. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 580 T'MM MB^mmieMK mm^ joiwrnmrni^. -- — ?>— - —-ait«>«^*^»^A^AJfcJ -?'—?'-^^^•^*^«*>« ^?^*-~-^-^-^-^-' HumbiiSi^ and Falsehoods, es- pecially as relating to bee-keeping, are ever relentlessly pursued by the American Bee Journal. What the Christian Woman (a splendid periodical published in Phila- delphia, Pa.) thinks of our efforts in the direction of hunting down lies about our pursuit, is told in the following graphic language : The American Bee Journal is sharp, and swift in pursuit of humbug and falsehood. The newspaper sensational articl
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 580 T'MM MB^mmieMK mm^ joiwrnmrni^. -- — ?>— - —-ait«>«^*^»^A^AJfcJ -?'—?'-^^^•^*^«*>« ^?^*-~-^-^-^-^-' HumbiiSi^ and Falsehoods, es- pecially as relating to bee-keeping, are ever relentlessly pursued by the American Bee Journal. What the Christian Woman (a splendid periodical published in Phila- delphia, Pa.) thinks of our efforts in the direction of hunting down lies about our pursuit, is told in the following graphic language : The American Bee Journal is sharp, and swift in pursuit of humbug and falsehood. The newspaper sensational articles on manufactured honey, on glucose, and par- affine comb are proved to be purely imag- inary ; or evidences of reporters being hoaxed ; but no matter, such reading makes people stare and wonder, and sells the newspapers. The average reader loves to be stunned by finding mare's-nests and mule's-colts. Print the most astounding statements about things, and particularly about prominent public personages, and specially particular about ministers, and discriminately severe upon Protestant clergymen, and never contradict them where proved to be falsehoods, and you have the popular and great daily ! Following the daily, the weekly paper culls the lies and the sensations, selecting the worst and most interesting slanders, and then the staid and permanent Ency- clopedia embalms the corpse, and future essayists cite the statements as standard truths. But one thing is certain, that all ?who read the American Bee Journal will have their minds settled in regard to the "glucose and paraffine comb" story. "If, therefore," says the Journal, "you are extracting, beware of extracting too ; The practice is bad in regard to honey, and worse respecting the papers. Oraii^Se-BIossom Honey. — Many of the vile compounds found on grocers' shelves are labeled " Orange-Blossom ; This cognomen was invented to deceive. There is no such
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