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obulietts, and so magnificently pen); 

 lip that a lynx-eyed detective is not 

 able to find one iota of it, even with a 

 $1,000 reward behind him. It is a 

 shame for that " ej-e" to remain there 

 while inventors are painting tlie clieeks 

 of bee-lvoepinjj a rosy hue, and giving 

 it a liealthy appearance. Let every 

 bee-keeper do as above, and it will 

 have a great tendency toward stop- 

 ping and checking the canards and 

 malicious statements .circnlated about 

 bees, grapes and honey. 



"Ignorance is the motlier of acci- 

 dents," and as Garfield said, " Seces- 

 sion, the tocsin of eternal war ;" there- 

 fore, while people remain in ignorance 

 of (dablers especially- — for "a little 

 knowledge is a dangerous thing"), 

 secession to modern apiculture lies will 

 not cease ; but since our strong arm is 

 mailed witli the thunderbolt of truth, 

 we ought to cast all scoundrels down 

 to the vile dust from whicli tliey 

 sprung, or else set them on higher 

 planes. 



But as we look up the corridor of 

 generations yet to come, yea of cen- 

 turies, let us furtively hope that those 

 inhabitants who patter upon the pro- 

 scenium bee-life, !ind toss about the 

 ball of bee-keeping, will render the 

 saying, "How slow a judge is time," 

 untrue in this particular occupation, 

 bj- means of the great inventions pro- 

 duced by the leading geniuses of the 

 day. 



Pleasant Ridge, Ohio. 



*[The invention of the honey-extrac- 

 tor bj' Maj. Von Hruschka, was detailed 

 on page 89 of our book entitled, " Bees 

 and Honey," — the first edition of which 

 was published ten years ago. — Ed.] 



HONEY-CRATES. 



Convenient Crates for Comb 

 Honey, etc. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 



BY LESLIE STEWART. 



The weather is quite warm and 

 rather dry, although it shows some 

 signs of rain to-day. Basswood is just 

 beginning to l)loom, and it looks as 

 thougli wo would get some surplus 

 honey from it. Although we will not 

 have a very large amount of blossoms, 

 it may be all that the bees can attend 

 to. 



White clover has not yielded much 

 honey, and it is now failing fast. I ob- 

 tained about 'M pounds per colony of 

 extracted honey. There were but few 

 sections of comb honey that were full 

 enough to take ofi". I think that the 

 bees have enough to winter on, which 

 is pretty good for this season. 



My extracted honey is nearly all sold 

 at home, but the comb honey I prefer 

 to ship to cities, as I do not like too 

 much retailing. 



Small Crates lor Comb Honey. 



The small crates are becoming very 

 popidar with me, as they answer for 

 what the groceryuian calls "family 

 crates," meaning a crate that just 

 suits a customer ; and they sell a great 

 many in this way. especially to the 

 wealthy class, as the style and size just 

 suit thei)- fancy. 



These crates are made to hold 12 

 one-pound sections, and as they are 

 cheap, I would advise all bee-keepers 

 to try a few of them, and see for them- 

 selves. Thej- should be made of the 

 finest quality of white basswood, and 

 when filled with nice honej', they will 

 attract tlie attention of everj" lover of 

 that luxurj-. 



The crates also are very handy for 

 the city people who come out in the 

 country to spend the summer mouths ; 

 they nearly always want some honey 

 to take home with them, and are 

 usually bothered to carry a large crate. 

 Honey put up in these crates is less 

 liable to get broken. I shall use them 

 altogether this season. 



Jefferson, N. Y., July 19, 1888. 



HONESTY. 



A Dishonest World Concludes 

 that all Persons are Alike. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 



BY WILLIAJI KLINTWOETH. 



In almost every business, we find 

 dishonest men. Men that are honest 

 often have to bear, and are looked 

 upon as dishonest In' other men that 

 are in the same Ijusiness. Bee-men are 

 accused of manufactuiing artificial 

 honey — yes, even comb honey. 



I was passing a house last winter, 

 and saw bee-hives and honey in great 

 quantitj". I went in to seethe honey, 

 and where it came from. I was in- 

 formed that it came from New York 

 State, and that he had bought some at 

 6 cents per pound. It was selling at 

 15 cents per pound. Some of it was 

 the worst looking honey I ever saw. 

 The proprietor saiil to me that thej' 

 were making artificial honej' now. I 

 said that they could not make comb 

 honey. He said they can adulterate 

 almost anytliing. The3' can make 

 chicken eggs tluit would hatch, but 

 the chickens would not have any 

 feathers. 



Then you claim that the}' can make 

 comb honey like you have thei-e ? " O, 

 nicer looking than that. You are away 

 behind the times." 



I told him (for the crowd were tak- 

 ing sides with him) if he would furnish 

 me with a pound of artificial comb 

 honey, I woidd find a man that would 

 pay him |1,()00 for it. 



Now, how do people get such im- 

 pressions ? I think that comb founda- 

 tion is one cause. People in general 

 know nothing about bees. They have 

 heard something about comb founda- 

 tion being made, and as they do not 

 know anj-thing about bees and their 

 nature, they get the impression that 

 comb honey is being made ; and when 

 they get some poor honey, they think 

 that it is artificial. 



A man said to me lastsummei', "I got 

 some honey and we can't eat it." I 

 asked lum where he got it, and he 

 said, " at the grocery." I went there 

 and saw some lioney that was brought 

 by a farmer. The store-keeper saw 

 me looking at his honey. He said, 

 "That is nice." I told him that some 

 one told me that he had honey that 

 was not good. "O!" said he, "that 

 was some that I bought from a drum- 

 mer, and oiilj' paid 6 cents per pound 

 for it." H(jney at that time was sell- 

 ing at 25 cents, and the farmer that 

 sold the honey there had to be.ar the 

 blame of the poor honey that was 

 mixed with his. 



Another person told me that her 

 daughter went to market and got some 

 honey. She said, " I never saw such 

 stuff. It looked like coal tar. It 

 must have been artificial. We put it 

 in the slop-bucket, as we could not 

 eat it." Now, I wonder if the person 

 that sold it in the first place tiiought 

 that it was good, or even fit to eat. 

 But we see and hear too often that 

 people will sell such things as they 

 will not eat themselves. 



I often see where bee-keepers have 

 explained how they work up a home 

 trade, and can sell all their honey at 

 home in their town. If we are honest, 

 we will not have much trouble in sell- 

 in "t. If I sold honey to a party — 

 honey that is wormy, or is not as good 

 as I represent it to be, could I sell 

 them any again ? I think not. 



A woman lectured at the Farmers' 

 Institute last spring, on this subject : 

 " All men and women are liars." There- 

 is some truth in that. For instance, 

 we have some honey to sell. It is not 

 very good. We know that, but we 

 want to sell it for a number one arti- 

 cle yes, for the best. The party that 



buys, gets a poor article. We have 

 lost our reputation for being honest. 



For the first colony of bees that I 

 bought, I went to a bee-yard, and 

 looked all around. I saw different 

 kinds of hives. I saw a box that 

 suited me. 1 said to the man, "What 

 will you take for that hive ?" He took 

 his pencil and commenced figuring 



