1905. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



159 



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 to free tuition from July 10-August 

 IStli inclusive in any two courses not 

 starred of those offered in the schools 

 of English, Modern Languages, Classi- 

 cal Languages, Mathematics and Sci- 

 ence ind Pedagogy. See pages 4 to 14. 

 B,v -ial arrangement Avith the Prin. 

 ui, ' Instruction and the Director 



>j,. astitute, principals and academ- 

 ,, lers may be admitted to three 



'^.^ instead of two. 



Qf. ers intending to become mem- 



^ he institute should upon reach.- 



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^ for admission to the grounds. 



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 g,. e cost of their tickets, iC pur- 



, during the above dates, will 



Z,^ "'ned to them, 



r COMBINED HIVE STAND. 



COMB HONEY. 



JY OTTO LUHDORFF. 

 1 B is the bottom and alight- 

 I'd nailed together, solid, 

 bottom-board is at m and n 

 to the main frame, either by 

 of leather or hinges; strong 

 is preferable. 



At o are three or four holes, also 

 on the opposite side, for putting in 

 one nail on each side, on which the 

 bottcm-board will rest in front. By 

 changing the nails the height of the en- 

 trance can be adjusted at will, or even 

 be closed entirely. 



Two cros,s-boards on the bottom 

 make the whole solid. 



This liottom-board has the advantage 

 against the Danzenbaker, that there 

 are no grooves which collect dirt and 

 clog. The whole bottom-board is one 

 solid surface and can easily be cleaned. 

 No patent. 



Visalia. Calif.. Feb., 23, 1905. 



"We read in booKs a hundred awful 

 rule;<4 

 And, called to act, are only learned 

 fools." 



In March, 1905, there was formed 

 in Chicago and incorporated the fol- 

 lowing month in Illinois an organiza- 

 tion called the Honey Producers' 

 League. One of its objects is "to 

 publish facts about honey ani5 counter- 

 act misrepresentations of the same." 

 It is ho]ied through the efforts of this 

 league, with the co-operation of the 

 leading newspapers and magazines of 

 our country, to turn the tide in favor 

 of the use of honey as a dally food 

 and also, as before stated, to endeavor 

 to correct the popular delusion that 

 comb honey is a man-made article. 



Some twenty-five years ago a noted 

 "professor," in order to work off a 

 superabundance of "fun," as he termed 

 it, published the statement that honey 

 comb was manufactured, then filled 

 with glucose and sealed over, all with 

 appropriate machinery. It seems that 

 the press of those days was waiting to 

 welcome such a yarn and forthwith 

 scattered the news throughout the 

 length and breadth of the land. It 

 was so well done and seemed to be 

 so eagerly swallowed by the public 

 that its unfortunate repetition has 

 been going on during all the years. The 

 very best of metropolitan dailies, as 

 well as the most conservative month- 

 lies of largest circulations, have been 

 deceived by the comb honey misrepre- 

 sentations and have unwittingly aided 

 in its further dis-semination. 



Almost for the last twenty years 

 there has been a standing offer of $1,- 

 000 made by a reputable firm for just 

 one pound of the so-called manufactur- 

 ed comb honey. But if there is any 

 such article In existence, strange to 

 say no one has as yet proved his claim 

 to the reward offered. The fact is, 

 comb honey has never been made ex- 

 cept by bees, as otherwise it is a 

 mechanical impossibility. 



It is true that the liquid honey — 

 honey taken from the original honey 

 comb by centrifugal force — is some- 

 times adulterated with glucose and of- 

 fered as a pure article, but the var- 

 ious state food laws are fast getting 

 after such adulteration and either com- 

 pelling its true labelling or driving it 

 from the open market. At least since 

 the passage and enforcement of such 

 laAvs in varioiLs states adulterated 

 liquid honey is disappearing from the 

 field of food products. 



