. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. t ^fHrot^ 8«-5APe,-^ AMER\C^)^ 4 2d YEAR. CHICAGO, ILL,, JANUARY 16,1902, No, 3, 1^ ^ Editorial. ^ k j^ The Ijies Aliout Honey "re re-appeai- U\g in various forms in l)oth newspapers and farm journals. Mr. Newton Bawn sends the foUowintr, whieli appeared lately in a depart- ment condncted by J. S. Trigg, of Rockford, Iowa, who is an agricultural writer of con- Biderable prominence, and should know better than to " get off '' such stufl: " A cute machine manufactures the artificial comb and a swindler takes it and tills it with glucose h
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. t ^fHrot^ 8«-5APe,-^ AMER\C^)^ 4 2d YEAR. CHICAGO, ILL,, JANUARY 16,1902, No, 3, 1^ ^ Editorial. ^ k j^ The Ijies Aliout Honey "re re-appeai- U\g in various forms in l)oth newspapers and farm journals. Mr. Newton Bawn sends the foUowintr, whieli appeared lately in a depart- ment condncted by J. S. Trigg, of Rockford, Iowa, who is an agricultural writer of con- Biderable prominence, and should know better than to " get off '' such stufl: " A cute machine manufactures the artificial comb and a swindler takes it and tills it with glucose honey, scattering here and there a dead bee on the comb, and the deluded pur- chaser eats it, associating it with apple-bloom, the fragrance of white clover and summer flowers, while the stuff is made of parafline instead of beeswax for the comb, and glucose for the ; If Mr. Trigg doesn't correct that paragraph at oiur, a good many thousand people will now know where he belongs. It is exceed- ingly unfortunate that any one should be willing to write a thing like that, and thus put himself down as—as—well there isn't a word of truth in the whole paragraph. We have written Mr. Trigg, reci nesting him to publish •' The Truth About Honey," in his paper. He should be only too anxious to get a statement like that, which appears over the names of responsible men. Carbolineuni. — A warning is sounded against the use of this material in hives, as it may affect the flavor of honey. It ought to be a fine preservative for bottom-boards, where it would perhaps not affect the honey. Sweet Clover as Forage, — A short time ago Gleanings in Bee-Culture asked for reports as to whether stock would readily eat sweet clover. From Michigan, Ohio and Indiana come responses that say neither horses now cows will eat it unless starved to it. From New Mexico comes the report that horses and cows will eat it down as clean as if a mower had gone over it. M. S. Gosney reports as f
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