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fHE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



The Use of Honey as Food. 



Dr. W. G. Plielps, in the Practical 

 Farmer, gives tlie following on the 

 use of honey, both as food and medi- 

 cine : 



In the minds of many persons there 

 exists a prejudice against the ordinary 

 use of honey as food. We hear it 

 sometimes asserted that honey is an 

 unwholesome sweet inducing cohc, 

 dyspepsia and various other disorders 

 of the system. Such assertions are 

 groundless. Honey in its purity is a 

 God-given sweet, and, in its proper 

 use is conducive to health and 

 strength. Indulged in immoderately, 

 and only then at rare intervals, it may, 

 likemaiiy other excellent articles ot 

 food provoke an attack of colic or in- 

 digestion. Used however frequently 

 and in connection with other food, it 

 has a tendency to produce pure blood 

 and give tone to the human system. 

 Like all other sweets, it has also a 

 tendency to fatten, and its use is said 

 by medical writers to improve the 

 beauty of the complexion. Sir John 

 More, as early as 1707, was aware of 

 the medicinal and beneficial effects of 

 honey as a food, for he speaks as tol- 



" The bee helpeth to cure all of your 

 diseases, and is the best little friend a 

 man has in the world. Honey is of 

 subtle parts, and therefore doth pierce 

 as oil, and easily passeth the parts of 

 the body It openeth obstructions and 

 cleaneth the heart, and lights of those 

 humors that fall from tlie^ head ; it 

 uureeth the foulness ot the body, 

 cureth phlegmatic matter and sharp- 

 eueth the stomach ; it purgeth also 

 those things that hurt the clearness of 

 the eve breedeth good blood, stirreth 

 uu the natural heat, and prolongeth 

 life It keepeth all tilings uncorrupt 

 that are put into it, and is a sovereign 

 medieant-both for outward and in- 

 ward maladies, etc." 



Experience with the use of honey m 

 my own family,! believe,,fully verifies 

 Sir John-s' excellent opinion ot this 

 delicious substance. The question 

 has been asked me by several of your 

 readers: "Is not the comb taken 

 into the stomach injurious V I think 

 T can safely answer, no 1 In otnei 

 articles of food we often take into the 

 . stomach similar, i'wligest.ble substan- 

 ces without injury, and otte i with 

 benefit. Who, for instance, takes the 



trouble to seeci every gi'aPXiL' indl' 

 or qtjine every cherry i* These mdi- 

 gestible .articles pass through the 

 Bodv without ill the least injuring it. 

 So with wax, as eaten in moderation 

 in comb honey. The uses to which 

 honev can be put in cooking .and m 

 medicine, indicate it as ot prime im- 

 portance in the economy of life. Used 

 Instead of sugar for preserving rasp- 

 berries and other fruits, I know of 

 not ling its equal, as to many such 

 compounds ii imparts a peculiarly 

 delicious flavor. For sore throats, 

 ulcers of the mouth, and manv other 

 diseases honey forms a valuable rem- 

 rAv To tlie rare individual f..r whom 

 the temperate use of honey may pro- 

 duce functional disorders, I would say 

 try heating honey before using it, and 1 



see if all such trouble is not remedied. 

 Honey can really no longer be consid- 

 ered one of the mere luxuries of lite. 

 For the poor, it has become a cheap 

 and wholesome substitute for the too 

 frequently impure butter. Millions of 

 pounds are to-dav consumed by rich 

 and poor alike, when 10 or 15 years 

 since, but a few thousands were used. 

 The severe stab which the manufac- 

 turer of the miserable glucose has re- 

 ceived is due to a great extent to the 

 production of extracted honey. This 

 being the pure article, and produced, 

 even at a profit, for 10 cents per 

 pound, has virtually gained the mas- 

 tery in competition with t)ie above 

 falsely so named " cheap sweet." Eat 

 pure honey therefore, so that you may 

 grow strong and handsome, fat and 

 jolly, and— best of all— healthy and 

 wise. 



Honey Crop in Saginaw Co., Mich. 



A correspondent in the Saginaw 

 Co., Mich., Eveninq News of last 

 Thursday, contains the following con- 

 cerning the honey crop of that sec- 

 tion, and as that is the home of Dr. L. 

 C. Whiting, Ileatherington & Welling- 

 ton and Mr. James Ure, it will inter- 

 est our readers to know how the 

 " sweet work " proigresses there : 



I have made inquiries of bee-keep- 

 ers, and made a careful estimate of 

 the yield of honey in Saginaw County, 

 and" find that tliis year's product is 

 but one-fourth of what it was last 

 year. The season opened with prom- 

 ising prospect, bees increased rapidly 

 in numbers and swarmed about the 

 close of the white clover blossom. 

 The new swarms have gathered no 

 honey, and must be fed, or they will 

 starve, during the winter. Some bee- 

 keepers have already bought honey 

 and sugar in equal parts and fed their 

 bees for winter. 



It has been a question with some 

 whether it would be economy to shake 

 the bees out of the combs and save 

 what stores they have, or buy S3 

 worth of feed for each colony, to feed 

 them, and run the risk of losing them 

 after all, during the winter. All col- 

 onies are light in bees, whether they 

 have stores or not, but this is espec- 

 ially the case with those with little or 

 no honey. This is usually an unfa- 

 vorable condition for a cold winter. 

 The best that can now be done is to 

 see that they have plenty of stores, 

 and are packed so as to keep out the 

 cold, or placed in a cellar that does 

 not freeze. 



^° Mr. J. D. Enas writes that the 

 name given in his communication on 

 page 505 of the Bee Journal for 

 Oct. 10, as " Mr. M. Bragg," should 

 be Mr. M. Bray. Of course it was an 

 oversight of the printer. 



^5" Constitutions and By-Laws for 

 local Associations $2.00 per 100. The 

 name of the Association printed in the 

 blanks for 50 cents extra. 



^- We have received a copy of the 

 Swine Breeders" iSIanual, or how to 

 breed and manage improved swine, 

 published by P. M. Springer, Spring- 

 field, 111., at 25 cents. The Swine 

 Breeders' Manual presents the subject 

 in some of its details in a plain, brief 

 way. Even those who have never kept 

 any other than common hogs, may find 

 in it much that will aid them to secure 

 better results than are usually reali- 

 zed in the rearing of ordinary stock, 

 and which may lead them to a trial for 

 themselves of improved swine. 



Honey and Beeswax Market. 



OPPICB OF AMEKICAN BKB JOCTBNAL. } 



Monday, 10 ». m., Oct. 29, 1883. i 



The following are the latest quota- 

 tions for honey and beeswax received 

 up to this hour : 



CINCINNATI. 



HONEV— The demand for honey is eitremcly 

 slow, and our commission houses are too well sup- 

 plied to expect anything else. Prices rule low. 

 Manufacturers complain of slow business. Ex- 

 tracted honey brinKS -®ac. on arrival I hare 

 bought for less. Comb honey In good order, 12@15. 



BEESWAX— Good yellow beeswax brings nUM 

 ct».;otrerlngsfew. CHA9. F. MOTH. 



NEW TORE. 



HONET— White clover and basswood In I and 2 

 lb. sections, 17w'21c. Dark and second quality, 

 uaisc; extracted white clover In kegs and bar- 

 rels, aoioc: dark, Sc. „,^.,„„ 



BEESWAX— Prime yellow, 27®29c. 



"•^ H. K. &F. B. THUBBEB*C». 



CHICAGO. 



HONEY-The demand forhoney is good. Choice 

 1 lb sections ot white comb, well fllled, brings 189 

 ■'oc • IW to 2 lb. sections, ItiOlSc. No demand for 

 dark comb honey. Extracted honey is bringing 8 

 ®loc. per pound, according to body, color and 



"^BBESWAX-Prime yellow, 33c ; medUim,28®30. 

 K. A. BPK.VETT. 161 South Water Bl. 



BAN FRANCiaCO. 



HONBY-There is a fair jobbing trade. Offerings 

 are not large. Choice qualities command extreme 

 figures. White to extra white comb lfi™20c. ; dark 

 to good, imimc: Extracted, choice to extra 

 white 8(ivaHc.; dark and candled, cjkicavXc. 



BEBSWAX-Wiiolesale, 27(a2HC. a..„, 



BTEABN8 S SMITH. 423 Front Street. 



ST. LOUIS. 



HONBY-Chotce in better demand, but un- 

 changed. Sales chlehyin a small way. We quote 

 strataeS and extracted at 6^..s.7c. Comb at 12X® 

 uic • choice, in fancv packages, higher. 



BBBSVVAX-Kendil%ala..leat2«427forchoice. 

 W.T. ANDERSON 4 CO.. 104 N. 3d Street. 



CLBVBLAND. 



HONEY-Comes very slowly and sells as fast as 

 lt"onies at IRMUlc. for best white In 1 lb. sections, 

 and ™^jlHc. for 2 lb. sections. Second quality Is 

 ?ery slow. Extracted usually sells very slowly In 

 our market. 



BBESWAX-No^ne^in Market.^ Ontario Street. 



BOSTON. 



HONE Y-We quote extracted honey at W®uc.. 

 with agood demand. We have sold easily four 

 Sies n"s much extracted as we ever did before. 



nwicsw AX— AVe haye none to quote. 



"™ b15ke A KIPLEY. 57 Chatham Street. 



KANSAS CITY, MO. 

 HONKY-Market continues active, anif eve^- 

 thiiiB in the way of comb honey is taken up on 

 irnval at naiHc. for choice 1 and 2 lb. 'ectfons. 

 Kxtractcd honey Is In light demand, though some 

 good site, were made last week at a concession 

 «M®'iic 1 latter price for strictly choice honey In 

 llSion square tin cans with screw top, which Is a 

 rtBstrftble ahHPe for this market. 

 desiraD^e^snm « Twichbll. 536 Delaware Street. 



