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used by them for rearing young ; and the mo- 

 tion of the extractor is so regulated that the 

 eggs and young bees are not thrown out with 

 the honey. The comb having been emptied 

 of the honey, the frame is replaced in the hive, 

 and the bees, finding their stores gone and 

 fearing starvation, will go to work again with 

 the energy of despair. Some bee-keepers use 

 their bees entirely for producing this extracted 

 honey, and never make any box-honey, as the 

 honey in the comb is called. The sale of ex- 

 tracted honey, put up in bottles, is naturally 

 larger than that of box-honey, as it can be 

 kept in better order and for a longer time ; but 

 its price is less by several cents a pound, and 

 the temptation to adulterate it with sugar and 

 water has given it a bad reputation in some 

 communities. As yet no one has found a 

 method of making artificial comb and filling it 

 with artificial honey. A dealer in honey said 

 to me one day : " These rascals who adulterate 

 honey with glucose are ruining our business in 

 extracted honey. Fortunately, they cannot imi- 

 tate comb-honey. It has been tried, but does 

 not succeed ; I would give $10,000 to find a 

 good method of doing it." So much for busi- 



