. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 296 i^The Cincinnati Commercial, in a recent article concerning the "Honey Trade," remarks : " Ohio is the home of the person who, par excellence, knows more about bees than anybody else in the United States. It is the Rev. L. L. Langstroth, of Oxford, Ohio. He it was who invented the only bee-hive which is worth a straw, and wrho lias shared the fate of most inventors that have really been benefactors to their race, in that he is a poor man ; The Commercial in the latter clause states a fact that should burn the ears of a f
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 296 i^The Cincinnati Commercial, in a recent article concerning the "Honey Trade," remarks : " Ohio is the home of the person who, par excellence, knows more about bees than anybody else in the United States. It is the Rev. L. L. Langstroth, of Oxford, Ohio. He it was who invented the only bee-hive which is worth a straw, and wrho lias shared the fate of most inventors that have really been benefactors to their race, in that he is a poor man ; The Commercial in the latter clause states a fact that should burn the ears of a few, who so persistently labored to impoverish him who so generously bene- fitted the past as well as the present and future generations of bee-keepers, by the invention of the movable frame hive; for "Ever shall truth come uppermost. And ever shall justice be ; Well let us see now who will feel deeply enough to in a measure repair the injury done by designing and selfish men of the last decade. " Some men die not; the grave's abyss Is never deep enough to hide Their grandest acts, whose light shines on Like beacons on a mountain side. " The deep pulsations of their lives Throb on, and on, through ages vast, As ceaseles as a river's And Time and Death's eclipse ; Wisdom of Feeding Glucose.— Prof. Cook, in the Country Gentleman, says: "Mr. Boot has persistently de- clared that glucose and grape sugar were separate and distinct. Of course, this is utterly incorrect, as any chemis- try, physiology or dictionary Avill assert. It may be that the so-called glucose of commerce may contain a variable amount of dextrine or other substance. If so, the name glucose is a misnomer. Practically it makes no difference. The liquid called glucose, and the solid grape sugar are alike in being conven- ient adulterants for honey. Either may be used for that purpose. The liquid is pleasant, the solid when dissolved is bitter, so if either is to be
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