THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



M.nn. Oct. 27, 18811. 1(0,43. 



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The CoDTeutloD Report.— This week 

 we give up the entire space of the Bee 

 Journal to the report of the convention at 

 Indianapolis, believing: it to be the most 

 acceptable news to offer our readers. We 

 will give a double dose of Queries next week 

 in order to catch up. 



Ulr. D. W. Fletcher, known to many as 

 a correspondent for the Bee Journal, died 

 at Lansingville, N. T., on Sept. 6, 1886. He 

 was between 39 and 40 years of age. For 

 sometime his health has been failing, but 

 last June he fell from a wagon which caused 

 Internal injuries, and at last proved fatal. 

 At an early age he became interested in 

 Natural History, and the result was that he 

 kept bees, and studied the art so as to excel. 

 His honey in New York brouffht the highest 

 price, especially for the holiday trade. He 

 had a large correspondence with apiarists 

 all over the country, whose likenesses 

 decorated his room, and he regarded them 

 as personal friends. He was fond of music, 

 and played several instruments. 



Mr. H. H. Flick, of Lavansville, Pa., 

 well-known to our readers for the past 2.5 

 years as an able apiarist, has been nomi- 

 nated for the State Senate in the 36th Sena- 

 torial District of Pennsylvania. 



Another Bee-master Gone.— We re- 

 gret to announce that Mr. James Anderson, 

 of Dairy, Scotland, died on Sept. 23, 1886. 

 Mr. Anderson was one of the most advanced 

 bee-keepers of Scotland, and in 1882 he 

 visited America, remaining here about a 

 year, visiting some of our best apiarists, 

 and studying our system of keeping bees. 

 He twice visited the office of the Bee 

 Journal, and was designated by some as 

 the " Bee-King from Scotland." We first 

 met him at the " Perth Bee and Honey 

 Show " in Scotland in 1879, and enjoyed his 

 company with other noted Scotch apiarists. 

 He died of congestion of the lungs after 

 three weeks of illness. 



Honey Uited in mauufaclures.— The 



possibilities in the line of honey consump- 

 ton are enormous. It can be used to ad- 

 vantage in many manufactures, and Mr. 

 Arthur Todd, of Philadelphia, is making a 

 point in that line, which we are glad to see. 

 Here is his own words iin a letter just 

 received : ^ 



While you were at the convention, Mr. 

 Newman. I was busy at the Burlington 

 County Fair (New Jersey), where I made a 

 display of honey, bees, apiarian tools, and 

 honey manufactures. I brought strongly 

 before the notice of the managers the neces- 

 sity to encourage the use of honey in manu- 

 factures, such as preserving fruits, candies, 

 cakes, curing hams, vinegar, etc. The 

 result was, that the judges awarded me a 

 special medal for honey and honty manu- 

 factures. 



As far as I am aware this is the first public 

 recognition of the successful employment 

 of honey In various industries. 



When I tell you that the cash returns for 

 goods made with honey sold in the past three 

 months by me. amount up Into the t/iotJsa7!ds 

 of dollars, perhaps some of the folks that 

 see no other outlet for honey but to eat with 

 buckwheat cakes, will think differently. 



If we but mention some of the uses for 

 honey, we fancy that many will be surprised 

 at the potslbilitUs in extending honey con- 

 sumption. It is used in the manufacture of 

 cakes, pastry, mead, metheglin, soda water, 

 confectionery, jellies, jams, liquorice, table 

 syrups, egg foam, vinegar, wines, liquors, 

 preserving fruit of all kinds in the natural 

 state, medical syrups, and medical prepara- 

 tions of various kinds, ointments, salves, 

 and in making tobacco, ale, beer, and 

 printers' rollers : also in curing hams and 

 meats of all kinds, besides being eaten for 

 the cure of asthma, consumption, etc., and 

 for food and medicine. 



Mr. Todd is entitled to a vote of thanks 

 for his endeavors to interest^manufacturers 

 in the consumption of honey.GLet the good 

 work go on I Let us labor to create a 

 dejiand for itin every possible way. 



Exi>crlmcntfs.— Mr. J. W. Tefft.r of Syra- 

 cuse, N. Y., in the A'eu'S, gives the following 

 particulars concerning some experiments 

 made during the past season : 



He selected one colony in the spring to 

 experiment with, and naturally gave it the 

 most attention ; it contained eight 10x15 

 frames. During the summer he has taken 

 26 frames of brood and honey from this 

 colony, and formed 5 colonies of 9 frames 

 each, besides taking 106 finished one-pound 

 sections, and 30 pounds of honey, in frames. 

 The 6 will go into winter quarters with 9 

 frames each, averaging 45 pounds of honey 

 to the colony. The queen was given a frame 

 of last year's comb, selected for its perfec- 

 tion. At 6 a.m. and at 2 p.m. of the same 

 day, upon examination, was found she had 

 deposited an egg in every cell on both sides, 

 and allowing 24 cells to the square inch, she 

 laid the remarkable number of 7,200 eggs. 

 With another queen he has done equally as 

 well, excepting the honey record. 



Paste for Labels on Pails, Jars,etc, — 



A correspondent asks for a good recipe for 

 paste to hold honey-labels on tin or earthen- 

 ware. Here is one : " Mix thin flour paste 

 in the usual way. When nearly cooked, add 

 about one-eighth as much of cheap Porto 

 Rico molasses, and cook for ten minutes 

 longer, stirring continually to prevent burn- 

 ing. If too thick to work well, it may be 

 diluted with warm water, thoroughly mixed 

 before using." 



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Detecting Glucose.- S. Waters & Son, 

 of McGregor, Iowa, asks this question : 

 " By what test can we detect the adultera- 

 tion of honey with glucose ?" Here is a test 

 which we published over a year ago : 



A cheap and easy way to test the presence 

 of the poorer grades of glucose in honey is 

 to put some of it into a cup of tea made 

 strong. If it is heavily adulterated with the 

 poisonous compound found in glucose, it 

 will turn black almost like ink. Another 

 test is to pour alcohol and this poisonous 

 compound together. Pure honey and pure 

 alcohol will unite, but pure alcohol and this 

 poisonous compound will separate like oil 

 and water. 



As honey is so cheap it will not pay to 

 adulterate it now, and hence there will be 

 nothing offered for sale but pure honey, so 

 long as there is no lucrative temptation. 

 They also ask if honey put up in well-corked 

 bottles will candy. Of course it will. In 

 time, it will even candy in the comb. 



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