



1 herewith send a copy of my proposed Bill, as it will be pre- 

 sented (and undoubtedly past). I have made some slight changes 

 in the phraseology of the definition of extracted honey. As now 

 worded, it has the hearty endorsement of Prof. Cook. 



Honey-dew is so ct/-;/ seldom stored by the bees here that no 

 account can be made of it, as likewise the juices from the leaves 

 of corn — virtually no bees are kept in the corn regions, and even 

 if there were, my experience is that bees do not visit corn when 

 other sources are available, as is the case here during the corn 

 season . 



I am convinced that the only way we can put a stop to adul- 

 teration is to say in great big letters, "THOU SHALT NOT." 



C. H. Clayton. 



The proposed Bill referred to in the foregoing, reads thus: 



AN ACT TO PKOniBIT THE ADULTERATION OF HONEY, AND TO PROVIDE 

 A PUNISHMENT THEREFOR. 



The people of the State of California, represented in Senate 

 and Assembly, do enact as follows: 



Section 1. — No person shall, within this State, manufacture 

 for sale, oft'er for sale, or sell any extracted honey which is adul- 

 terated by the admixture therewith of either refined or commercial 

 glucose, or any other substance or substances, article or articles, 

 which may in any manner affect the purity of the honey. 



Sec. 2. — Every person manufacturing, exposing, or offering 

 for sale, or delivering to a purchaser any extracted honey, shall 

 furnish to any person interested, or demanding the same (who 

 shall apply to him for the purpose, and tender him the value of 

 the same), a sample sufficient for the analysis of any such extracted 

 honey which is in his possession. 



Sec. 3. — For the purposes of this Act, "extracted honey" is 

 the transformed nectar of flowers, which nectar is gathered by 

 the bees from natural sources, and is extracted from the comb after 

 it has been stored by the bees. 



Sec. 4. — Whoever violates any of the provisions of this Act is 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be 

 fined not less than twenty-five nor more than four hundred dollars, 

 or imprisoned in the County Jail not less than twenty-five days, 

 nor more than six months, or both such fine and imprisonment; 

 and any person found guilty of manufacturing, offering for sale, 

 or selling any adulterated honey under the provision of this Act. 

 may. in the discretion of the court, be adjudged to pay, in addition 

 to the penalty herein before provided for, all necessary costs and 

 expenses, not to exceed fifty dollars, incurred in analyzing such 

 adulterated honey of which such person may have been found 

 guilty of manufacturing, selling, or oft'ering for sale. 



Sec. 5. — This Act shall be in force and take effect from and after 

 its passage. 



We do not see why Mr. Clayton's Bill doesn't cover the whole 

 ground very completely. We hope it will be enacted into law, and 

 then be rigidly enforced. Let other States use it as a sample, and 

 if possible have it past this winter. Adulteration more than all 

 things else, in our estimation, is what is killing the honey-busi- 

 ness. Bee-keepers everywhere can't secure any too soon the pas- 

 sage of such a Bill as the one proposed by Mr. Clayton. It is just 

 what they need — it is just what every consumer needs to protect 

 him from a continuation of the villainous glucose fraud. 



" 'J'/ioii s/uill not " is the right kind of a "gun " for bee-keepers 



to use, when they have proper "ammunition," in the shape of the 



Clayton Bill. Ihufn with the adulteration frauds I and up with 



good, pure honey ! 



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'■'Ik* Sliglil R«-iwriii in Spoiling, recently agreed 

 upon by 30(1 editors, publishers, educators, authors, etc. — among 

 them being the editor of the American Bee Journal — has (so tar as 

 we know) received only two unfavorable criticisms from among 

 our thousands of readers, and both were somewhat vigorous 

 protests. 



This is exactly what was to be expected. "/ coui-ae, tbe new 



