October, 1909. 



American See Journal 



339 



trust is hard pushed to get its vile stuff 

 foisted on the public, and it does not 

 hesitate to stoop to nefarious ways in 

 doing so. 



The "he" bee is a terrible fellow to 

 the paid writers of the sulphuric-corn- 

 glucose-muss of the nefarious trust, 

 for, forsooth, the " he " bee makes 

 honey that is vile, nasty, filthy and unfit 

 for human consumption. I never saw 

 any " he " bee honey, but I wager as 

 much genuine hair as John D. Rocke- 

 feller has on his "skating rink," that 

 the he makers of the corn-syrup trust 

 turn out a more damnable stuff than 

 all the bees in the world could manu- 

 facture, if it were possible for the in- 

 dustrious insects to make bad honey. 

 Let John D. and his ad-men know that 

 "he " bees don't monkey with honey as 

 he does with so-called food stuffs ; let 

 the conglomeration bunch know that 

 " she " bees produce honey, and they 

 do it to the people's taste. 



I don't understand for the life of me 

 how a paper that claims such respecta- 

 bility as Leslie's does, can prostitute 

 itself as to allow its editorial columns 

 become the medium of such advertis- 

 ing stuff as the letter I referred to 

 above. It is so patent that it was pre- 

 pared by the corn-syrup concern that 

 one would think it would be run in the 

 advertising columns rather than edi- 



torially. But, I suppose, it is one of 

 those cases where the editorial pages 

 are subservient to the business office, 

 as is nearly always the iron-clad rule 

 of the dailies. Such work is injuring 

 the standing of our American publica- 

 tions ; they will stoop to damn an hon- 

 est business because some millionaire 

 advertiser will pay a good price to get 

 his stuff into their columns. 'Tis a 

 damnable business that will stoop to 

 such nefarious methods, and bee-keep- 

 ers should shun the said papers as they 

 must surely do corn-syrup. 



One of those strange coincidents that 

 sometimes manifest themselves appears 

 right after the aforesaid " he "-bee 

 honey letter. It is an editorial entitled 

 " Advertisers Fleeced by Fakers." It 

 tells how a man was justly punished in 

 New York by fine and imprisonment 

 for practicing fraud on advertisers. I 

 should remark that the publishers of 

 Leslie's Weekly (perhaps " Weakly " 

 should be the better name, since the 

 paper shows weakness when it stoops 

 to taking doubtful advertisements) 

 should be prosecuted for fraud on sub- 

 scribers. It is as bad to practice fraud 

 on a subscriber as it is to humbug an 

 advertiser, according to my manner of 

 thinking. Let the Leslie folk go to 

 jail and pay the fine to the treasury of 

 the National Bee-Keepers' .Association. 



drink is ready. Palatable and whole- 

 some, the honey being no doubt more 

 wholesome than the sugar generally 

 used in lemonade. 



Good for the little folks, sisters. 



Conducted by EMMA M. \VILSO.\. .MareuL"-'. H 



Honey Fourth as a Food 



In the health department of World's 

 Work is given a list of foods in the 

 order of their excellence for general 

 purposes, there being 24 named in the 

 list. Here are the first four items on 

 the list: 



1. Fruits. 



2. Nuts. 



3. Grains (including bread). 



4. Honey. 



Wonder how many of the sisters 

 give honey so high a place on the bill 

 of fare. 



be done I do not rfcommcnd il. as the cap- 

 pings are inclined to fall back on the comb 

 and make a sticky mess, so on this acconiu 

 I make three biti-s of tlie cherrv, t-ach time 

 scrapini; tin- knife under the ud^re of the 

 board. I would like to have the opinions of 

 other bee-keepers on this system. I reckon 

 it beats the Yankees. 



Uncapping Honey 



The Federal Indepejidenl Bee-Keeper 

 (Australia) has a Ladies' Column, in 

 which Ethel Penglase gives her method 

 of uncapping, which, she thinks, has 

 never been given in print. She says: 



On top of the uncappini; can I nse a flat 

 board sliifhtlv lareer than the Lant'stroth 

 frame. 'I'his board is held firm and in the 

 rieht place by means of cleats wliich fit 

 titihtly inside the top edge of the uncappinK 

 can. On this board I place my comt of 

 honey flat down on its side. The comb is 

 held from slippini; alone by two small nails 

 driven into the board. Then with a Hincham 

 honey knife, which ( keep in hoi water. I 

 slice the cappinKSoff the comb, which is held 

 so firm that it is no trouble to takf off all the 

 cappinKS in one slice. But althoni.'h thi-s can 



Honey-Soap 



Cut 2 pounds of yellow soap in thin 

 slices and put into a saucepan with 

 sufficient water to prevent the soap 

 from being burnt. Place on the fire, 

 and as soon as all the soap has dis- 

 solved add one pound of honey and 

 stir until the whole begins to boil. 

 Then remove from the fire, add a few 

 drops of essence of cinnamon, pour out 

 into a deep dish to cool, and then cut 

 into squares. It iinproves by keeping. 



Honey-Lemonade 



W. H. Boehm, a prominent German 

 apicultural writer, says that for years 

 he has had daily a drink of honey- 

 lemonade, and he woidd consider it a 

 real hardship to be ileprived of it. To 

 a quart of cold water is ad<led W or 4 

 tablespoonfuls of extracted honey 

 (more or less honey according to taste), 

 and when this is thoroughly stirred the 



Peasant's Honey-Tart 



Roll out a piece of bii-iid-dough into a cir- 

 cle about i inches in diameter and nearly 

 half an inch thick. Over half of it spread a 

 lablespoonful of honey and a teaspoonful of 

 butter. Add some almonds or other nuts 

 blanched and broken into little pieces, hold 

 over the other half, pinch together the edges, 

 and thus you will have a tart in the shape of 

 a half-moon. Bake in a moderate oven.— 

 L Aheillc de f Aisiie. 



We tried this honey-tart at our house, 

 but it was not such a very great suc- 

 cess. The trouble is to get the dough 

 rolled out thin enough. Probably an- 

 other trial will prove more successful. 

 There is. however, something very 

 pleasant in the taste of the honey after 

 it is thus baked, that some will prefer 

 to the taste of the uncooked honey. 



Getting Rid of Ants 



\\ e have ; coloiiius. and 1 like the work. 

 W e have taken 58 pounds of honey from one 

 hivf. and the season is not over. 



Is there any way to get rid of small black 

 ants.-' 



Honey is worth is cents a pound here. 



We have had the American Bee Journal 

 for the last year, and have learned a good 

 deal from it. Mks. L. C. Fitch. 



Pike. N. Y., Aug. 17. 



If you can trace the ants to their 

 nest, pour gasoline into the nest. You 

 may also poison them. Put some kind 

 lit poison mixed with honey between 

 two little boards with a space of an 

 eighth of an inch or less between them, 

 but none of the poison within half an 

 inch of the edge. That will allow the 

 ants to get the poison while the bees 

 cannot reach- it. 



Honey Versus Cane-Sugar 



h child's craving for sweets of some 

 kind shows a real need of the system in 

 that direction; but, unfortunately, the 

 sweets at hand and usually given to 

 supply this need are not wholesome, 

 and serve no better purpose than to 

 please the child's taste. In fact, the 

 work of changing the cane sugar into 

 grape sugar so that it may be assimi- 

 lated is often too igreat a tax upon the 

 child's stomach, and sickness results. 

 This, however, is not the case with 

 honey. The bees, have fully prepared 

 it for itiimediate assimilation, and it is 

 ready to be taken into the system with- 

 out ta.xing stomach or kidneys. Doc- 

 tors frequently order honey for those 

 whose digestive organs are too weak 

 to convert cane sugar into grape sugar 

 properly. The wholesomeness of honey, 

 however, is not tlisputed by those who 

 know anything about the product of 

 the hive. The principal difficulty in 

 the way of its substitution for the 

 sweets usually craved by children is 

 the apparent limitation of its use. The 

 child has an inordinate longing for 

 cakes and candy, and that is not always 

 satisfied by bread and honey; there- 

 fore, to take the place of cane sugar, 

 honey must be prepared in the same 

 manner as cane sugar. It must be made 

 into cakes and candies and other dain- 

 ties dear to the children. The object 



