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the starters should give IS to 18, and the full sheets of foundation 
16 to 19. I can, however, imagine an extreme case with an im- 
mensely heavy flow lasting only a day or two, in which 20 pounds 
would be stored in built combs and not a drop in the others. On 
the other hand, I can imagine a very long flow with a very little 
more gathered daily than the bees need for their own use, and 
very nearly as much stored with starters as with full combs. But 
remember that all this is only guessing, and my guesser may not 
work in perfect order. I think the editor-in-chief knows more 
about it than I do, and I’d be glad to have his guess, even if it 
makes mine look like the guess of a beginner. 
(My guess would be a greater difference when built combs 
yielded 20 pounds, say 10 to 15 pounds for starters, and 15 to 18 
for sheets of foundation. I have seen sometimes what Dr. Miller 
states, 15 to 20 pounds in built combs and not a drop in the oth- 
ers. — Editor.) 
Honey, Purity of. — Q. Some dealers tell me that I have been 
feeding my bees sugar syrup. Others ask me if it is machine- 
made. I would like to be able to prove that my nice, white comb 
honey is pure honey, produced by the bees, but as I am not very 
well posted on honey yet, I do not know just what to say. I have 
heard it said that somebody, somewhere, offered $1,000 for a 
pound of machine-made honey. Who was this man, and is the 
offer still good, and has he got the $1,000 yet? The trouble is 
that many persons believe that clean, white combs without stains 
are machine-made; that pure amber honey is colored, and if it is 
clear and white it must be nothing but sugar and water. 
A. An argument that I think was first advanced by C. P. 
Dadant ought to be enough to convince anyone with sufficient 
reason that section honey is not machine made. Take any two 
sections of honey and place them side by side. If machine made 
they would be exactly alike; whereas there will be no difficulty in 
pointing out differences that will knock out all idea that they are 
made in the same mold, and establish clearly that each section is 
an individual job, worked out by the bees. Pop-holes in one will 
be clearly different from those in another, and variations of cells 
will be evident. You may also show a section just as it is when 
you give it to the bees, and that will be convincing to most men 
that the bees do the rest. 
The offer of $1,000 for a section of honey made without the aid 
of bees was first made by the A. I. Root Company, and is still 
good, with many thousands of dollars back of it. No one has yet 
