Gleanings in bee culture . amount specified on the label on the pack-age. But, as I understand the law, any onewho sells a bottle of honey and labels it 1 be liable if that bottle contained only14 ounces. I presume the reason is that thebottler could just as well put in 16 ounces asa smaller amount. Food stufls of every kind,where the amount can be exactly measured,if labeled to contain a definite quantity, mustcontain exactly that amount. Referring to comb honey again, it wouldseem to me better to have labels not specify-ing any definite amount of honey, because itis almost impossibl
Gleanings in bee culture . amount specified on the label on the pack-age. But, as I understand the law, any onewho sells a bottle of honey and labels it 1 be liable if that bottle contained only14 ounces. I presume the reason is that thebottler could just as well put in 16 ounces asa smaller amount. Food stufls of every kind,where the amount can be exactly measured,if labeled to contain a definite quantity, mustcontain exactly that amount. Referring to comb honey again, it wouldseem to me better to have labels not specify-ing any definite amount of honey, because itis almost impossible to make a single sectioncome up to a certain Iequired weight. There-fore, to be on the safe side I would adviseleaving out the quantity and putting on thewords pure honey or pure clover hon-ey, pure alfalfa honey, etc. Dr. Miller summed up the gist of the newlaw in a word when he said it only requiredtnat the whole truth and nothing but thetruth should be told about food and drugssold. 20 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Jan. 1. A small (say four-inch) pipe connectingthrough the ceiling above, or otherwise, witha pipe or chimney into which heat passesmakes an excellent means by which foul anddamp air can be carried from the old carpet or bagging to cover the out-side walls is often another profitable addition,and in these ways the wintering of bees ismade a greater success, and the profits of theapiary greatly increased. From the headings of the address of von Buttel-Reepen, page 1291, I judge weshall have some exceedingly interesting api-cultural information in the translation whichis to be published in Gleanings. I judgewe may have the confirmation of a theory 1have had for years, and which I have givento my students in the apiary as such. Thatis, that a colony long queenless is not robbedout more readily than others, because theyhave less of vim and energy, but becauseof unfavorable conditions. A queenless col-ony is energetic enough at stinging the apia-ris
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