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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



169 



[loiise of delightful entertaiument avail- 

 able to those who read "the language 

 bf love,"— Castillano. The subscrip- 

 tion price is $2.50 gold, per annum. 



TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC. 



Anything which may tend to eulight- 

 -1 m the public in regard to any phase 

 3f the honey business, and particular- 

 ly as to its advantages over many 

 jtltr commercial sweets for rable use, 

 s commendable. 



As an initial step in this matter of 

 education, the Honey Producers' 

 I League has published a circular to be 

 listributed through the manufacturers 

 >f supplies, by enclosing them with 

 u-]i shipment of sections sent out. 

 Producers are invited to make use 

 )f them in every way that may ap- 

 ear advantageous, and beneficial re- 

 niiis are anticipated. The circular is 

 is follows: 



rO THE PURCHASERS OF THIS HONEY 



The producer of this Comb Honey, 

 ind also the undersigned, guarantee 

 iiat the product in these sections, or 

 small frames, was all made by honey- 

 bees. 



There is no such thing as manufac- 

 tured comb honey. It never was made, 

 and never can be, newspaper and mag- 

 rj, azine articles to the contrary. If any 

 one says there is such a thing as 

 manufactui'ed comb honey on the mar- 

 ket, just tell that person that the 

 National Bee-keepers' Association, an 

 organization of over 2,000 members, 

 through its General Manager, N. E. 

 France, of Platteville, Wis., will pay 

 pi.OOO for proof of such machine-made 

 icombs filled with glucose or any other 

 cheap syrup, and capped over by 

 means of machinei-y without the aid 

 of liees. Also, a corporation capital- 

 ized at .$300,000. all paid in, has had 

 If or many years a standing offer of a 

 like sum for the same so-called manu- 

 factured comb honey as described, and 

 the offer is still good. In addition to 

 this, the bee-expert, a life-long bee- 

 keeper, now in the employ of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture at Washing- 

 ton, has repeatedly, in government 

 bulletins and in public addresses, de- 

 nied the existence of any such prod- 

 uct. For evidence of this fact, refer 

 to the report of the Secretary of Ag- 

 rienltnre for 1904, page 83; also to 

 Farmers' Bulletin No. 59. for 1905. 

 pages 32 and 34, also issued by the 



Department of Agriculture, entitled 

 "Bee-keeping," by Frank Benton. 



It may be well to state that the bas- 

 is foi' these comb-honey canards is pos- 

 sibly due to the fact that the flavor of 

 honey in one locality may be very 

 different from that of another; that 

 when one tastes of a honey quite dif- 

 ferent in color and flavor from that 

 which he used to eat on the old farm, 

 he concludes it is adulterated or man- 

 ufactured, especially if it be of poor 

 quality. As a matter of fact, the comb 

 honey from California is just as dif- 

 ferent from the same article produced 

 in the Central and Eastern States as 

 the fruits of that State are different 

 from tho-se in New England. In the 

 same way, the honey from Texas 

 differs very widely from that produced 

 in Ohio, or honey from Florida from 

 that in Texas. Some honeys, like that 

 from buckwheat, are very dark; oth- 

 ers are not only dark but ill-flavored, 

 and should never be sent to market, 

 but be sold to the baker or fed back 

 to bees for rearing young bees. 



Two-thirds of the States in the 

 Union have pure-food laws; and one 

 may rest assured that, in all the States 

 where such laws are in force, both 

 honey in the comb and in the liquid 

 condition, generally called "extracted," 

 is and must be the genuine product of 

 the hive. 



The oft- repeated misstatements 

 about adulterated honey and manufac- 

 tured comb honey in the newspapers 

 and magazines has made it necessary 

 for The Honey Producers' League to 

 put out this statement, for the reason 

 that the general public has come to 

 believe that a large part of the honey 

 in the market is adulterated or manu- 

 factured. If the dealer will join with 

 the bee-keepers in helping correct these 

 monstrous lies, it Avill m.aterially in- 

 crease his sales of both comb and 

 liquid honey. 



THE HONEY PRODUCERS' LEAGUE. 



GEORGE W. YORK, Manager, 



Chicago, 111. 



N. B. — Do not store comb honey in 

 a refrigerator, cold storage, or cellar. 

 These are the very worst places you 

 can put it. It should always be kept 

 in the warmest and driest room you 

 have. It is advisable to keep liquid 

 or extracted honey in the same warm 

 dry place. 



