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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



Our bee-papers and bee-keepers, my- 

 self included, have been, and are fight- 

 ing adulteration, and we solicit the aid 

 of Prof. Wiley, as well as that of any 

 other chemist. But we have no use for 

 " scientific pleasantries," such as Prof. 

 "Wiley inlulges in. 



His article in the Popular Science 

 Monthly, alleging that a factory in Phil- 

 adelphia was manufacturing comb honey 

 of stearine (or paraffine) and filling the 

 cells with glucose, then capping them 

 over in a nicer manner than the bees 

 could do it ; stating furthermore that 

 this spurious honey sold readily in our 

 markets for pure honey, has done harm 

 to the bee-keepers and honey-dealers. 

 If Prof. Wiley had not been posted on 

 the subject, he should have posted him- 

 self before giving to the world such a 

 falsehood. If he would have explained 

 his " scientific pleasantry " in due time, 

 as he was forced to do later, it would 

 have been more becoming to the high 

 office»he fills, and it would have created 

 less "bad blood" among bee-keepers. 

 In this case, I may also lack " statistical 

 preciseness, but it alters not the fact 

 that Prof. Wiley wrote the article men- 

 tioned above for the Popular Science 

 Monthly, and never took it back until a 

 few years afterwards, when he was com- 

 pelled to do so by the action of bee- 

 keepers and editors of bee-periodicals, 

 which had become too strong for him to 

 resist. 



Is it a wonder that bee-keepers and 

 editors of the bee-papers don't count on 

 Prof. Wiley as one of their friends? 

 And are bee-keepers to blame if they 

 don't ? 



The adulterator is the natural enemy 

 of every honest producer and dealer, 

 and every assistance in the battle 

 against him will be gladly accepted. 

 Yours very truly, 



Chas. F. Muth. 



Cincinnati, Ohio, June 27, 1892. 



A Large Portion of the Agri- 

 cultural Exhibit which Illinois will 

 make at the World's Fair will be 

 selected from the exhibits made at the 

 State Fair at Peoria the coming fall. In 

 order to encourage the farmers to make 

 especially fine exhibits of farm, orchard 

 and garden products, the State Board 

 of Agriculture, which has in charge the 

 preparations of the State's World's Fair 

 exhibit, has offered a number of cash 

 prizes aggregating $6,500. 



National Flower of the United States, 



Query 827.— 1. What is jour choice for the 

 National Flower to represent the United 

 States of America ? 2. Please give your rea- 

 son for such choice.— Esmeralda. 



1. I have no choice. — G. M. Doolit- 

 tle. 



1. I really don't know. — J. M. Ham* 



BAUGH. 



1. I have no choice in the matter.— 

 M. Mahin. 



1. Golden-rod. 2. " Because." — H. 

 D. Cuttino. 



1. Golden-rod. 2. Great distribution. 

 —J. P. H. Brown. 



1. If not used by other nations, I'd 

 say " the rose." 2. I like it best of all 

 flowers. — C. C. Miller. 



1. The golden-rod. 2. It is a hand- 

 some flower, hardy, and is spread over a 

 very large extent of territory. — P. H. 

 Elwood. 



1. Clover (the Trlfollum) . 2. It is the 

 most useful, the sweetest, and in masses 

 in the field as pretty as any. — Mrs. L. 

 Harrison. 



1. The golden-rod. 2. The editor 

 would show me the door before I had 

 half finished, were I to begin. — Mrs. J. 

 N. Heater. 



1. The beautiful golden-rod. 2. Be- 

 cause it is found in every State and ter- 

 ritory, is representative in its character, 

 and a good honey-plant. — C. H.Dibbern. 



1. The golden-rod. 2. There are no 

 wild flowers in this country more ad- 

 mired by most people than the golden 

 yellow flowers of the golden-rod. — G. L. 

 Tinker. 



1. The " golden-rod." 2. Because it 

 grows everywhere ; is indigenous, con- 

 sequently the only natural universal 

 valuable plant in the United States. — J. 

 E. Pond. 



1. White clover bloom. 2. Some select 

 golden-rod, but to us it is a useless weed. 

 All the "golden-rod honey" harvested 

 here is " Spanish-needle honey." — Da- 

 dant & Son. 



1. I have nothing nearer a favorite 

 than the golden-rod. 2. That plant 



