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"Iexas Department op Agriculture. 



2. Comb honey is honey contained in the cells of comb. 



3. Extracted honey is honey which has been separated from the 

 uncrushed comb by centrifugal force or gravity. 



4. Strained honey is honey removed from the crushed comb by 

 straining or other means. 



NO MANUFACTURED COMB HONEY. 



It has become necessary at various times to answer questions that 

 have originated from the reading of sensational articles that have 

 appeared from time to time, in various periodicals, to the eifect that 

 honey combs were manufactured, filled with very cheap syrup or glu- 

 cose, and then sealed over with a hot iron and sold as comb honey. 

 Nothing is further from the truth than these yarns. There need be 

 no fear of the comb honey on the market being manufactured or adul- 

 terated. 



There are two standing offers of $1000 each, as forfeits, for a single 

 pound of manufactured comb honey, that would deceive the buyer, 

 but no person has ever been able to claim either of the forfeits, al- 

 though one of these, made by a reputable firm, has been standing for 

 more than fifteen years. The other forfeit was made by the National 

 Beekeepers' Association, at its annual meeting in 1904. It certainly 

 shows the impossibility of imitating the honey bees in their art of 

 building their delicate honey comb. In addition to this, the well 

 established fact that the beekeepers of this State, as a general rule, 

 are reputed for honest production, should leave no fear on the part 

 of the purchasers of their products as to the purity of the same. 



This convincing proof is given for those who might have occasion 

 to use it in answering like questions. 



Supers ready for the honey harvest. 

 PREPARING THE SUPERS. 



Before the time of the honey flow arrives, the beekeeper must get 

 his top boxes, or supers, in readiness to be placed on the hives as soon 



