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ing tallow and lard— mostly the former 

 — and ruined for making comb-founda- 

 tion. Not only this, but the store-keeper 

 has not the ex{)erienco to detect this 

 adulteration, and after one or two losses 

 in this way, he says : " No, we do not 

 take beeswax any more ; had no luck 

 with it ;" and the bee-koeper must find a 

 market elsewhere. Besides, the store- 

 keeper smiles a ghastly snlile in his 

 sleeve, when he hears that bee-keepers 

 are exceptionally honest; and he may, 

 in fact, determine to deal, in the future, 

 only with bee-keepers, thinking that if 

 there are any worse people, he wants to 

 have nothing to do with them. 



R. F. HOLTERMANN. 



Brantford, Ont. 



Good Season for Honey. 



I have a fondness for bees, and think 

 I will try the business, hoping to be 

 successful, and shall begin with only a 

 few colonies. The old box-hive is gen- 

 erally used here, and the owners never 

 examine the bees, to see how they are 

 doing, until they think it time to take 

 the honey, when they very often find a 

 number of colonies dead from starvation, 

 and then they say that bees will not pay 

 here. This is a fine country for 

 peaches, plums, and blackberries, and 

 very good for apples. There is an abun- 

 dance of hoarhound and horsemint, but 

 I do not think that white clover has 

 been tried sufficiently to determine how 

 it would grow, although I am inclined 

 to think it would do well. I think there 

 are not more than 50 colonies of bees 

 within a radius of 4 miles from my 

 place. Last year and this year their 

 owners have taken considerable honey, 

 and claim that they have been good 

 honey seasons, but I do not know of any 

 one of them having planted a single 

 thing for his bees. T. G. Shelton. 



Mount Sylvan, Tex. 



Better than Usual. 



Last Spring ray apiary had become 

 reduced to 7 colonies, but I now have 

 18 colonies. For several seasons I have 

 been obliged to feed my bees, but this 

 season they have done better, and I shall 

 have some surplus honey, after providing 

 them with Winter stores. My bees are 

 Italians, and I have thought that a 

 change might be desirable, although 

 some of my colonies have been crossed 

 with neighboring bees. Jno. Hunt. 



Plain City, Ohio. 



Dark Honey. 



Can you inform us as to the cause of 

 section honey being of so dark a color 

 this year? It is so In Will County, 

 almost invariably. Bee-men here can- 

 not explain it. John W. Merrill. 



Willmington, 111., July 31, 1891. 



[The color of honey is determined by 

 the flora from whence it comes. White 

 clover being comparatively scarce and 

 the so-called honey-dew plenty, it is more 

 than probable that the honey you men- 

 tion is a mixture of the two. — Ed.1 



Just the Thing". 



The Honey Almanac is just the thing 

 to increase sales of honey. Many per- 

 sons are surprised at the number of ways 

 in which honey can be used. I would 

 suggest that all bee-keepers having good 

 recipes should send them to you for next 

 year's Almanac. If the bee-keepers in 

 " Dixie " cannot lead, we will follow close 

 behind. W. H. Black. 



Montgomery, Ala. 



Porter Bee-Escape. 



Seeing an advertisement of Porter's 

 Spring Bee-Escape, I ordered one, and 

 am very well pleased with it. I would 

 not now do without it, if it should cost 

 $5 to replace it. N. W. Shultz. . 



Shreve, Ohio. 



Croup Remedy. 



This is the best known to the medical 

 profession, and is an infallible remedy 

 in all cases of mucus and spasmodic 

 croup : 



Raw Linseed Oil 1.2 oz. 



Tincture of Blood Root 2 drs. 



" " Lobelia 2 drs. 



" " Aconite i4 dr. 



Honey 4 oz. 



Mix. Dose, 3^ to 1 teaspoonful every 15 

 to 20 minutes, according to the urgency 

 of the case. It is also excellent in all 

 throat and lung troubles originating from 

 a cold. This is an excellent remedy in 

 lung trouble : Make a strong decoction 

 of hoarhound herb and sweeten with 

 honey. Take a tablespoonful 4 or 5 

 times a day. O. S. Compton. 



Follow the bee's example, and in your 

 care of honey and comb, let nothing go 

 to waste. 



