I''"i5. THE AMERICAN 



AN UNJUST TKAIT OF "HUMAN 

 NATURE." 

 The N. Y. Tribune has recently rais- 

 ed the ire of some of our contenii)orar- 

 ies by failing to correct articles on 

 • Klnlteratlon ,to suit the complain^ 

 jiiit's view.s. One editor says: "It is 

 not likely that so able a periodical as 

 the N. Y. Tribune is desirous to mis- 

 lead or misstate and the probability is 

 that when the statement was made it 

 wa-s believed to be correct. Having 

 iieeu made it is only human nature 

 10 give full weight — ami a little un- 

 hie weight — to anything found to 

 lavor such statement." Tliis expres- 

 sion of "human nature" has for many 

 real's been a very pronounced practice 

 if one of the complainants and it has 

 ihvays been impossible tO' make him 

 ;ee its in.iustice. Now that it is I'sed 

 igainst him he may perhaps obtain a 

 dimp.se of the point of view of hi-s 

 ictim,s. 



Fault is also found because the 

 "ribune says: "Another patented 

 iiethod. according to the invento*-, will 

 ii'oduce a comb in every respect re- 

 rmbling natural comb built by the 

 I'cs." According to the past publica- 

 ions of one of the complainants, they 

 ave made .such comb and control that 

 atent. 



We belie-se the Tribune lias done 

 rell to arouse public suspicion of bot- 

 led honeys containing a bit of comb. 

 > little more doubt cast upon a custom 

 onimonly used to deceive, should do 

 1)0(1 rather than harm, for the public, 

 h-eady suspicious of all their foods, 

 elieving their beef to be "embalmed'' 

 ud fearing arsenites on their fruits 

 nd vegetables, can hardly be made 

 lore su-spiciou«. So long as bee-keep- 

 I's continue to feed hundreds of tons 

 f sugar to their bees just so long w^Ill 

 lere Ije good grounds for charges 

 uainst the puritj^ of honey. The 

 inverted and stored syrups may be 

 lemically invert sugars and a.s whole- 

 mie a,s honey yet it is noit the nectar 



flowers gathered by bee-s from Na- 

 ire's own laboratories. It is claimed 

 lat syrup veiy seldom finds its way 

 to the surplus honey combs. The 

 ipe is only too often the father of the 

 louglit and the proof stops there, 

 'ithin a year some of the apicultural 

 ■ess has seriou-sly considered the use 



glycerine for keeping honey liquid, 

 Inch is naught else than adulteration. 



BEE-KEEPER. 



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The Rural Bee-Keeper says that 

 "Wisconsin produces the best clover 

 and basswood honey in the world." 

 Wonder if that's really so? 



Though dur venerable friend, Dr. O. 

 M. iUanton, of Mississippi, has been 

 quite indis])osed during the past win- 

 ter, we are pleased to learn that he is 

 again actively engaged with the bees. 

 We hope to present an interesting 

 lettei- from that quarter in our next 

 issue. 



The word, "queenright," as opposed 

 to "queenless," in reference to a colony 

 of bees seems to be establishing itself 

 in the apiarian vocabulary. If we 

 mistake not, the credit for having in- 

 troduced this adjective belongs to our 

 staff correspondent, Mr. F. Greiner. 

 Others are now "introducing" it. 



I don't care to meet the man who 

 has never made a mistake, for that in- 

 fallible individual has likely never 

 made anything else. — H. Macaulay. 



Honey and Beesivax Market. 



Cincinnati, May 8.— The demand for honey 

 has increased quite a bit since our last quo- 

 tation, which is due, probably, to the con- 

 cessions made in prices to affect sales, as well 

 as the awakening of the spring trade. 



We quote amber extracted honey in barrels 

 at iVz to 6i,^c, according to quality. White 

 Clover and fancy extracted honey at 6 and 

 lyic. Comb honey has seen its season. Bees 

 wax wanted at 29c cash. 



The Fred W. Muth Co. 



51 \\'ahiut Street. 



Chicago, May 8. — With April about all the 

 trade in comb honey ceases so far as this 

 market is concerned, occasionally a case sells, 

 but no lots, so that prices now are practi- 

 cally without change, pending the new crop. 

 Extracted is exceedingly slow of sale; white 

 ranges from o'/i to 7c, and amber 5^ to 6c, 

 according to flavor, quality and package. 

 Beeswax in active demand at 30c. 



R. A. Burnett & Co. 



199 South Water Street. 



Boston, May 9. — There is no change to 

 note, in condition of honey market, from that 

 of our letter of April 24th. 



Blake, Scott & Lee Co. 



