. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Jan. 12, 1899. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 27 such action was likely to be productive of good to bee- keepers. Considerable correspondence has been carried on prepar- atory to such action, but the evidence and aid necessary to make it seem advisable has not yet developt, and no suit has yet been brought. The Editor of the American Bee Journal called my at- tention to an article in a New York metropolitan journal giving credence and publicity to the old fable about comb honey being extensively manufactured without the aid of the honey-bee. The article stated
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Jan. 12, 1899. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 27 such action was likely to be productive of good to bee- keepers. Considerable correspondence has been carried on prepar- atory to such action, but the evidence and aid necessary to make it seem advisable has not yet developt, and no suit has yet been brought. The Editor of the American Bee Journal called my at- tention to an article in a New York metropolitan journal giving credence and publicity to the old fable about comb honey being extensively manufactured without the aid of the honey-bee. The article stated that paratHne was largely used for making the comb which was filled with glucose syrup and put upon the market to deceive the public. At the request of the Editor I sent an article to the New York paper, with a purpose to correct the error and if possi- ble give the public some facts and opinions on the nature and use of honey. As my reply was copied in full in the American Bee Journal, page T2S. I will only say that it brought out a very satisfactory public retraction, and a personal letter from the editor asking for literature bearing on the subject of honey. I mailed her (the editor was a woman) Dr. Miller's pamphlet on the food value of honey, and I believe one other editor will be more careful in her public statements about manufactured comb honey. If the past year has brought no signal triumph at court, the labors of the General Manager have been varied and abundant. He has been appealed to in behalf of every threatened bee-keeping interest, public and private. Were it not for the modern blessings of phonography and typewriting machines, he could not have performed the duties of the office with any satisfaction to himself, to say nothing of pleasing those for whom he works. Fraternally yours EUGENE SECOR, General Manager. Forest City, Iowa, December, 1S98. We see b}- the financial statement that there is $175 in the hands of the Treasurer. There are about 450 members now
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