THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



409 



Editor Review: — Is there any 

 market for BITTER honey? Our 

 beekeepers in W. Tenn. are trou- 

 bled every year with a weed th«,t 

 yields bitter nectar. One man v/rites 

 me that he ha,3 several thousand 

 pounds and wants to find a market 

 icT it. Can send a sample if desired. 

 Very truly, 



J. S. WARD. 



Groups of hives placed, one on each 

 corner of platform, as used in aunimer. 





Group cf Hives placed in center of 

 platform, allowing- for 5" packing when 

 winter case is placed around them. 



Entrance Block. Not shown very plain 

 in cut. It is made of a piece oi lum- 

 ber %" square and 14 y^" long, \vitli a 

 winter entrance cut in one side at the 

 center, %" deep and 5" long-. The pecu- 

 liar arrangement is, that the entrance 

 is used the other side up than regu- 

 lar. In other words, the entrance is 

 up from the bottom of the hive a half 

 inch, consequently, never clogs up with 

 bees in winter. 



(Answer — We never knew of a 

 sample of honey so off in flavor 

 that it could not be used for bak- 

 ing purposes. Then there are to- 

 baccoists and manufacturers who 

 use low grades of honey where the 

 flavor does not count. Bakers only 

 use a small per cent of their 

 sweetening of honey, the greater 

 share being a low grade of 

 syrups of sugar , just enough 

 honey being used to retain the 

 moisture, so their Jumbles and such 

 will not dry up and be unsaleable. 

 The thing for your western Tenn. 

 producers to do who have this off 

 grade honey, is to look up their 

 near-by bakers and tobaccoists and 

 they will have no trouble in finding 

 a customer, although the price 

 for this grade of honey this parti- 

 cular year is not as remunerative 

 as usual. — Ed.) 



Akron, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1914. 

 Editor Review: 



I have just finished reading the last 

 Review and notice Dr. Bonney trying 

 to roast me on my "Eat More Honey" 

 idea. Now, Doctor, I think you will 

 agree with me as well as others that 

 honey should be pushed locally, and 

 dees "Keep more Bees" tend to incite 

 the producer to do it, I think not. 

 Let every producer make it a slogan 

 to have his locality Eat More Honey 

 and if he has something to remind 

 him monthly he will make an effort 

 to have more honey eaten, and he him- 

 self will without coaxing or teasing 

 Keep more Bees as the result. 



However if Dr. Bonney or others 

 prefer "Keep more Bees" on the front 

 cover, why all right, 1 guess I can 

 stand it, as 1 generally take the bitter 

 with the sweet. As ever yours, 



William Vollmer. 



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