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THE AMERICA]^ BEE JOURNAL,. 



itable outcome of this water wastage 

 in the high grounds. Such is already 

 the fact, while the expenditure of 

 many millions of dollars by the Gov- 

 ernment, in the construction of levees 

 and embankments along the great 

 rivers,will be necessary for the further 

 protection of adjoining property. 

 Vastly better that this expenditure 

 be made in holding the water where 

 it is required in the up-country. 



Dot the farms of our Inland States 

 with ponds and miniature lakes, and 

 while they will afford health, attrac- 

 tion and pleasure in a thousand ways, 

 they will give us back the uniform 

 rainfall we had in the early settlement 

 of the country, when successive sea- 

 sons of drouth, forest tires and 

 cyilones were unknown. 



[This is one of the serious questions 

 of the age — and should be thoroughly 

 ventilated. It may be that Mr. Hill's 

 theory concerning the cause of drouth 

 and cyclones is correct. At any rate 

 it should be discussed and some means 

 devised to overcome these troubles. 

 They affect bee-keepers as much as 

 any other persons. The bees need 



ater. The drouth dries up the 

 nectar and ruins the prospect for a 

 honey crop.— Ed.] 



For the Amerlcaa Bee Jooma.^ 



Name for Honey out of tlie Comli, 



THEODORE JOHNSON. 



On page 433 the editor suggests the 

 word '' honey " for honey out of the 

 comb. Language is made up of 

 Words, each of which represents an 

 idea ; the word '" honey " includes 

 all honeys, in all conditions, and it 

 would be hard, yes impossible, to 

 change it from its general meaning to 

 a specific. 



The word "extract" (v.t.) means 

 to remove from, or draw out of, and 

 specifically expresses the thing done 

 —when used in reference to removing 

 honey from the comb. Therefore, I 

 can see no inconsistency in the term 

 " extracted honey," for it expresses 

 the truth. Any one getting from it 

 the idea of an "extract" (n.) " of 

 honey," needs only to learn the 

 proper use of terms. If there is a 

 less objectionable term, let us have 

 it. I can think of none. To say " ex- 

 tracted honey," is no fraud. A fraud 

 is something that is palmed off for 

 what it is not, and thus deceptive. 



If any one buys " extracted honey " 

 for an " extract of honey," it can be 

 no fraud, for they get the genuine 

 article, rightly named. The bee ex- 

 tracts the nectar from the flower cup, 

 and deposits it in the comb ; then we 

 extract the honey from the comb, and 

 "extracted" {p. pr.) expresses ex- 

 actly the article, unadulterated,which 

 we offer to the market. 



Liquid honey would not do, for 

 soon some " frauds " would be prac- 

 ticed on that, as there are on "ex- 



tracted;" and then, all honey is liquid 

 until " crystalized." 



The same objection could be raised 

 against all expressions relative to all 

 business in life. Just as well raise 

 the objection to " corned beef," be- 

 cause some people think that it refers 

 to beef fattened on com, instead of 

 the curing of it. It would be better 

 to teach the true meaning of words 

 to those who live in the " rural dis- 

 tricts," rather than call them " mis- 

 nomers." I happen to live on the 

 wild plains of Nebraska, and here I 

 first heard the "terrible misnomer," 

 and I never dreamed of an " extract 

 of honey." But my mother persist- 

 ently calls my extracted honey, 

 " strained honey ;" because she used 

 to strain houey in her early days. 

 Why not say " strained honey," and 

 be done with the " high-sounding 

 misnomer?" 



liower,o« Nebr. 



[It is much easier to say " teach the 

 true meaning of words to those who 

 live in the rural districts," than to do 

 it! Besides, those in cities are just 

 as much at fault as the rural popula- 

 tion. 



It will never do to go back to the 

 name "strained honey "—the word 

 extracted is infinitely superior to that 

 worn out, and (by its association) dis- 

 gusting word. It reminds us of 

 mashed combs, dead bees, pollen, 

 brood, etc. Oh ! no ; to return to it 

 would suggest a "washed sow" return- 

 ing to her wallowing in the mire. — 

 Ed.] 



For the American Bee Journal. 



PeilEtlie "Wiley Lie.' 



J. H HASSLER. 



On July 23 I met with one of those 

 fellows that we have read so much 

 about in the Bee Journal, engaged, 

 in part at least, peddling the " Wiley 

 lie." I had just brought in a case of 

 honey and placed it on the counter of 

 our store, when a rather tall and well- 

 dressed man advanced, and after 

 some preliminary remarks addressed 

 to the proprietor, continued : " They 

 are making comb honey now by ma- 

 chinery as natural as that made by 

 the bees ; in fact it would be hard to 

 distinguish it from the genuine 

 article." 



At this point I interrupted him and 

 disputed his assertion, saying that it 

 was " comb foundation " that was 

 made by machinery, but not comb 

 honey, to which he replied that it 

 was comb honey just like that which 

 I had brought in, and that he had 

 seen them make it himself, with his 

 own eyes, and he guessed he knew 

 what he saw ! 



This was putting it rather too 

 strong for further argument, so I of- 

 fered to bet $5.00 that there was no 

 such honey made, which offer he 

 quickly accepted— and as quickly 

 withdrew when he saw the money 



deposited with the proprietor, saying, 

 as he did so, that it would be too 

 much trouble to prove it. 



I then offered to bet $100, and pay 

 the expenses of going there and back, 

 if he would take me to the place 

 where such honey was manufactured. 

 This silenced his "battery" until 

 I had gone out, when he told the 

 boys that if he only would have had 

 $100 he would have taken that little 

 $100 of mine with him. Wasn't this 

 lucky for me ? 



I have since learned that his name 

 is Edward Pond, and that he is a 

 traveling salesman for Bush, Sim- 

 mons & Co., 241 Monroe St., Chicago, 

 Ills. 



DePue.5 Ills. 



[The Chicago bummer (always so 

 smart) was for once "bluffed" suc- 

 cessfully. He had read the Wiley lie, 

 and thought he could " bluff " the 

 " boys " in " the country." He was 

 like the Chicago " clergyman " who 

 said that he had seen it made, he 

 knew where the manufactory was, 

 etc., but when pressed for the proof, 

 was obliged to acknowledge that he 

 had no personal knowledge of it at 

 all, and was one of Wiley's " dupes." 



Let bee-keepers everywhere watch 

 for chances to silence " the multiply- 

 ing tongue of slander and falsehood " 

 about the manufacture of comb 

 honey ! We never did " bet," and do 

 not like the plan, but would advise 

 the offering of a good sum of money, 

 and pay all expenses, to be taken to 

 the place where comb honey is made 

 by machinery, filled with glucose and 

 sealed with hot irons, and witness the 

 working of the machinery, etc. This 

 is about the only way to make Wiley's 

 " army " to cease to repeat such 

 villainous calumnies. Mr. Hassler 

 did just the right thing, and is a pat- 

 tern in this respect for others.— Ed.] 



American Apiculturist. 



Queen and Drone Traps. 



DE. C. C. MILLER. 



I have never seen any very full 

 description of the workings of the 

 Alley queen and drone trap. This 

 year I have been trying them. I do 

 not know that they serve their pur- 

 pose any better for being neatly made, 

 but I must confess 1 admire the 

 workmanship of these traps. This 

 season having been one of utter fail- 

 ure of the honey harvest, I have not 

 been able to try them to the fullest 

 extent, but will tell what I know. 



When first put on a hive, the 

 workers show some little excitement 

 at the hindrance to their usual free 

 passage ; soon they become accus- 

 tomed to passing through the per- 

 forated zinc, and mind it little. 

 Sometimes they get into the upper 



