1904 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPE,R. 



163 



Wishing yourself and your jourual 

 success, I am, Youji's truly, 



Miss tSaleua Mullin. 



Tlie prevalent idea that comb honey 

 is manufactured had its origin in an 

 article published in 1S88 in the Popu- 

 lar Science Monthly, from the pen of 

 United States Chemist Wiley. Prof. 

 Wiley made the statement as a joke, 

 thinking, perhaps, that his readers 

 wovild know better; but the wicked 

 canard has girded the earth. It has 

 sped like a demon of hei. to the ut- 

 most ends of the earth, poisoning the 

 minds of humanity against one of the 

 most delicious, dainty and wholesome 

 articles of food with which the woa-ld 

 has been blessed. Its baneful influ- 

 ence has continued for twenty years 

 to sweep the earth, north, south, eest 

 and west, until today it is difficidt to 

 find anyone outside of the readers of 

 of the bee journals who do not hon- 

 estly believe that the beautiful, snow- 

 white comb honey now seen in the 

 markets is a human product. It has 

 seemed to be a case of "truth crushed 

 toi earth'' without rising, and that the 

 "eternal years of God" have given 

 place to this vile fabrication bj' which 

 modea.'n apiculture has been smitten 

 to earth as often as it sought to rise. 

 Let every apiarist put forth his 

 strength to exti'icate our struggling 

 industi'y from the clutches of this 

 merciless, menacing demon, the hoary- 

 headed W^iley lie. — Ed. 



third time. I gave them two supers full 

 of sections filled with foundation. I 

 ,soon saw there were too many bees for 

 their supers so I kept putting on su- 

 pers every day or two till I got five 

 on that one hive, or 140 one-pound 

 sections. 



Today I expect to take oft" one su- 

 per of honey, which is already sealed. 

 Besides, I have changed supers with 

 comb for empty ones. What do you 

 think of that? 



I remain, yours very respectfully, 

 D. H. Zencker. 



Knoxville, Tenn., Juiy 7, 1904. 

 Editor Bee-Keeper: 



In regard to the puzzle page 143 of 

 A. B. K. there may have been some 

 odor in the room where the supers 

 had been that the bees contracted. 



Mr. W. H. F. made a mistake in 

 putting the supers in a dark place. 

 The bees did not know where to go to. 

 When a bee-escape is placed under 

 the supers, they know that the brood 

 nest is under and go there. But 

 when the supers are away from the 

 hive they go to the light and out. 

 Adrian Getaz. 



Upperco, Md., June 13, 1904. 

 Editor American Bee-Keeper: 



I am a beginner in the bee business 



and have ten fairly good colonies, all 



in first-class hives. I am putting my 



Whole study ©n the subject of bees. 



My aim is to keep down swarming, 



land increase by nuclei. I had a 



Iqueer thing happen to me the last 



Iweek in ;May. That is the commence- 



lent of our honey harvest here. I 



lad one colony which had been out 



le second time. @n the 28th of May 



^t came out for the third time. In a 



few minutes after its arrival there 



rere two more that came out. I had 



le queens all clipped so I soon caged 



them. I was watching them and to 



iy surprise here all three were going 



In this hive which had been out the 



Belmont, Ont, July 7, 1904. 

 Editor Bee-Keeper: 



We r.re having rather hard times in 

 Ontario this year, probably 70 per 

 cent of the bees killed by winter and 

 spring, the balance in poor shape, 

 then short crops of clover honey. 

 Those who have access to basswood 

 may get a good thing from that if 

 weather is favorable. 



Yours truly, , 

 Morlev Pettit. 



Greenville. Miss.. July 11,. 1904. 

 Editor Bee-Keeper ] 



Owing to a wet and cold spring 

 the bees made but little progress un- 

 til the 1st of .Tune and little swarming 

 until ,Tuly 1st. Now they are gath- 

 ering honey rapidly. Have only ex- 

 tracted 4.000 pounds from 220 col- 

 onies spring count. The low prices of 

 honey are so discouraging, I would be 

 glad to be out of the busine.is. Have 

 14 one-half baiTels in St. Louis for 

 almost a year and no demand fcr it. 



Now in regard to friend Arthur C. 

 Miller: There is no apology neces- 



