. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ^&&&^&&&&&&&&&^^^'^^&&^&&^^'. Entered at the Post-Office at Chicago as Second-Class Mail-Matter. Published W^eekly at $ a. Year by tjieorg-e IV. York & Co., S:n I>earborn St. QBORQE W. YORK, Editor. CHICAGO, ILL, JUNE 16,1904. Vol, XLIV—No, 24, Editorial Comments ] The National Association and a Honey Brand. Editor Root suggests in Gleanings in Bee-Culture that the National Bee-Keepers' Association brand the honey produced by its members. Here is the gist of what he says: It wo
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ^&&&^&&&&&&&&&^^^'^^&&^&&^^'. Entered at the Post-Office at Chicago as Second-Class Mail-Matter. Published W^eekly at $ a. Year by tjieorg-e IV. York & Co., S:n I>earborn St. QBORQE W. YORK, Editor. CHICAGO, ILL, JUNE 16,1904. Vol, XLIV—No, 24, Editorial Comments ] The National Association and a Honey Brand. Editor Root suggests in Gleanings in Bee-Culture that the National Bee-Keepers' Association brand the honey produced by its members. Here is the gist of what he says: It would not be very expensive for the National to have a local in- spector for each large city, and have him look over each large lot of honey, inspect the shipping and way bills, and look over the corres- pondence to make sure the honey was produced, put up, and shipped by some known responsible bee-keepers' society or individual member. I would assess the cost of this inspection of the honey on the producer or buyer of it, who desires to have the brand of purity and quality of the National affixed to it. I would also have the inspector appointed by the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee jointly, they to examine the recommendations as to his fitness that have been re- ceived, and to apportion out the salary, such salary to be in propor- tion to the amount of honey examined, and in the end to be paid by the honey-producer, the buyer, or commission man who desires the National to guarantee the quality and purity of the honey. If neces- sary, doubtful samples of extracted can be analyzed, and, If pure, the certificate or brand of purity attached. And, by the way, we already have a chemist on the Board of Directors, who is competent to make such analysis at a nominal price. This same inspector might also attach his official grading on the various shipments that come in, and thus avoid a lot of trouble be- tween producer and buyer. To have some expert grade, as well as ce
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