HONEY EXTRACTORS. 127 
not see clearly why there is this difference in price. 
It is expressed in one word: counterfeit. Extracted 
honey can be easily counterfeited ; comb honey cannot. 
There is much in the market bearing the name of extracted 
honey, not one drop of which is the product of bees. I 
have frequently seen this counterfeit in the market, nicely 
sealed up in the glass tumblers and labelled ‘Pure 
Honey,” and to make the deception complete, a small 
piece of honey comb, about an inch square, was seen 
in each tumbler. No doubt the comb was empty when 
it was put in; but it seemed to delude many into the 
belief that the article was pure honey, when not one drop 
was ever produced by bees. 
My advice to bee-keepers is, don’t use an extractor, 
but place your honey in the market in nice boxes, such 
as are used with the Controllable Hive; and my word 
for it, results will please you. 
