Gleanings in bee culture . that thebees were clean and would do no harm iftaken out at the end of the day or at theclose of the job. How clean bees may beis not necessary to consider. As soon as abee is in the honey it begins to sluivel, thisshriveling being due to the escape of thebody fluids through the membranous wallsof the insect into the honey; and, thoughhoney is a i^owerful preservative, it cannot prevent the occurrence of chemicalchanges in the animal matter (though itmay prevent actual decay) which can beof no advantage to the honey as a food. As a matter of fact, I have bought ex-tr
Gleanings in bee culture . that thebees were clean and would do no harm iftaken out at the end of the day or at theclose of the job. How clean bees may beis not necessary to consider. As soon as abee is in the honey it begins to sluivel, thisshriveling being due to the escape of thebody fluids through the membranous wallsof the insect into the honey; and, thoughhoney is a i^owerful preservative, it cannot prevent the occurrence of chemicalchanges in the animal matter (though itmay prevent actual decay) which can beof no advantage to the honey as a food. As a matter of fact, I have bought ex-tracted honey which had a flavor almostexactly analogous to the odor which comesfrom decaying bees in hives in whichihey had frozen out. Is it not possible thathere arises a part, at least, of the popularprejudice against extracted honey? Carthage, Missouri. [It is not always possible to preventsome bees from being in the honey, but itis surely best to skim them out severaltimes a day, at least.—Ed.] SEPTEMBER 15, 1912 585. Fig. 1.—A corner of A. B. Anthonys apiary near Sterling, 111., showing his specially constructed hive. THIi ANTHONY LEAF HIVE A Hive in which the Combs may be Thumbed overLike the Leaves of a Book, and yet Lifted outlike the Loose Leaves of a Ledger, either fromthe Bottom or Top BY H. H. ROOT There are few beekeepers who, at onetime or another, have not had visions ofan ideal hive made according to their ownnotions; and manufactiuers of bee supplieshave had opportunities galore to buy patent rights for making and sellingthese strange creations, destined to be ofreal value to no one. There are somethingover two thousand patents issued on hives,every one of which must have cost a hun-dred dollars at least; yet those that havereally been of benetit to beekeepers in gen-eral can be counted probably on the fingersof one hand, without counting the thumb;therefore when we heard that Mr. A. , of Sterling, 111., had invented ahive we were naturally incline
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