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on hand. I said, "You have some granulated honey." The 

 people don't like that kind of honey, so I took it back and 

 sold that man a gross. I sell my honey just that way; that 

 is the way I have got a monopoly on honey in Springfield. 



A. J. Miller — I have bees that put black enamel in their 

 section cappings. 



Mr. Stone — I am skeptical about bees sealing honey with 

 anything that is not pure beeswax, as it exudes in scales from 

 their bodies. 



Mr. Black — On this question of feeding and sealing, I 

 want to give a reason why I don't believe it is done to any 

 extent, or will be. I have fed bees honey and I found it 

 took about six pounds of honey fed to the bees to get one 

 pound in the sections. If you feed sugar they will consume 

 it, and I don't believe it is practical, from experience of my 

 own, to feed sugar or honey, and get it stored in the comb 

 in any way that will be practical to the man that does it. If 

 it don't pay him it will never be done. 



A. J. Miller — I find some customers say that the honey 

 in the sections is not good, and they won't have it. 



Mr. York — How can we best regulate the price? It 

 seems to me that those who charge a certain price for their 

 honey have the advantage over those who do not. Some who 

 bring honey to market don't know what it is worth. If they 

 knew, they would charge more for their honey. If we hold 

 out we will get more for our honey. 



PREVENTING ADULTERATION OF EXTRACTED HONEY. 



"What is the best way to prevent adulteration of ex- 

 tracted honey?" 



Mr. Smith — Enforce the pure food law. 



Mr. Primm — It occurred to me that one thing ought to 

 be done, and that is, have every bee-keeper put his name and 

 address on every package of "honey he puts up, and especially 

 the extracted honey, and if that is not in the law I think it 

 ought to be. 



Mr. Smith — That is in the law. 



Mr. Becker — I want to say this : There are a great many 

 people you find when selling honey, asking, "Is this pure 

 honey?" You tell them, "Yes, it is." "Well, I got some 

 honey and it tasted so and so, it was not pure honey, it was 

 adulterated." That is the conclusion they come to. I know 

 it is pure honey, as we know every flower produces a dif- 

 ferent flavor of honey. We have samples here. I have 35 

 samples of honey at home and I always tell them that differ- 

 ent flowers produce a different flavor of honey. They like 

 sweet clover honey. Now there is basswood ; I know if bass- 

 wood is a year old it has a queer flavor, and is not liked by 

 some people. They ask what I put in that honey. I tell 

 them what it was. Sweet clover is different in effect from 

 the basswood. My opinion in regard to the feeding of 

 honey, when they say we feed sugar and produce honey, it 



