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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



had been actuated by a motive of per- 

 sonal hostility to the undersigned. This 

 is particularly evident from the method 

 which they employed in referring to my 

 publications on the subject of honey. 



In regard to the course of the bee- 

 papers in denying the existence of the 

 adulteration of honey, I had in view 

 particularly the American Bee Jour- 

 nal, which had stated that although the 

 adulteration of honey was formerly 

 practiced to a large extent, it had 

 ceased to be profitable, and it was now 

 no longer carried on. These are not the 

 exact words the paper used, for I am 

 quoting from memory, but the idea. 

 This motive of personal hostility seemed 

 to be the cause of such assertions, since 

 I could not really believe that the edi- 

 tors of the Bee Journal were ignorant 

 of the extent to which the adulteration 

 was practiced. 



I find, however, on further corres- 

 pondence with bee-keepers, that it was 

 the general opinion (up to the time of 

 the publication of the official report) 

 that the adulteration of honey was 

 almost a thing of the past, and that the 

 large quantities of liquid honeys which 

 were placed on the market were practi- 

 cally genuine. I am, 



Respectfully, 



H. W. Wiley, Chemist. 



We are glad to give space to the 

 above explanation by Prof. Wiley, and 

 also to know that he did not intend to 

 suggest that bee-papers were trying to 

 help the adulterators of honey. All who 

 have read the American Bee Journal 

 and Gleanings the past ten years know 

 very well that they have been relentless 

 in their warfare against the diabolical 

 practice of adulterating honey. 



We did think (and do yet, for that 

 matter) that there was but little adul- 

 terating of honey being done, for if that 

 were not the case, why the great scarcity 

 of honey upon the markets during the 

 past few years ? 



We have never harbored any " per- 

 sonal hostility " toward Prof. Wiley, but 

 only felt that it was our duty, as well as 

 privilege, to denounce what we believed 

 deserved the severest condemnation on 

 the part of every lover of the pursuit of 

 bee-keeping. In so doing, we only lived 

 up to the light as we saw it, and as we 

 felt that justice to all demanded. 



Adulteration of honey, even to the 

 slightest extent, must cease ! If Prof. 

 Wiley, or any one else can help to put a 

 stop to that nefarious practice, all bee- 

 keepers and bee-papers will rejoice, and 

 earnestly hope that the day of reckon- 

 ing may speedily come to every infernal 

 scamp that attempts to ruin so honorable 

 and desirable a pursuit as bee-keeping, 

 in order to increase his amount cf 

 " filthy lucre " by more filthy and detes- 

 table practices. 



Only in the strongest union of all the 

 good elements in any national moral 

 effort, can there be hope for the over- 

 throw of any great and threatening evil, 

 and the final triumph of " that right- 

 eousness which exalteth a nation." 



Or. C. C. Miller, in his last 



" bundle " of inimitable " Stray Straws" 

 published in Gleanings — which " straws" 

 are both wise and otherwise, but always 

 enjoyed — has a rye (awry) straw about 

 the new editor of the Bee Journal. 

 The naughty (knotty) straw referred to 

 looks like this: 



York, of the American Bee Journal, 

 won't dare commit any crime, for his 

 picture is getting into all the journals 

 so much that he'd be detected and iden- 

 tified wherever he sought safety in 

 flight. 



Wo are glad the good Doctor reminded 

 us of that fact, as it will keep us from 

 doing something just awfully bad ! We 

 wish we could "get even " with him in 

 some way, but it is too hot to try now. 

 We think we will just pray that he may 

 have an extra dose of "caloric" here, 

 so as to be prepared for his hereafter. 

 But then, a " man of straw(s)" will burn 

 easily enough, anyway, so we may as 

 well give up, and let the Doctor have 

 his own way. 



Salve* — Take equal parts of shoe- 

 maker's-wax, beeswax and rosin, mix 

 and melt over a slow fire; add a little 

 tallow to give the right consistency, and 

 you will have a splendid salve. Spread 

 on a piece of cloth and apply. — Exch. 



