Gleanings in bee culture . inso-called manufactured comb honey has help-ed to boom prices on honey produced some cases bee-keepers have seemed to feelthat it was to their advantage neither to con-firm nor deny the canard, on the piinciplethat it would be folly to make their custom-ers wise when the willful ignorance that isbliss boosts the prices of their own home pro-duction. I question whether the policy is awise one in tne long run, but I suppose it issomething as Prof. Cook said of one of hisneighbors in Michigan. This man, probablythe greatest raiser of plums in that State,said
Gleanings in bee culture . inso-called manufactured comb honey has help-ed to boom prices on honey produced some cases bee-keepers have seemed to feelthat it was to their advantage neither to con-firm nor deny the canard, on the piinciplethat it would be folly to make their custom-ers wise when the willful ignorance that isbliss boosts the prices of their own home pro-duction. I question whether the policy is awise one in tne long run, but I suppose it issomething as Prof. Cook said of one of hisneighbors in Michigan. This man, probablythe greatest raiser of plums in that State,said he was thankful for the curculio thatkilled all his neighbors plums, but did notbother his fruit, as he knew how to destroythem before they did any harm. In thesame way our deadly enemy, foul brood,sometimes freezes out the unskillful in a lo-cality, leaving the man who knows how tohandle the disease in undisturbed possessionof the locality and the markets. There is nogreat loss without some small gain some-where.—Ed.]. The following telegram on the way backto Washington explains: Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 31, R. Root:—This is my own, my nativeland. Happy new year. Frank Benton. The opponents and advocates of the divis-ible-brood-chamber hive will be glad to readthe article by J. A. Green on the subject inhis department in this issue. THE RURAL BEE-KEEPER; BEE JOURNALISMAS A PROFESSION. The Rural Bee-keejjer, an excellent pub-lication, has sold out to the American Bee-keeper, which will take care of its unexpiredsubscriptions. As Mr. Hutchinson says inthe Beview, the Rural was one of the best ofthe lately started journals. In commentingon the demise of this journal Mr. Hutchin-son says: The plain fact the field of apicultural journalismis now pretty well covered; and a new journal, to suc-ceed, will need to be different from the others,have aneditor of most decided ability, and barrels of If I should sell the Rerieic now for $.5000, I wouldnot, with t
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