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one, preferred to the unmixed honey. Eefined loaf sugar 

 is a perfectly pure and inodorous sweet, and one pound of 

 honey will communicate the honey flavor, in high perfection, 

 to twice that quantity of sugar : while the new article will 

 be destitute of that smarting taste which honey alone, so 

 often has, and will be often found to agree perfectly with 

 those who cannot eat the clear honey with impunity. If 

 those engaged in the artificial manufacture of honey, never 

 brought any thing worse than this, to the market, the pur- 

 chasers would have no reason to complain. As however, 

 the compound can be furnished much cheaper than the pure 

 honey, many may prefer to purchase the materials, and 

 mix them themselves. If desired, any kind of flavor may 

 be given to the manufactured article ; thus it may be made 

 to resemble in fragrance, the classic honey of Mount Hy- 

 mettus, by adding to il the fine aroma of the lemon balm, or 

 wild thyme ; or it may have the flavor of the orange groves, 

 or the delicate fragrance of beds of roses washed with dew. 



I have recently ascertained that if two pounds of the best 

 refined sugar be added to one of common maple sugar, the 

 compound will be a light colored article, retaining perfectly 

 the maple taste, and yet for superior to the common maple 

 sugar. After making this discovery, I learned that a large 

 part of the very nicest maple sugar is made in this way! 



Attempts have been made to feed to bees, to be stored in 

 the honey boxes, a mixture of the whitest honey and loaf 

 sugar ; but the result shows a loss rather than a gain. The 

 mixture, before it is fed, will cost about 10 cents per pound. 

 At the very furthest, not more than one half of what is fed, 

 can be secured in the comb, for it requires about one pound 

 of honey, to manufacture comb enough to hold a pound of 

 honey. The actual cost of the honey in the comb, will 

 therefore be, at least 20 cents per pound ; and the pure 

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