. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. August, 1M15. 279 American Hae Journal k from settling in the nectar. Dr. Drost says the air in Hamburg, and its imme- diate vicinity, is charged with more soot than elsewhere, and consequently more soot can get into flowers and blossoms where the form does not preclude this than at other places; yet the quantity of soot that may thus get into nectar and honey must be so minute that it could not cause such a dark color as the sample showed. The beekeeper who furnished the sample stated that the yellow blossoms of basswood when falling were still fille
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. August, 1M15. 279 American Hae Journal k from settling in the nectar. Dr. Drost says the air in Hamburg, and its imme- diate vicinity, is charged with more soot than elsewhere, and consequently more soot can get into flowers and blossoms where the form does not preclude this than at other places; yet the quantity of soot that may thus get into nectar and honey must be so minute that it could not cause such a dark color as the sample showed. The beekeeper who furnished the sample stated that the yellow blossoms of basswood when falling were still filled with nectar, and that he has seen the bees scrambling on the streets sucking this nectar. Dr. Drost holds that honey from such blossorns is at best an exception, and while such honey probably would contain a little more soot and dust than from fresh blossoms, the quantity of honey from such fallen blossoms compared with em ire crop would be so insignificant that it could not seriously be consid- ered as causing a discoloration. Result of the examination and ana- lysis. Appearance, dark gray; consistency, crystallized. Odor, very aromatic. Taste, differed considerably from basswood honey; very spicy. Water, percent. Dry matter. percent. Invert sugar, percent. Cane sugar, percent. Sugar free extract, percent. Polarization before inversion, percent. Polarization after inversion, per- cent. Fiehe's test for artificial honey gave no reaction. Ley's test, greenish brown; this is not unusual. Lund's test, cm. precipitate. Alcohol gave a small but distinct precipitate. Fiehe's test for starch sugar, none. Mineral matter, percent. Sand, just a trace. Chlorine, percent. Soot, decided trace. Pollen, the characteristic pollen of basswood was present nearly the same amount of a small, round, decidedly transparent pollen, and a few other pollen grains were found. REM.^RKS. According to odor and taste this honey could not be called pure ba
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