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will warrant my honey to be pnre bees' 

 honey, every time. 



But " Where ignorance is bliss, it is 

 folly to be wise." Where adulteration 

 abounds, all, even the most innocent, 

 are liable to be suspected. In Vermont 

 we have a very stringent law against 

 adulteration of maple sugar and syrup, 

 and bees' honey. Were I called upon to 

 alter or amend the present law, I would 

 say, if possible make the law more 

 stringent, and double the already large 

 penalty. 



With malice towards none, but charity 

 for all, even the most ignorant and 

 abusive to our business, 1 remain, 

 Yours sincerely, 



Jericho, Vt. Olivek J. Lowkey. 



In our remarks on Mr. Latham's 

 letter, on page 500, we remarked thus 

 about feeding sugar syrup to the bees 

 when and where they might store it in 

 the sections : 



If Mr. Lowrey has inadvertantly per- 

 mitted this, he should at once recall that 

 unsold, and thus remedy, as far as 

 possible, the evil effect of such a trans- 

 action. If he has not done it intention- 

 ally, the readers of the Bee Journal 

 would be glad to hear from him. 



We are glad to receive and print Mr. 

 Lowrey's letter. He shows the right 

 spirit and principle, and reiterates that 

 oft-repeated expression — " adulteration 

 is a fraud !" He not only knows that 

 his honey and syrups are genuine, but is 

 quite willing to back them up as such. 

 We are now glad that attention was 

 called to the matter, for it has shown us 

 a strong advocate of pure food and its 

 protection by law. 



•We should not blame friend Latham, 

 either. He found honey the flavor of 

 which was not familiar to him. He had 

 known of a transaction in Worcester, 

 Mass., of feeding sugar syrup to bees 

 and letting them store it in the sections, 

 and of having it take all the prizes at 

 the New England Fair. He was sus- 

 picious of the strange-flavored honey, 

 wrote the letter printed on page 500, 

 and offered to send us a sample of the 

 honey. The distance was so great, and 

 several of such samples of comb-honey 

 lately sent to us had been all smashed 



up in transit, so we printed the letter 

 without further thought, omitting the 

 reference to the sample. 



The incident has been harmless — 

 Messrs. Latham and Lowrey are better 

 known, and as both are laboring for the 

 protection of food from aduleration, 

 they may congratulate themselves upon 

 new acquaintance, and form more solid 

 friendship. — Ed.] 



Preparation of Bees for "Winter. 



October forage is now entirely ex- 

 hausted in most localities, and colonies 

 which are rather light should either be 

 fed, or have surplus honey from other 

 colonies given to them. The extracting 

 cases should be removed previous to 

 colder weather, to prevent bees cluster- 

 ing in them and starving. These cases 

 must be piled up carefully in the coldest 

 room of your honey-house, safe from 

 mice. The exact condition of every 

 colony should be ascertained now, and 

 if any are queen less, the colony should 

 be broken up Small colonies ought to 

 be promptly united. The honey selling 

 season is now at hand, and from this 

 time until after the holidays, the pro- 

 ducer must look for a honey market. 

 He. should not rely on sales in large 

 cities, for they are always crowded, but 

 a home market must be cultivated. 



J. W. Minor. 



Roxbury, Conn., Oct. 18, 1891. 



Michigan State Convention. 



To-day finds me at the beautiful home 

 of L. C. Woodman, four miles west of 

 the city of Grand Eapids. I am to make 

 the preliminary arrangements at Grand 

 Rapids for our State convention. I was 

 entirely successful, having secured a 

 very pleasant room to hold our meeting 

 in, on the first floor of the "Eagle 

 Hotel," and I have secured reduced 

 rates, $1.25 per day, and the use of the 

 hall thrown in. This hall is something 

 that all who come here will appreciate. 

 It is easy of access, well lighted, beauti- 

 fully finished, and furnished with tables 

 and easy chairs. The hotel is centrally 

 located, and one of the best in the city. 

 Friend Woodman is a horticulturist and 

 bee-keeper. He has two yards of some- 

 thing over 100 colonies, and about 60 

 acres of bearing fruit trees. He has just 

 finished marketing 1,700 bushels of 

 peaches, and I do not know how many 

 pears, plums, apples, grapes, apricots, 



