. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Jan. 31, 1907 American l^ee Journal] lioiK'v. That from ihc L-lin;. was dark amber, and strong-llavored. .\ notice- able was that, altliougb eertain colonies wbieh were apparently ot the same strength, and alike in oilier con- ditions, they had different supers of honey. While some of the supers were Idled with nice, white combs through- nut, others would be filled with combs partly discolored by the dark elm hoiie.\. while still others would contain nearly ;dl dark honey-combs. The product was .ill bulk honey, but then supers with the dark Iio
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Jan. 31, 1907 American l^ee Journal] lioiK'v. That from ihc L-lin;. was dark amber, and strong-llavored. .\ notice- able was that, altliougb eertain colonies wbieh were apparently ot the same strength, and alike in oilier con- ditions, they had different supers of honey. While some of the supers were Idled with nice, white combs through- nut, others would be filled with combs partly discolored by the dark elm hoiie.\. while still others would contain nearly ;dl dark honey-combs. The product was .ill bulk honey, but then supers with the dark Iioiicv had to be extracted. Just why some colonies should have stored much more of the dark honey others, some of which stored none of It at all, 1 can not say. It is an im- portant question, however, tor the wdiite comb-honey producer. Pure Food Law for Bee-Keepers A reputation for honest goods and honest dealing is bound to bring success; especially since the Pure Food Law has been set to work. The honest bee-keep- er should now be able to make an honest living, and he can do it if he sells honest products, for, with the adul- terated stuff out of the way, the pure article will find ready sale at good prices. This is as it should be. The bee-keeping fraternity has suf- fered long enough—the industry has been hampered. The honest bee-keeper has been robbed of the profits he could have made from his product, and the consumers, of their money, wdiich they paid for the stuff not worth it. by the greedy "manufacturers" of the vile, adul- treated goods, wdiich were forced upon the innocent public under some catchy name. Times have changed, and every- thing must be wdiat it should be, and I have no fear that the honest bee- keepers will have any trouble to come up to this. Weight of Eastern and South- western Honey The Arizona Experiment Station, in one of its circulars, "Practical Hints to Farmers," says in comparing samples of native honeys with those fro
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