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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 1. 



date. He particularly shows how to make 

 comb foundation, both on presses and mills. 

 The book is well printed and illustrated on 

 good paper, and is altogether creditable, 

 both to the author and publisher. It is pub- 

 lished in Barcelona. w. k. m. 



so-called manufactured product to be offered 

 for sale. The best answer that we can give 

 to show that there is no such thing is that 

 Uncle Sam would not allow it to be sold, and 

 that is reason enough. 



The two great bee-keepers' associations of 

 Germany and Austria-Hungaria have decid- 

 ed to amalgamate, sinking all differences 

 which may have existed between them for 

 the past ten years. The combined member- 

 ship of the two societies is 100,000, which 

 will, in all likelihood, be very largely aug- 

 mented by the increased prestige. The name 

 of the society will be Der Deutsche Imkerbund 

 (the German Bee-keepers' Society). Glean- 

 ings wishes the new federation long life and 

 prosperity. 



There isn't room for two national bee- 

 keepers' associations in one country, and 

 the German-speaking people are wise in re- 

 combining. "The next meeting will take 

 place at Buckawina, in Austria, w. k. m. 



KEEPING COMB HONEY DURING THE WINTER 

 MONTHS. 



Producers should take pains to inform 

 retailers over and over again that they must 

 not store their comb honey down cellar nor 

 in a refrigerator, but that it should be kept 

 in a dry warm room at an even temjjerattire. 

 And in this connection it is well to remark 

 that a temperature varying from 70 down to 

 freezing will cause honey to granulate much 

 quicker than a continued freezing tempera- 

 ture. But we should not argue from that 

 that comb honey should be kept in a cool 

 place — better by far that it be kept at a uni- 

 form temperature as near that of a living- 

 room as possible. 



Comb honey will stand a little freezing, 

 but not very much of it. If it is to be sent 

 by freight, if possible shipment should be de- 

 ferred while it is below freezing. That is 

 one reason why all comb honey should be 

 moved to points of local consumption before 

 cold weather comes on. 



THE WANING OF THE COMB-HONEY LIES. 



We wonder if any of our readers have no- 

 ticed that there has been but little said about 

 manufactured comb honey in the papers of 

 late. We have seen only one item, and that 

 is to the effect that an artificial syrup has 

 oeen made which, it is thought, would ana- 

 lyze the same as honey. But the chemists 

 are able to detect this product without fail. 

 Of course, it does not taste like honey, does 

 not look like it, and lacks the delicate aroma 

 of the product direct from the flowers. 



But how about the disappearance of the 

 comb-honey lies? It is because, in our opin- 

 ion, the national pure-food law has gone in- 

 to effect, and the purveyors of these erstwhile 

 canards know that they can no longer jam 

 them into a gullible public, because the na- 

 tional pure-food law would not allow this 



A NEW PLAN OF PUTTING UP COMB HONEY 

 IN SECTIONS. 



Elsewhere in this issue we publish a very 

 valuable contribution from H. A. Sackett, of 

 a plan for putting up comb honey for retail 

 in transparant paper so that not only the comb 

 shall be protected but that the honey shall 

 show as well. The plan involves but very 

 little expense, and we feel sure it will be the 

 means of securing a considerably increased 

 price on honey put up in that manner. It 

 retains to a great extent the advantage of 

 glass for sections without its expense. 



During winter evenings a bee-keeper and 

 his family can prepare a large part of his 

 comb honey in this way; and if he can add a 

 cent or two per pound by so doing, he will 

 be well repaid. A very neat, pretty design 

 on the outside of the transparent paper will 

 also help to enhance very greatly the appear- 

 ance of the package. 



It is to be regretted that the photos come 

 very far short of showing the beauty of the 

 package Why, a dark or a travel-stained 

 comb looks much better behind the haze of 

 the beautiful transparency than it does un- 

 covered. Try and see for yourself. 



the honey MARKET; HONEY FOR MANUFAC- 

 TURING PURPOSES GROWING SCARC- 

 ER, AND WHY. 



The late stringency in the money market 

 has had a tendency to depress prices on near- 

 ly all commodities, including honey. Then, 

 too, the approach of the holidays has had its 

 effect. During Thanksgiving and Christmas 

 the delicacies seem to be cranberry sauce, 

 mince pie, and turkey, while honey which 

 has been on the table for months back seems 

 to be relegated, for the time being, to the 

 background. But this year there has been 

 such a great scarcity, that it is our opinion 

 the market will recover itself, and that we 

 shall not see this year the usual slump in 

 prices after Jan. 1st. It is true that there is 

 quite a little Colorado honey left in the east- 

 ■ ern markets. This, we believe, to a great 

 extent will be gone by the beginning of next 

 year. 



As indicative of the scarcity of honey for 

 manufacturing purposes it appears that the 

 National Biscuit Co. is advertising for hon- 

 ey — something it had never done before — in 

 fact, it did not have to. See our advertising 

 pages. So, taking it all in all, especially 

 since the national pure-food law has gone in- 

 to effect, we expect to see a firm market all 

 of next season on all grades of honey for 

 both comb and extracted. Even should there 

 be a good year there will be no adulterated 

 honeys to depress the market on pure goods 

 as formerly. Never again do we expect to 

 see honey go back to its old level. 



