430 A Modern Bee-Farm 
nutritious foods, including fruit and honey, should go far 
towards maintaining that pure state of the blood which 
defies microbes of all kinds. 
A very distressing malady which will seldom yield to 
allopathic treatment is that known as “gravel.” Honey 
taken daily is said to effect a cure, and IJ am quite sure 
those tortured with this complaint will not fail to avail 
themselves of such a simple remedy. 
Several instances have been given of children almost 
wasted to skeletons, and at death’s door, being brought 
back to robust life and health by the constant use of 
honey. 
For colds, coughs, and sore throats, I suppose there is 
hardly a household but has had some experience with the 
use of honey either alone, or mixed with vinegar, lemon 
juice, or even butter, in case the palate does not appreciate 
the pure article alone ; but for 
Definite Treatment 
the following instructions, if carefully carried out, will 
prove more efficacious than any system of drugging, 
because “ Nature” is judiciously assisted in her well-known 
endeavors to throw off disease; whereas drugs frequently 
check this attempt, or destroy life entirely. 
In the first place, judging from the manner in which 
honey is generally applied, it is necessary to bring thick 
ripened honey to a gentle heat after adding a little boiled 
water. Whether granulated or not, and particularly if in 
the former condition, full benefit cannot be derived from 
its use until the honey has been brought back to the 
same condition as when first sealed up by the bees, and 
a tablespoonful of water to one pound of honey will 
generally be sufficient. Newly-extracted honey needs no 
addition of water, when used at once, as part of it comes 
