. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. Vol. XIV OCTOBER, 1904. No. 10 A POPULAR FALLACY. Apiarian Counselors and the Press Still Teaching a False Doctrine. By O. O. Poppleton. BEE-KEEPING literature has, ever since tlie general use of tlie ex- tractor, been full of warnings ibout the of taking out honey jefore it is i)roperly cured. These •epeated warnings are, and probably lahvays will be, in order and should be Ireiterated time and again by our periodicals. In my opinion a sen'ious mistake has been made in many of these warnings —one which materially lessens their good effec
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. Vol. XIV OCTOBER, 1904. No. 10 A POPULAR FALLACY. Apiarian Counselors and the Press Still Teaching a False Doctrine. By O. O. Poppleton. BEE-KEEPING literature has, ever since tlie general use of tlie ex- tractor, been full of warnings ibout the of taking out honey jefore it is i)roperly cured. These •epeated warnings are, and probably lahvays will be, in order and should be Ireiterated time and again by our periodicals. In my opinion a sen'ious mistake has been made in many of these warnings —one which materially lessens their good effect. I refer to the idea that materially more honey, such as it is, can be obtained by extracting honey before any of it is sealed over. So far as I know this idea has been treated by all writers as though it was an actual fact, conceded by every one. I be- lieve ovu" editor, Mr. Hill, and myself ?ace the only ones who have ever ques- tioned this idea, and gave warning of ithe serious injury it was doing. So (long as human nature remains as it is, some men will be found even among bee-keepers who think more of a few extra dollars than they do of right or wrong; and so long as they are told of a way to make more money by wrong methods than by right ones will use the wrong ones without regard to any injury done to others. It is time this idea were sent into oblivion where it Tightly l)elongs, and where it can do no further damage. My attention Avas first directed to this matter while keeping bees in Cuba, some 15 years ago. Up to that time I supposed the idea was correct, having seen it repeatedly given by our foremost writers and never disputed by any one; but while watching some experiments on other points I stumbled on some new ideas. Special conditions there make it pos- sible to observe much more accurately some points in bee-keeping than it is possible to do in this country. Here our honey yielding flowers remain con- tinuously in bloom day after day during their sea
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