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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mak. 1 



^vhat remiss in uot making' more of this 

 matter of convenience. 



The simple matter of peeling- off the pa- 

 per is more convenient than getting- candied 

 honey out of any other packag-e whatever. 

 <>n the whole it is doubtful whether an\- 

 package of liquid hone}' can claim the same 

 convenience. The paper peels cff clean 

 without any waste, and can be thrown into 

 the fire. Emptj' liquid honej' out of any 

 package, and unless a gcod bit of time is 

 taken there will be waste. 



The convenience continues after the pack- 

 age is skinned. The whole brick may be 

 left on the plate; but it is, perhaps, better 

 to take off a slice, just as 3-ou would of 

 butter, say a quarter of a pound or so. 

 Then with a knife on the plate to go with 

 the honej'. let it be used exactly as butter, 

 and the convenience over liquid honey will 

 loom up. Help yourself to liquid hone}', 

 .ind if 3-ou are not an expert you will have 

 it string-ing over the table. No matter how 

 expert you are, j-ou will have trouble in 

 getting just the amount you desire. With 

 the candied honey on a plate, \'Ou can g-aug-e 

 the amount 30U take just as easiU- as if it 

 were butter. 



Then it is more convenient to get on bread 

 the candied honey in just the amount 3-011 

 want, and just ivhcre you want it. When 

 using liquid hone3' on bread I do not always 

 succeed in keeping it frr m getting on my 

 fingers; and one of the things that I abomi- 

 Hj^te is hone}- on m3- fingers. Sometimes I 

 get the hone3- in m}- whiskers, and I feel 

 pretty sure I should get my mustache daub- 

 ed with it if m}- face were decorated with 

 an ornament of that kind. With candied 

 hone}- there is no more trouble than with 

 butter. 



But when all is said about the matter of 

 convenience, it is candied honey after all, 

 and I didn't like candied hone}-. Now I am 

 ashamed to make the confession, but I mav- 

 as well be honest, and confess that, al- 

 though I am a man full-grown, I had never 

 before thoroughly tested candied hone3-. On 

 this particular evening, however, I deter- 

 mined I0 go the whole figure, not merely 

 using the candied honey on a single mouth- 

 ful of bread, but on several slices. / liked 

 it. I couldn't see but that I liked it just as 

 well as liquid hone3', although it was a su- 

 perb sample of honev-, and perhaps it was 

 not just the fairest test. It came to me from 

 Medina, but I think it was put up b\' Aikin. 

 If it was a fair sample of what he is deal- 

 ing out to customers with little means, I do 

 not wonder he can work up a trade. 



Now don't be too hard on me for being so 

 prejudiced that I thought I didn't like gran- 

 ulated hone3-. when all the time I reall3- 

 didn't know. I suspect that a large num- 

 ber of people in the world are in the same 

 boat, and all that is needed to convince 

 them of their error is to get them to give the 

 matter a fair trial. And it ma3- be that the 

 "bologna sausage" is the best thing to 

 help secure that trial. C. C. Mili.f.k. 



Marengo, 111. 



I send 3-0U, under separate cover, a photo 

 of m3'^ hone3'-stand. It is made of white- 

 wood, and finished in its natural grain. 

 The sides are '2 inch thick, and shelves '4 

 inch. The displa3'card on top of the stand 

 gives m3' guarantee for the hone}- I sell; 

 also a few facts about extracted hone3'. I 

 have used these stands for nearl}- three 

 seasons, and the}- have more than doubled 

 my sale of honey. The merchants are 

 pleased with them, and give them a good 

 place on their counters. 



Auburn, Me. H. B. Phillips. 



[Mr. Phillips sends a printed letter to 

 the merchant, offering him a honey-stand 

 free of charge on the receipt of an order for 

 six dozen jars of honey. As the honey is 

 heated and sealed air-tight it is not expected 

 to candy; but if it does it will be replaced 

 with that which is liquefied. The jars are 

 returned to the merchant from the consum- 

 er. Who receives 3 cents for them, and the 

 merchant in turn sells them back to Mr. 

 Phillips for 3'j cents. 



