356 A Modern Bee-farm 



will contain vinegar unsurpassed for purity and excellence 

 of taste." 



Honey Vinegar. — Take 15 pounds of honey, 8 gallons 

 of warm soft water, one pint of yeast. Mix well, and let 

 it ferment in an open vessel, covered with cheese cloth 

 After it has fermented for about a week, make a mixture 

 of 6 ounces of alcohol, 6 ounces of chemically pure acetic 

 acid, one-half ounce of tincture of cardamom, in 2 gallons 

 of soft water, and add it to the vinegar that is in a state of 

 fermentation. The tincture is to go into the alcohol 

 before the water is added. If the vinegar is kept in a dry, 

 warm place, it will be fit for use in about a month. The 

 crude commercial acetic acid is detrimental and should 

 not be used. — Canadian Bee Journal. 



Mr. Allan Pringle gives a substitute for tea and coffee : — 

 Take three quarts of good, clean, wheat bran ; and bake 

 in the oven till it becomes quite brown. Then add one 

 quart of liquid honey and stir thoroughly ; put it back in 

 the oven to bake still more, stirring it frequently until it 

 gets dry, granulated and very brown. Draw it the same 

 as coffee and use with milk and honey, or milk and sugar 

 to suit taste. 



Honey Lemonade. — Make it in the usual way, using 

 honey instead of sugar; nothing can be used as a summer 

 beverage that is more grateful and refreshing. Many 

 thousands of pounds of honey may be used in this way, 

 says the British Bee Journal, and all the users be 

 benefited. 



General Uses. 



Besides the foregoing, honey is used in preparations 

 for preserving leather ; in ointments for various purposes, 

 such as for chapped hands, sores, etc. ; and is very largely 

 used by chemists in their many preparations. For 



