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VOL. XXX. CHICAGO, ILL, DECEMBER 15, 1892. NO. 25. 



Rev. E. T. ADDott, one of our 



correspondents, and dealer in bee-sup- 

 plies in St. Joseph, Mo., goes to Jack- 

 sonville, Fla., in a few days, to remain 

 about six months. Mrs. Abbott, who is 

 a regular business woman, will have 

 charge of their bee-supply interests at 

 "St. Joe." 



Mrs. Atdiley, in a letter to us 

 dated at Greenville, Tex., on Dec. 6th, 

 says : 



It is warm and pleasant here, and 

 bees are working on apple-bloom and 

 other flowers, and gathering some honey. 



That sounds almost nice enough to 

 make the reader feel "pleasant." Why, 

 here in the North the bees are housed 

 up for winter, and in some places bliz- 

 zards have been "in style." What a 

 large country is ours. It will suit every- 

 body — excepting those who won't be 

 pleased, any way. 



Later. — Mrs. Atchley informs us that 

 her address will hereafter be Greenville, 

 Tex. She bad expected to move to Bee- 

 ville, Tex., but has now postponed it. 



Wbat About Adulteration ? 



— This number of the Bee Journal con- 

 tains several articles on the subject of 

 honey adulteration, and, with what is 

 presented in these editorial columns, 

 makes this a very interesting issue. 

 Please read all that is written on this 

 important matter, and then see what 

 you think about it. 



As Bro. Root, in last Gleanings, makes 

 a number of excellent suggestions re- 

 lating to this whole subject, we repro- 

 duce them for the benefit of our readers. 

 Here is the editorial referred to : 



Adulterating Honey — Is it Practiced P 

 If so, What Shall we do About It ? 



In the American Bee Journal for 

 Nov. 17th, Prof. Cook has an able arti- 

 cle in which he shows the extent to 

 which honey is adulterated. As chemists 

 are now able to successfully detect all 

 sorts of honey mixtures, he urges that 

 our States adopt good laws, such as, for 

 instance, Michigan has. In his opinion, 

 the National Bee-Keepers' Union is just 

 the organization to enforce them, be- 

 cause good laws will not enforce them- 

 selves. 



Under the able management of Mr. 

 Newman, and with a modified Constitu- 

 tion, he thinks the Union could make 

 things lively. In the next American 

 Bee Journal Mr. Newman replies. So 

 far, he says, not one of the members of 

 the Union has asked to have the organi- 

 zation reorganized. 



Right here may we suggest that peo- 

 ple generally will not express themselves 

 unless given an opportunity to vote. If 

 the General Manager would state, in a 

 circular letter, the desirability of having 

 the Constitution changed, and submit to 



