. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Enlered at the Post-Office at Chicago as Second-Class Mail-Matter. Published TTeekly at $ a. Tear by George "W. fork & Co., 334 UearbornlSt. aBORQE W. YORK, Editor. CHICAGO, ILL., APRIL 20,1905. VoL XLV.—No. =\ (Sbttortal Hotes anb (Eommcnts J Great " Farm Journal" and Manufactured (?) Comb Honey Several of our subscribers have sent us the following paragraph, as having appeared in the April issue of the Farm Journal, published in Philadelphia, Pa : " Beekeeping is pleasant and profitable work, and real honey is hard t
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Enlered at the Post-Office at Chicago as Second-Class Mail-Matter. Published TTeekly at $ a. Tear by George "W. fork & Co., 334 UearbornlSt. aBORQE W. YORK, Editor. CHICAGO, ILL., APRIL 20,1905. VoL XLV.—No. =\ (Sbttortal Hotes anb (Eommcnts J Great " Farm Journal" and Manufactured (?) Comb Honey Several of our subscribers have sent us the following paragraph, as having appeared in the April issue of the Farm Journal, published in Philadelphia, Pa : " Beekeeping is pleasant and profitable work, and real honey is hard to get in these days. Not only is the ' honey' manufactured, but the wax-cells as well are imitated ; so that even though you buy your honey in the ' comb,' you are as likely to get glucose as not. Therefore, fragrant honey, the real product of the bees, will always find a good market, and my women readers might be able to sell it through the Woman's ; We wrote to the editor of the Farm Journal, as Manager of The Honey-Producers' League, as soon as we learned of the appearance of the above paragraph. We called his attention to the misrepresen- tation of honey that he was helping to perpetuate, and also explained to him the origin of the false story about comb honey being manu- factured. In reply to our letter he wrote us as follows: Deiir Sir :—I am in receipt of your esteemed favor of the 25th. Yes, our good lady made a little mistake, I fear. Of course, the Farm Journal will make everything right. W. A. It seems the paragraph quoted above appeared in a department called " Heart Problems," which is conducted by a lady who writes under the name of "Aunt ; We feel sure from the above re- ply of the Farm .Journal that proper correction will be made in the May number. Make or Buy Hives—Which? A member of the American Bee Journal family thinks it is a mis- take for the American Bee Journal to advise beginners to buy rather than to mak
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