148 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. July 



Florida, has failed entirely this sea- puts such honey on the marliet were 

 son. This is another factor which the only one affected by it, it would 

 should stimulate a more active market be less matter. But the whoie mar- 

 in the East. ' ket is to some extent affected by it. 



The consumer who gets a sample of 



"THE IRISH BEE GUIDE " such honey is easily persuaded to be- 



Our sincere thanks are due the lieje that it is no longer possible to 

 author, Rev. J. G. Digges, M. A., edi- P* ^'>^P^ ^^'""^ ^'^ pure or if he be- 

 tor of the Irish Bee Journal, for a copy ^'^^f '\ P"/''^ ^ concludes that he is 

 of the new apiarian work, "The Irish "^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ *^«°^y' '"^"^^ ^"^^ ^^^ care 

 Bee Guide." The new volume con- ^^^' i^ore. 



tains 220 pages, very nicely printed, "What are the inducements In ex- 

 and substantially bound in cloth. It tracting unripe honey? One is, that 

 completelv covers the subiect of bee it saves labor to extract before the 

 culture, which is treated in Dr. Digges' honey is sealed. But the mere saving 

 pecuUarlv comprehensive and concise of the labor of uncapping would be 

 style. The illustrations are numerous b"t a small inducement were it not for 

 and of exceptional interest, being well the other and greater inducement of 

 executed and each bearing a signifi- ^ larger quantity. To get just a little 

 cant relation to the text Many of more honey by extracting before un- 

 these illustrations are reproductions capping, some are wilUng to spoil the 

 from the autlior's own photographs, future chances of themselves and oth- 

 and the general air of originality ci's tor the sake of the present gain, 

 which pervades the work is admirable "Now comes Editor Hill, of The 

 in the extreme. American Bee-Keeper, backed by no 



The book is one which should find a less an authority than the veteran, 

 place in every apiarian library in the o. O. Poppleton, saying there is noth- 

 world. The numerous full-page por- ing gained in quantity by extracting 

 traits of Ireland's beacon lights, are before ripening. Ninety per cent, of 

 of especial interest to those who have the total evaporation occurs during 

 read their pen production* so fre- the first night in the hive, and the 

 quently in the European periodicals, further improvement is not so much 

 while the original Halftones are not a matter of evaporation as a matter 

 less noteworthy. We bespeak a Tvide of influence caused by the presence 

 circulation for this recent acquisition of the bees, an influence subtle, but 

 to a,piarian lore. positively known to every experienced.' 



apia-rist, whereby the honey slowly 



LET THE HONEY GET RIPE. but surely attains tJiat degree of 



The agricultural press, in general, ^^^^^^ a»*^ flavor that make the con- 

 usually makes a mess of anything at- s"mer who samples it wish for more, 

 tempted in the line of apiarian discus- "The experiment stations would be 

 sions, but the following, from the doing good ser^ace if they would de^ 

 Florida Farmer and Fruit Grower, is ^ide for us just how much can be 

 a rare exception to this rule, and the ojained in weight by extracting un- 

 comment and suggestions are so ex- npe honev. but a little thinking) 

 cellent that we have pleasure in re- ought to convince anyone that the' 

 printing it in the American Bee- amount must be vei-y small compared! 

 Keeper: with the lai-ge amount of mischief 



"One of the things— in many caises caused by placiHg such honev on the 



it may \k> said the thing— that have market. On any good honey day, take 



don* more than all else to injure the out a brood-comb and you can shake 



sale of extracted honey, is the putting on* easily the nectar — not honey— 



up(m the market of honey that i,s not therein contained; but go the next day 



well ripened. Such honey does not before the bees have had any time to 



improve in quality after it leaves the do any gathering and no nectar will 



hands of the pi-oducer; generally, if be found. It can hardly be too strong- 



not always, it deteriorates, sometimes ly emphasized, that the gaia to the 



so much that tJhe producer would not man who puts unripe honey on the 



recognlEe it as the honey he extracted, market, if in any .sense a gain at all. 



It becomes ihin, inclined to .sour, is overbalanced by the resulting loss 



with a flavor so vile that it is not fit to himself, besides doing au irrepara- 



to put on the tabl«. If the one who ble mischief to ail other producers." 



