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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



JtrsTE 



Peter did then, that one who has once tasted 

 of the bread that Jesus gives will nevermore 

 find peace or enjoyment anywhere else. 



Not very many mornings ago it was wet 

 and niiny. I hud on my rubber boots, and 

 was chasing about in the grass and mud, 

 looking after some of our "" small boys," 

 getting things ready for the wagon to start 

 out as soon as the clouds promised to clear 

 aw^ay, when an old friend accosted me some- 

 thing in this way : " Well, old fellow, may 

 be that is yonr way of enjoying yourself ; 

 but if 1 owned such a factory as you do, I 

 don't think you would catch me chasing 

 around in the mud and wet after them sort 

 of 'chaps." 



" Well," said I," if you were running such 

 a factory, what would you do— put on some 

 line clothes, and sit around and talk with 

 big men?" 



" Well, you may just bet your last dollar I 

 would." 



After he had gone I thought it over. Per- 

 haps he was right in thinking I bestowed 

 more pains and bodily strength on some of 

 my boys whom I pay only six or seven cents 

 an hour than I did on those who have large 

 salaries, and work by the year. Was it rights 

 I thought it over, and concluded, '" Yes, it 

 is right. The older ones don't need me. 

 Their minds are already formed ; they are 

 trusty, and can take care of themselves. 

 These I have been chasing after have hardly 

 started in any direction, but they are grow- 

 ing rapidly day by day, and are fast forming 

 habits, either good or bad. If, by chasing 

 around in the wet, and, may be, taking hours 

 of my time, I can get them started in good 

 ways, and. may be, instill important truths 

 in their little minds, I am content ; nay, 

 more : while t am doing this and looking 

 out for the lambs of the fold, I know that 

 He to whom I belong will take care of the 

 business, the money, and all else pertaining 

 thereto ; and, furthermore, I have this writ- 

 ten promise that there is '^ henceforth a 

 crown laid up for me, which the Lord, the 

 righteous judge, shall give me at that day ; 

 and not to me only, but unto all them also 

 that love his appearing." 



Besides, I am happy, very happy, chasing 

 around in the wet witli my muddy boots and 

 old clothes. Those who hnd comfort in ex- 

 pensive clothing and ease nTay have them. 

 I do not envy them a bit. (tIvc me the 

 clouds and the rain, the blue sky and the 

 bright sunshine that comes with it ; give 

 me the free open air, with God's love well- 

 ing u]) in my heart, and these little friends 

 to look after and to care for, and I am con- 

 tent. I am his and he will take care of me ; 

 and, most glorious of all, he will take care of 

 them if I succeeded in bringing them to him. 



I am being asked my opinion of the new circulars Mrs. Cot- 

 ton is ograin sending out quite plentifully. The statements she 

 makes, and the prices she charges tor the goods she sends out, 

 would, in my opinion, forbid her being classed with our regu- 

 lar supply-dealers, to say nothing of the strings of complaints 

 against her that have filled our bee-journals for years past. 



CIRCULARS RECEIVED. 



The following have sent us their price lists: 

 H. P. Langdon, East Constable, N. Y.,— an advertising sheet 

 of bee-supplies. 

 F. J. Crowley, Batavia, N. Y., a 12-page circular of bees and 



PURE HONEY. 



MORE CONCESSIONS FROM OUR FRIENDS OF THE 



rUESS IN REGARD TO THE FALSE STATEMENTS 



AB(5UT THE HONEV IN OUR MARKETS. 



queens, and apiarian supplies. 



C. A. Stillman, Hornellsville, N. 

 plies 



Y., a C-page list of bee-sup- 

 John H. Howard, Holme, near Peterborough, Eng., afiO page 

 price list of apiarian supplies. It is fully illustrated, audit 

 gives one a good idea of the present state of apiculture in 

 England. 



^c^E clip the following from the American 

 (f racer of June 9 : 



In March tlip Christian Uniim printed an 

 extract stating- that honey was adulterated. 

 The assertion brought forth a letter from 

 an Illinois correspondent, stating-: 



There is absolutely no such thing as manufactur- 

 ed or artificial comb honey, sensational newspaper 

 articles to the contrary notwithstanding, and one 

 when buying it can be almost as sure of getting a 

 perfectly pure article as if buying- fresh egg's or 

 strawberries. Jn years past, when liquid or ex- 

 tracted honey was worth as much again as it is now, 

 it was largely adulterated by city Arms that repack- 

 ed It for the retail trade; but since its price has 

 fallen to from four to eight cents a pound, this 

 abuse is the rare exception and not the rule. 



As long- as four years ago, Professor J. Has- 

 brouck, in order to ascertain the truth regarding 

 the alleged prevalence of this nefarious practice, 

 procured a large collection of specimens of honey 

 from all possible sources— from commission houses 

 dealing exclusively in honey, from others with a 

 miscellaneous stock, from g-rocers and marketmen, 

 from the tons of noted bee-men, reporting sus- 

 piciously large average per colony, and from small 

 consignments of obscure producers. Besides 

 these, he received a great many packages for an- 

 alysis from persons made suspicious of honey by 

 such paragraphs as yours. He examined all care- 

 fully with the polariscope, and in every case found 

 every box of comb honey, and every package of ex- 

 tracted honey not repacked in the city, absolutel.v 

 pure, with but a single exception — one sample of 

 comb honey containing a small percentage of glu- 

 cose syrup, which had been fed the bees to keep up 

 brood-rearing during a dearth of pasturage. 



The letter was sent to Lyman C. Root, editor of 

 Bee-Keepers' Mtiyazine, an export, and for whose in- 

 tegrity the Christian Union gladly vouches, though 

 among bec-culturists he is so well known that he 

 needs no voucher. He states that " the points 

 above given are well taken," and says: 



The facts, in brief, are these: To manufacture 

 honey-comb, till with honey, and cap it over, is 

 simply an impossibility. Many strictly reliable in- 

 dividuals, as well as leading bee-keepers' associa- 

 tions, have at different times offered large amounts 

 of mone.v for every pound of such manufactured 

 honey. I think I am safe in saying there is not a 

 more strictly pure article of food used throughout 

 the world than our comb honey; and, indeed, at 

 present I might include our liquid honey also — 

 unless it is such as is sometimes tampered with 

 after it passes out of- the producer's hands. 



We have State and county organizations in near- 

 ly every State of the Union, and all bee-keepers, as 

 well as dealers generally, are closely watched, and 

 our interests guarded in the closest manner. 



If the press generally were as diligent as the 

 Christian Uni(ni in refuting false charges regarding 

 the food supply, there would soon be an end to 

 sensational reports of adulteration, from press and 

 from pulpit. 



The above is so good, and so right to the 

 point, we can easily excuse the mistake our 

 friends of the Grocer make in calling our 

 good friend L. C. Hoot the editor of the 

 Bee-Kee%}ers'' Magazine. No more able man 

 than L. C. Root could have refuted the false 

 statement ; but if we are correct, his field is 

 bee-editor of the American Agricnl'urist. 



