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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUHJE. 



Mar. 



A farmer who has flftj" colonies of bees, and runs 

 them for extracted honey, sells all the product to his 

 neighbors, and could sell more if ho had it. He does 

 not pro out of his gate to do it, either. They come 

 with their pails and jars, and carry it home with 

 them. By the way, this farmer's wife can talk, and 

 work as well. There is not a bee-keeper in the land 

 capable of estimating the demand of his home mar- 

 ket until he develops it. Mrs. L. Harbison. 



P. S.— Dear Brother Root, T thought you had seen 

 the error of your ways as to the wrong of selling 

 honey mixed with glucose; but on rcadingyour com- 

 ments f n the way Thurbers do it, I feel as though 

 we would have to have a day of fasting and prayer 

 over you yet. If you will tell me where I can buy 

 some corn syrup, free trom any poisonous acid, you 

 will oblige me very much indeed— such syrup as the 

 mother of little Huber is willing to give him day aft- 

 er day, for instance, as freely as mothers used to 

 give their little ones New Orleans molasses. 



Peoria, III. L. H. 



Now, Mrs. II., I am not nearly so bad as 

 you think I am. I only proposed selling 

 com syrup, or glucose, to anybody who want- 

 ed it, labeled with his own name. Then you 

 know the manufacturers would have an op- 

 portunity to dispose of it through a legiti- 

 mate channel. 1 do not know where 1 can 

 get any corn syrup such as Mrs. li. would be 



willing to feed little Huber. By the way^ 

 Huber likes honey Immensely. It is just fun 

 to see him smack his lips over some that is 

 good. Well, a few days ago a friend sent us 

 a sample of honey to taste. The color was 

 good, and it was very thick; so I took it 

 down to the lunch-room and put it on our 

 family table ; and without thinking to taste 

 it myself, I gave Huber a good taste of it; 

 To riiy great surprise, he didn't smack his 

 lips nor act pleased, and I could not think 

 what the matter was until I tasted it myself. 

 What do you think V Why, it was some bit- 

 ter honey that somebody down South had 

 sent, and the poor little chap could not see 

 the point, and so he wisely kept still and 

 said notliing. By the way, I want to add 

 emphasis to the point you bring out, Mrs. II., 

 that clover honey, to bring a good price 

 readily, must be pure, and free from the 

 slightest taint such as any old honey remain- 

 1 ing in the combs over winter would be like- 

 ly to give it. Either give the bees a new set 

 of combs when clover blossoms, or else ex- 

 tract all the old honey, and put it away by it- 

 self, then let the pure clover get thoroughly 

 ripened by putting on two stories, or more 

 if need be ; then extract it, put it into clean 

 tin buckets, and you can make a market just 

 as you tell about doing, every time. 



HONEY.JARS. 



SHALL AVE PUT OUR HONEY IK GLASS OR UINV 



r'lIILE friend Jones has been working so earnestly in devising tin pails and boxes 

 for retailing honey, our stalwart and solid friend, C. F. Muth, has been sticking 

 closely to the Muth honey-jars, which are known almost the world over. For years 

 we have had one and two pound jars in the market, but now friend Muth gives us his half- 

 pound, and a still smaller one, which he calls his " Dime " jar. This dime jar is to be sold 

 full of honey for an even 10 cents ; and it has the advantage over our 

 dime tin boxes or dime jelly-tumblers, that it can be packed and 

 shipped safely. The dime jar holds about five ounces. Price of these 

 is $3.25 per gross, shipped from Cincinnati, which would be a little 

 over two cents each. Corks and labels would 

 make them toward three cents each. Count- 

 ing the five ounces of honey worth five cents, 

 (putting the honey 

 atlTicts. perlb.,for 

 such small quanti- 



ties), your dime jar would cost you eight cents, allowing two cents profit to the retailer. 

 One great trouble with honey in glass is its candying property ; but as a great many like 

 it best in a candied state, this offsets a part of the objection. Another is, that these small 

 jars may be very quickly melted by setting them on a thin board laid on the stove where 

 it is not very hot. 



