226 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEBJPER. Novembei 



cells did not coutain any of the eggs modified, and stored in the comb b; 



given three days previous. Such a the honey bee (Apis mellifica). It i 



condition would hardly be found under laevo-rotatory, contains not mor 



six to nine days, in the event of the than twenty-five (25) per cent o 



inserted eggs having been removed water, not more than twenty-fiv 



and used. Perhaps a A-ery old queen hundredths (0.25) per cent of ash, an( 



yet remained in the hive. — Editor. not inove than eight (8) per cent o 



sucrose. 



CLEANING BEESWAX— SEASON This standard was adopted afte 



REPORT. cai-eful publication of an earlier isug 



Upperoo, Md., Oct. 6. 1905. gested standard as a basis of criti 



Dear Editor: ci->^m, and after careful consultatioi 



Please give us a few Unas on clean- with leading authorities in apicul 



ing beeswax in small quantities in the ture. 



next issue of the American Bee- Since the standard wa,s issued mani 



Keeper. letters have been recei^^ed from be< 



We had a verj^ small honey crop in keepers representing many of iht 



this section this summer, from June States of the Union, expressing i 



until September, they could not feed desire that the standard should b« 



themselves. Some of my bees nearly changed so as to avoid the exclusioi 



istaiwed. There was no pollen coming from -standard honey of all honeyf' 



in. so some of them got very weak, that contain honey dew. In suppor 



Since September 1st a little honey of this plea, it Is urged that the bet 



for winter has been coming in. I have keeper is unable to prevent the intra 



23 colonies this year. rtuction of some honey dew, whethei 



D. H. Zencker. taken directly from the plant or fron: 



the aphis, and that ismall quantities 



Undoubtedly the best, and only of this material are not injurious tc 



practicable method of cleaning bees- the honey. 



wax is through the process of remelt- These requests being brought to the 

 ing. Place the Avax in a clean tin ves- attention of the Committee on Pooc, 

 sel with several inches of water, and Standards at its meeting in Chicago 

 set the whole into a kettle or other begining May 29 last, the Committee 

 suitable receptacle containing water, adopted the following minute: 

 Place it on the stove until the Avax The -standard does not in any waj 

 is thoroughly melted, then remove exclude small quantities of honey dew 

 from the ftre and skim all scum from from honey. We realize that bees often 

 the surface with a spoon or piece of gather small quantities of honey dew 

 cardboard. Keep the wax in the hot that cannot be detected in the finish- 

 water and set a-side so that all dirt ed jiroduct by chemical means, and 

 may have time to settle before con- does not damage its quality. It is only 

 gelation begins. When cool and hard, when relatively large amounts are 

 remove the cake and shave all foreign gatheretl that the quality of the honey 

 matter from the bottom, and the pro- is impaired, and it fails to meet the 

 cess is complete. —Editor. requirements of the .standard. It is 



generally agreed that such a large 



EXPLANATION OF STANDARD aniount of honey dew is injurious to 



FOR HONEY. the quality of the product, which can 



IT , J c, , n . , I A 1. not then be properly regarded as 



United Males Ueparlmcnl ol Agriculture. i l j o 



Bureau ol Chemistry. hOUey. 



On December 20, 1904, the Secre- 



tary of Agriculture, acting under The Voice of the Sluggard. 



authority of Congress and upon the „ „ . , , ., „ „ , 



recommendation of the Committee on ^'If .^^^^ T'''^ day old farmer Doyle 



Food Standards of the As.sociation of , ^aid as he mopped his brow; 



Official Agricultural Chemists, pro- I 'Jon't object to honest toil, 



claimed the following standard for Its time I -started now 



j^Qj^^y I knoAv I ought to plow the soil. 



Honey is the nectar and .saccharine ^"* ^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^* ^^ P'^^- 



exudations of the plant, gathered, —Saturday Evening Post. 



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