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If such is done promptly, we shall 

 soon hear no more about adulterated 

 honey. 



Prof. A. J. Cook very wisely remarks, 

 on page 124 : 



Thus let us spread the information 

 that honey stamped with the name and 

 locality of the producer is sure to be 

 pure. Such knowledge will help, not 

 hinder our sales. 



Again, if we have not laws against 

 such adulteration and fraud — Michigan 

 has a good law — let us have them. Let 

 us see that any man who sells any 

 product under a wrong name is rendering 

 himself liable to fine and imprisonment. 

 If he stamps his product " glucose and 

 honey," or "manufactured honey," no 

 one will be wronged, and he is welcome 

 to his profits. 



Then he adds these paragraphs, to 

 the first of which we have previously 

 made exceptions : 



Having a good law, let us set the law 

 to work, through the Union, to stop the 

 nefarious business. We had a good 

 chance in Detroit last Winter. I would 

 ■have the Union employ a good lawyer, 

 and have the matter pushed to the bitter 

 end. A few convictions would not only 

 stop the frauds, but would educate the 

 people to the truth that only pure honey 

 could be sold as such. 



The Union, through its able Manager, 

 has done right royal service already. 

 There is here a grand opportunity to 

 win even brighter laurels, and to confer, 

 as I believe, a greater benefit upon the 

 bee-keeping industry. 



That "trade-mark " foolishness gets a 

 black eye from George K. Weller, on 

 page 122 of the Bee-Keepers' Review, in 

 these words : 



The proposed "trade-mark" remedy 

 would only advertise the evil gratuit- 

 ously,and unless a standard of excellence 

 was agreed on, and every package 

 examined by inspectors, the remedy 

 would be worse than the disease. 



There is no way to prevent members 

 of the trade-mark federation from 

 "glucosing" honey, if there is money 

 in it, except through our statute laws, 

 and it would be no aid in enforcing 

 them. It would be a fine cover, under 

 which to dispose of inferior but pure 

 honey, creating a suspicion of adultera- 

 tion in all who ate it. 



Statistics up to May 10, 1891, 

 gathered by the United States Honey- 

 Producers' Exchange, appear in the last 

 number of Qlcanings as follows : 



The reports up to date indicate that, 

 with the exception of New England, 

 bees have wintered rather better than 

 last year, when they wintered unusually 

 well. The chief cause of the great 

 mortality in New England seems to have 

 been starvation. Some have lost their 

 entire apiaries of 50 to 100 colonies or 

 more, while those who provided them 

 with sufficient stores have wintered with 

 a small loss. Bees are generally 

 reported to be in good condition ; but in 

 many cases, at the time of making out 

 these reports, they were short of stores ; 

 but as this was only a few days before 

 fruit bloom, they are probably now well 

 supplied, as the weather has been more 

 favorable than usual during that period. 



President Bl^wood receives the 

 following compliment from Gleanings : 



Mr. Elwood is not only a successful 

 bee-keeper, a refined and educated 

 Christian gentleman, but he makes an 

 excellent presiding officer for a bee- 

 convention. He has a happy faculty of 

 summarizing the best points brough-t out 

 by the discussion ; and when the discus- 

 sion becomes a little "lopsided," he is 

 pretty apt to call out the other side, 

 although that side be against his experi- 

 ence and sympathies. He will make a 

 good presiding officer for the North 

 American Bee- Keepers' Association next 

 Fall, at Albany. 



Xoo Mucli Business. — The 



following was received from one of our 

 regular advertisers, and shows the value 

 of printer's ink when judiciously used : 



Please omit our advertisement one 

 issue. We are crowded with orders, 

 and a good many of our customers are 

 " kicking " on account of the delay. We 

 will pay for the space, if you wish — 

 anything to stop this rush. 



ConTention l^otices. 



U^" The Rock Iliver Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will meet at Sterling, Ills., on Thursday, Aug. 6, 1891. 

 J. M. BruTCH, Sec, Morrison, Ills. 



t^"The ninth annual meeting of the Susquehanna 

 County, Bee-Keepers' Association will be held on 

 Thursday, Sept. 3, at South Montrose, Pa. 



H. M. Seeley, Sec. Hari ord, Pa. 



