. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 228 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Mar. 24. 19C4. and it is a question whether it is injurious or not to the health. The general opinion, I believe, is that it is, but the manufacturers are forcing it on to you all the time. You can hardly get pure cider vinegar made by fermentation, and that's the advantage of honey-vinegar. Mr. Johnson—The matter of fermentation is by ferments and germs, and it is the same way if you can a jar of fruit. If no air gets into the jar it is impossible, but as soon as a little air gets into the jar, fermentation takes place,
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 228 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Mar. 24. 19C4. and it is a question whether it is injurious or not to the health. The general opinion, I believe, is that it is, but the manufacturers are forcing it on to you all the time. You can hardly get pure cider vinegar made by fermentation, and that's the advantage of honey-vinegar. Mr. Johnson—The matter of fermentation is by ferments and germs, and it is the same way if you can a jar of fruit. If no air gets into the jar it is impossible, but as soon as a little air gets into the jar, fermentation takes place, because it is the same as the oxygen that gets into the barrel. Tha more surface you have the more microbes you get, and they could be at work on that and fermentation would take place much faster, and, besides, the degree of 98 Fahrenheit is the •favorable degree for any kind of fermentation. Mr. Meredith—I would like to say that the cheap vine-- gar, or white wine, as it is generally called, is given the name of distilled, and I also understand that the pure grades of malt vinegar are worth 40 cents, and they are also dis- tilled, so that if they can manufacture one and both by the same process—fermentation—why can't they by some other means? Mr. Wheeler—One word of warning to you people. I have used, I suppose, a barrel of honey trying to make vine- gar, and I have taken the recipes I have read in the bee- papers for making that vinegar, and I have wasted my honey. If you want to try it, try it on a small scale, and find out what you can do. Mr. Meredith—I accidentally made a gallon of vinegar superior to any I ever had, and I tried making a quantity and I couldn't get it as good. I sent it over to my brother- in-law and he thought it was very good sour wine. Mrs. Stowe—Can you make vinegar with sour honey? Dr. Miller—Sure; it is that much on the way. Pres. York—I am sure this is the largest closing session of the Chicago Northwestern Bee-keepers' Associa
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