. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Dec. 190S THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 845 trouble about Christmas then. But the building for the big «ho\v could not be completed in time, hence the post- ponement of a week. \\'hat else could be done but to postpone the bee-keepers' convention for the same length of time? So we mustn't be too hard on the brothers. There is. too, another item that counts for something, and for which the sisters are alone to blame. The propor- tion of them in attendance at conventions is so small that it ill becomes us to make much clamor about preparations being made jus
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Dec. 190S THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 845 trouble about Christmas then. But the building for the big «ho\v could not be completed in time, hence the post- ponement of a week. \\'hat else could be done but to postpone the bee-keepers' convention for the same length of time? So we mustn't be too hard on the brothers. There is. too, another item that counts for something, and for which the sisters are alone to blame. The propor- tion of them in attendance at conventions is so small that it ill becomes us to make much clamor about preparations being made just to suit our convenience. Let the sisters attend in large numbers, and no doubt their needs will have full consideration. At any rate, the particular chain of circumstances that made the trouble this time is not likely to occur again in many a long year. =——— ^. Clftcrtpougl^ts J The Old Reliable' By E. E. ' as seen through New and Unreliable Glaeees. Hasty, Sta. B. Rural, Toledo, Ohio. Advertising Adulterated Honey. Xo, we haven't got so far yet in the bad path of adulteration as publicly to advertise alleged candied honey at 3'/s cents. Yet we have more call to improve than to brag. And when we get our door-yard a good deal cleaner than it is now, perhaps our shining example will move the Germans to clean up their door-yard, too. Page 758. Well-Ripened Comb Honev. A month in a hot room, a let Doolittle, is excellent for the honey before sending it to market. But the same time OH the hive is still better; and at some fezv apiaries the conditions are such that the honey can well enough be left on the hive as long as you choose. That is, there are lots of bees and hives, but yield per hive always small. A suggestion of this kind is likely to raise something akin to a riot among many of our brethren. So wedded to the orthodox teaching that sections must be taken off the minute they are sealed—else the immaculate whiteness so much admired will be sullied. Truth. Not the
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