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tt Journal, 



DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PRODUCERS OF HONEY. 



VOL. XX. 



CHICAGO, ILL., OCTOBER 15, 1884. 



Xo. 42. 





Publisbed every Wednesday, by 



THOMAS G. NEWMAN, 



Editop and Pbopkiktor. 



Only Used for Adulterating. 



Mr. E. C. Jordan, of Virginia, lias 

 sent us the following article from the 

 Virginia Standard, and desires it an- 

 swered in the Bee Journal : 



The fact that the Arm of Candiani 

 & Giannini were preparing to engage 

 in the manufacture of syrup, or glu- 

 cose from potatoes, has "caused con- 

 siderable inquiry into the uses of the 

 article. The manufacture of it has 

 not been attempted in this State be- 

 fore, so far as we can learn, but it is 

 made extensively in the Western 

 States, from corn, etc. 



It is used mostly as an adulterant in 

 the manufacture of table syrups and 

 in adulterating the dark, moist sugars 

 used largely by the poor. Its next 

 largest use is in the manufacture of 

 candies. All soft candies, waxes, 

 taffies, carmels, etc., are made of glu- 

 cose. Children are, therefore, large 

 consumers of this substance. 



The honey bees are also fond of it. and 

 will carry it away by the ton if it is 

 placed within their reach. The honey 

 from it is no better than the pure 

 GLUccsE, as it is stowed away in the 

 cell without change. 



Human ingenuity, It is stated, has 

 reached the point of making the 

 honey and storing it in the comb 

 without the intervention of the bee. 

 By appropriate machinery a nice look- 

 ing comb is made out of paraffine, and 

 after the cells are filled with glucose 

 syrup, this fictitious "honey" is 

 warranted true white clover honey. 



The Standard is honest enough to 

 admit that the only use to which glu- 

 cose is put is to adulterate syrup, sugar 

 and the like, but condones the offense 

 because forsooth the sugars are " used 

 laigely by the poor." 



Any article which has no legitimate 

 use is a fraud, and its manufacture 

 should be stopped. All honest men 

 should frown upon its very existence. 



One point in the above article is 

 worth more than a passing remark, 

 viz. : that children are large con- 

 sumers of it in the shape of candies, 

 taffies, etc. Yes ; and thousands go 

 to premature graves, and this glucose 

 consumption is largely the cause. Out 

 of mistaken kindness, mothers will 

 let their children eat candies because 

 they want sivects, never once thinking 

 that they are dealing out trash to 

 poison their blood and send them to 

 early graves. 



That sulphuric acid, a strong poison, 

 is used in the manufacture of glucose, 

 cannot be denied ; that it can be 

 purified from its effects by proper 

 care is true, but it is undeniable that 

 in the usual glucose of commerce this 

 acid is found in deadly quantities. 



How much better it would he to 

 feed " the little ones " with honey, 

 make it into honey cakes, honey 

 cookies, honey ginger- snaps, honey 

 liquorice, or honey pop-corn balls, 

 recipes for which are found in the 

 little pamphlet, " Honey as Food and 

 Medicine!" or give them honey on 

 plain bread and butter, which will 

 give them strength and health in a 

 pleasant way. 



The Standard asserts that the 

 honey-bees are fond ot glucose — yes ; 

 so fond are they of it, that they will 

 not touch it except when deprived of 

 the nectar of flowers— when it comes 

 to that or nothing— and certain death 

 to the bees is the result 1 



Then comes that lie of Prof. Wiley, 

 about human ingenuity making honey 

 out of glucose, and putting it into 

 combs made of paraffine, without the 

 aid of bees I This falsehood was 

 written by Prof. Wiley as a " scien- 

 tific pleasantry," he says, but it is a 

 mischief-making lie all the same 1 

 And one that should gnaw at his con- 

 science (if he has any) like a serpent, 

 every time his eye meets it, in its 

 everlasting rounds in the newspapers ! 



Oh, no ! man's ingenuity stands 

 aghast before the waxen cells of beau- 

 tiful virgin comb, made by the bees 



to hold the delicious and (Jodgiven 

 honey ! Man"s ingenuity hiis never 

 dared to enter that contest, and prob- 

 ably never will— but Wiley's lie rides 

 over the land like a fast-running en- 

 gine, while his feeble excuse and ex- 

 phmation— that he meant it " only as 

 a scientific pleasantry "—limps along 

 behind as a cripple traveling at a 

 snail's pace ! It can never catch up 

 with that wily lie, while the world 

 lasts I 



i^° We have received a pamphlet 

 of :^2 pages from the Micliigan Agri- 

 cultural College, by Prof. A. J. Cook, 

 on "Injurious Insects." It is very 

 interesting, and we presume it can be 

 obtained by addressing the Professor, 

 as it is evidently for free circnlation— 

 at least in Michigan. 



^° Mr. E. T. Flanagan and Miss 

 Lillie R. Mithoff were married at 

 Jefferson; La., on the 1st inst. We 

 hope Mr. F. will realize much "honey"' 

 since the " introduction " of this new 

 Southern " queen " into his " hive " at 

 Belleville, 111. 



^' In handling bees, do it quietly 

 and easily. Avoid rapid, quick mo- 

 tions, but, at the same time, do not be 

 all day at one hive, or so long as to 

 induce robbing. Black or fuzzy 

 clothes should not be worn in the 

 apiary. White cotton, or linen, and a 

 white straw hat is best. Veils have 

 to be black to be seen through, but 

 this should be all the black worn.— 

 Texas Ranch. 



®" The " Autumn Leaves " which 

 will bring the most returns are, no 

 doubt, the Leaflets-" Why Eat 

 Honey ?" Scatter them and see the 

 effect in selling honey in every neigh- 

 borhood, at good prices. Two hun- 

 dred will be sent postpaid for $1.00; 

 500 for 12.2.5 ; 1,000 for f4.00. 



(^ Some severe frosts have been 

 reported, but the weather is now very 

 pleasant again. 



