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at me so many times that I made up my mind I never would 

 speak of foundation at all unless people asked me if I used it. 

 Of course I don't deny using it. But this explaining to the 

 public that you put in a sheet of beeswax — they can't tell 

 whether there is a "sell" there or not, and the trouble is 

 you know how a story goes ; they will repeat the thing to 

 their friends, and put an addition to it, and the first thing 

 you know it will come around that you really furnish the 

 bees with comb. 



Dr. Miller — "A little learning is a dangerous thing." 

 The trouble in Mr. Wheeler's case is that he doesn't go on 

 and educate them far enough, and keep right after them, and 

 they will come finally to know enough. He gives them just 

 a little sight of that, and they put a whole lot more to it. 

 He should follow that up and show them it is not so. Get 

 after them after they have heard the wrong thing. I do 

 believe enlightenment on the subject will finally bring the 

 public to the right place. I am just half German blood in 

 me and sometimes it gets me into trouble. Mr. York sug- 

 gested a thing that I had in mind, and by some sort of 

 telepathy he got hold of it and told you to carry around 

 foundation. That was a thing I had been thinking of be- 

 fore, and if he had just waited a little while I would have 

 said that. I believe there is wisdom in it. I have thought 

 after this I will try to have a piece of foundation in my 

 pocket. I don't doubt at all that these foundation makers 

 will approve of that, for we will "draw out" a good deal 

 of foundation in that way ! 



Mr. Whitney — I would like to make another suggestion 

 in regard to advertising this matter. If we would all write 

 a short article on this subject to our local editor; there is 

 no individual here but can do that in his own locality and 

 publish the facts in regard to this foundation business, this 

 comb-honey business, and this extracted-honey adulteration. 

 By doing that we will do a great deal more than we can do 

 in any other way personally. The editor of our paper at 

 home has been importuning me to write a series of short 

 articles for his paper, and I have partly promised to do it 

 on that very subject, and touching upon bee-keeping generally 

 — all the little things and facts about it. I think if we will 

 all do that in our local papers we will do more to correct 

 this impression that has gone abroad than we can do in any 

 other way, and do it easily; too. 



Mr. Meredith — Some three hundred car-loads of excur- 

 sionists visited our Park the past season where I had an 

 exhibit of bees, extracted wax, a press, and utensils used for 

 the production of honey. Among those were comb founda- 

 tion partly drawn out, finished and capped, and in almost 

 every manner, and it was very interesting to tlie people as 

 they had never seen the way extracted and comb honey was 

 produced, in looking over and seeing how the foundation had 

 been extended. And also I had a number of pieces of foun- 

 dation coiled up in the shape of wax, and I used them for 

 the purpose of selling, selling it for so much, taking an or- 



