Jan. 31. 1907 



American 3ee Journal 



with Russia aroused the sympathy ot the 

 Baroness, and she employed Mr. Bartlett to 

 distribute .?150,000 among the needy in the 

 Sultan's dominions. There is a story to the 

 effect that she first met him while she was dis- 

 tributing prizes at a school io North London, 

 and that she afterward sent him to Oxford. 

 However that may be, she was satisfied with 

 his work in Turkey, and afterward married 

 him, to the surprise of all England, the rage 

 of Queen Victoria, and in the face of protests 

 from her relatives. Mr. Bartlett is not her 

 heir, the vast estate reverting to Mr. Money- 

 Coutts, but as the Baroness took care to set- 

 tle an annual income of .?3o0,000 on her hus- 

 band, which can not be reached during his 

 lifetime, he is not illy provided for. It is 

 quite certain that their marriage has been 

 happy, and it is known that Mr. Burdett- 

 Coutts is an able man, handicapped, perhaps, 

 because he married such a wealthy woman 

 when there was such a disparity between their 

 ages, but, nevertheless, a valuable member ot 

 Parliament, and a clean, honest gentleman, 

 whose investigation of military matters in 

 South Africa created a popular ferment, and 

 resulted in changes for the better in the 

 British army. 



iVIore Misrepresentation of Comb 

 Honey 



second place, has Dr. Kellogfg any 

 proof that bees can be induced to store 

 glucose ? 



It is a matter for rejoicing that the 

 pure food laws will help to settle such 

 misrepresentations, for the people will 

 soon begin to have confidence that 

 nothing can be safely offered as honey 

 except the Simon-pure article. 



After all, the thing is not as bad as 

 it might be. Even if people believe all 

 Dr. Kellogg says " is stated," your 

 own reputation for uprightness will 

 prevent them from believing tha.t your 

 honey is spurious. At least it is so in 

 this locality, for the belief that honey 

 is largely adulterated has made the 

 people more insistent that their honey 

 should be obtained from the apiaries 

 of men or women whom they believed 

 would not stoop to adulteration. 



Dear Miss Wilson:— Allow me to call 

 your attention to an article written by .J. H. 

 Kellogg, M. D., in his " Home Hand-Book of 

 Domestic Hygiene and Rational Medicine," 

 on "Adulterated and Artificial Honey." He 

 says that a large share of "strained" [ex- 

 tracted] honey is glucose, and that they have 

 examined specimens in which considerable 

 quantities of sulphuric acid were present, and 

 then winds up by saying : 



" It is stated that another very ingenious 

 form of adulteration of honey has been quite 

 extensively practised. What is termed the 

 foundation of the comb is made of paraffin — a 

 wax-like substance made from petroleum. 

 This saves the bees much labor, as they have 

 but to build up the cells on the foundation 

 furnished them; then, to still further econo- 

 mize their time and labor, they are abund- 

 antly supplied with glucose in solution, 

 which they have but to transfer to the comb, 

 thus avoiding the trouble of gathering sweets 

 from distant fields. Of course, no transfor- 

 mation takes place in the artificial sugar, it 

 being simply transferred from the feeding- 

 vessel to the comb. Thus we have honey 

 which is wholly artificial, with the exception 

 of a portion ot the wax. This certainly caps 

 the climax of adulterations." 



There were no less than 700 of these books 

 delivered in our neighborhood less than a 

 month ago, and 90,000, I believe, have been 

 published. Now, what do you say to this 

 statement of one who is taken as authority >. 



I feel rather well acquainted with you 

 through the American Bee Journal, therefore 

 I take the liberty of writing to you. 



We have about 225 colonies of bees at pres- 

 ent. Amelia Pettiorew. 



N. Ogden, Utah, Jan. 2. 



It is a sad thing that a man who can 

 wield so much influence should put 

 forth such erroneous and damaging 

 statements under cover of that mis- 

 chievous, though apparently innocent, 

 " It is stated." Vicious and damaging 

 statements can be made, which will be 

 taken for truth, while the " It is 

 stated " will be lost sight of. 



"It is stated" — certainly, many a 

 lie is stated, but its being stated doesn't 

 make it true, and Dr. Kellogg ought to 

 have more intelligence than to aid in 

 the circulation of such malicious non- 

 sense without knowing what he is talk- 

 ing about. 



In the first place, foundation of 

 paraffin can not be successfully used. 

 It stretches out of all shape. In the 



Honey°Paste for the Hands 



Honey-paste for whitening and softening 

 the hands; Rub together one pound of honey 

 and the yolks of Seggs; then gradually add 

 one pound of oil of sweet almonds, during 

 constant trituration ; work in 8 ounces of 

 blanched and ground bitter almonds, and per- 

 fume with 2 drams each ot attar of bergamot 



and attar of cloves. This makes quite a large 

 amount. It would be better to experiment 

 with halt the portions. Red, rough hands 

 must be kept out of hot water as much as pos- 

 sible. When bathing use the very purest soap 

 you can find, and be sure to thoroughly dry 

 the surface of the hands. 



The foregoing is by Mme. Qui Vive, 

 the dispenser of beauty formulas in 

 the Chicago Record-Herald. Even half 

 the amount of materials given may be 

 larger than some of the sisters may 

 care to use. One-eighth the amount is 

 easily figured out, and is as follows: 

 Two ounces of honey ; the yolk of 1 

 egg ; 2 ounces of oil of sweet almonds ; 

 1 ounce of blanched and ground bitter 

 almonds ; '+ dram each of attar of 

 bergamot and attar of cloves. 



A friend of an economical turn of 

 mind suggests that it is entirely pos- 

 sible that all the hard work of soften- 

 ing and whitening may be done by the 

 first two ingredients ; and that the sis- 

 ters who are not interested in enrich- 

 ing the apothecary might not be far 

 out of the way to try beautifying their 

 hands by beating well together the 

 yolk of an egg for each 2 ounces of 

 hooey, anointing the hands therewith 

 before going to bed, and putting on a 

 pair of mittens. 



The " Old Reliable " as seen through New and Unreliable Glasses, 

 By E. E. Hasty, Sta. B. Rural, Toledo, Ohio. 



The "Kiss" of the Kissing-Bog. 



Isn't it rather remarkable. Prof. 

 Cook, that all the kissing-bugs should 

 be long-headed 7 Some at least of our 

 moralists would incline to have them 

 short-headed, and short-sighted, and 

 short of intelligence. However, " kiss " 

 in this case is merely bitter irony for 

 the awful stab which they are able to 

 give — sometimes on your face as they 

 crawl onto it from the " kiver " of your 

 couch. Claremont has had 3 victims 

 in 12 years, it seems. Page 1048. 



Distance Bees Go for Nectar — 

 Locations for Apiaries 



And Doolittle among the heretics, 

 too : Thinks it might do to keep 200 

 colonies in an average location, and 

 400 in a specially good one. 



But there's no getting rid of the 

 mathematics that four times as many 

 hees can find pasture on a 4 mile range 

 as would equally harvest a 2mile 

 range. If our bees are working 4 miles, 

 and we think they are only working 2, 

 or if they are limiting themselves to 2 

 miles, and can be taught to work 4 

 profitably, we would better " sit up and 

 take notice." DooHttle's assertion 

 that, to the best of his observation and 

 belief, his bees worked profitably on 

 basswood 6 miles away, ought to count 



for a good deal. One way to teach bees 

 to widen their circle of flight, is to 

 crowd them to it by overstocking the 2- 

 mile circle. I, too, think my bees have 

 worked profitably on basswood 4 or 5 

 miles away. And let us look once 

 more at the Doolittle evidences. With 

 SO colonies of Italians (the first in the 

 region) 3 miles away, and 300 colonies 

 of blacks much nearer by, the actual 

 count showed every 5th bee to be Ital- 

 ian, as they were working at the apple- 

 bloom. Pretty nearly a knock-down. 

 And at 4 miles, on red clover, the 

 actual count was 10 Italians to 4 blacks 

 — more or less disinclination of black 

 bees to work on red clover here coming 

 in. That there was a vast acreage of 

 red clover nearer to these Italians is 

 here the singular circumstance. Looks 

 as if they didnt care for the difference 

 between 2 miles and 4. (Spend the 

 time during flight evaporating the nec- 

 tar and so obviate any waste what- 

 ever?) 



And he wants his ideal location to 

 slope to the southeast. Presuming the 

 prevailing summer wind is southwest 

 there, the same as in most places, I 

 think a southwest incline would serve 

 him best — flowers yielding honey much 

 more copiously where the wind is up 

 the slope. This, however, may be only 



