3 58 HANDY BOOK OF BEES. 



not honeycomb, but a kind that is artificially manufac- 

 tured. Honest folk are not guilty of trickery and fraud. 



I have reason to believe that this trick is doing a great 

 deal of harm in the honey-market. If not speedily stopped 

 it will soon be rather difficult to sell clear honey in one large 

 town in Scotland. The heather-honey there is now quite 

 as saleable as flower-honey, because that cannot be manu- 

 factured. But if our friends will at once abandon the evil 

 practice, the confidence of the public will soon be gained 

 — a ready sale and high prices will return. The Scotch 

 palate, nationally considered, is fond of sweets ; and 

 genuine honey will ever be a saleable article among Scotch 

 people, if the imposition of the syrup-mongers were to 

 come to an end. It is in the interests of honest bee- 

 keepers that we venture to lift our voice against the cun- 

 ning but dishonest practice of send&g to the market comb 

 made from, and filled with, sugar-and-water. 



Does it pay ; is the trick a profitable one "i This ques- 

 tion has been put elsewhere. We answer by asking. Is 

 it profitable to cheat, and lie, and be dishonest 1 Is wrong- 

 doing the highroad to wealth 1 ISTo ; honesty every- 

 where and in everything is the best policy. We shall 

 not stoop to discuss the question of profit ill the manu- 

 facture of sugarcomb, believing that no reader of this 

 work will ever countenance the practice. 



