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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



Conditions on East Coast 



The Palmetto will begin to open 

 in two weeks, and the forest fires 

 have been unusually severe there, 

 owing to the dry weather, still 

 there is always enough of the pal- 

 metto left in the places too damp 

 to burn, to give a good surplus if 

 the weather conditions are right. 

 The past two years have been rath- 

 er poor for honey from Palmetto; 

 about every third year is a good 

 palmetto year; we are due a good 

 year this season, therefore Remains 

 to be seen whether! The Mangrove 

 is always thrifty. It suffers no 

 setback, save a big damaging state- 

 wide "freeze." Its roots being in 

 salt marsh it never lacks moisture. 

 All that it requires is weather of 

 the right sort. Some seasons it 

 will be covered with bloom, the 

 racemes of blossoms showing pinky 

 white and yellow all up and down 

 the limbs and branches, and not a 

 bee near them. When conditions 

 ARE right, however, a bee can fill 

 up from one blossom, and not ex- 

 haust the nectar in it, either. Last 

 year was a pretty good Mangrove 

 year; two months later we can 

 tell better what this year will do, 



E. G. B. 



Secretary Williams, as will be 

 noted by this month's Secretary's 

 Corner" is sick in bed and we are 

 informed that many letters remain 

 unanswered on this account. The 

 friends will bear with him and wish 

 him a speedy recovery. It will be 

 noted that even on his sick bed, he 

 still thinks of the work he has un- 

 dertaken, that of putting bee-keep- 

 ing upon a better paying basis, by 

 making a better demand for honey 

 through his scheme of popularizing 

 honey with the masses. The under- 

 taking is a deserving one and ought 

 to have the support of progressive 

 producers in general. 



Honey Cooking 



In the April number of the Re- 

 view, our wideawake Secretary 

 asks (page 139) "Has anyone any 

 GOOD and tried ways of using 

 honey in baking?" Friend Williams 

 here are a few that I am willing 

 to back up (or eat up!) any time 



my wife will make them up; I can 

 assure you there is nothing finer 

 in their line. 



1 — Easier Leckerle (Not "Teek- 

 erle," as in the Apr. JVuiuber, 

 page 130). 



Two cups honey; one cup sugar; 

 one teacup of almonds, unblanched, 

 chopped; boil and cool, then add 

 one cup candied citron and 

 orange peel, mixed,, chopped. A lit- 

 tle grated lemon rind, one teaspoon 

 soda, half a nutmeg, grated, half a 

 teaspoon cinnamon, half a teaspoon 

 allspice, half a teaspoon cloves; 

 one wine glass brandy, and flour 

 enough to make a stiff dough. Roll 

 out while warm, cut into oblongs, 

 and bake in moderate oven. Let 

 soften two to three weeks, then ice 

 with confectioners' icing, that is, 

 confectioners' sugar and boiling 

 water. 



(You may omit the brandy, if 

 you wish. ItJ is an old European Re- 

 cipe, and calls for the brandy; we 

 think it is better with it. But 

 DON'T forget to let the cookies 

 stand for two weeks at least, be- 

 fore that time they are hard as 

 bricks, after that, they are "jaw- 

 leescious." 



3 — A Simple and very Satisfactory 

 Cooky for Eheryday: 



One tablespoonful lard; one cup 

 honey: a little soda, and flour to 

 make a firm dough; roll, cut and 

 bake till light brown. Ice the next 

 day. For the lard, one egg may be 

 substituted, but the lard seems to 

 soften them more quickly. We find 

 these much superior to the usual 

 sugar cooky. 



o — Brown Bread: 



Here is a tested recipe for 

 Brown bread with raisins. One cup 

 sour milk; one teaspoonful soda; 

 three quarters cup honey; two cups 

 graham flour; one teaspoonful salt; 

 one cup raisins, chopped; beat thor- 

 oughly, bake in a moderate oven, 

 thirty to forty minutes. 



All honey baking scorches eas- 

 ily, and must be watched, and in 

 a moderate oven. 



Here are three candy recipes 

 that we guarantee to please the 

 little folks and the big folks too. 



1 — Pop Corn Balls: 



Boil honey till it forms a soft 

 ball in water, then drop popped 



