. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 40 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Jan. 21,. GEQRCE; W. YORK, . Editor. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY GEORGE W. YORK & COMPANY, IIS Mioliig-an St., - CHICAGO, //./,. $ a Year—Sample Copy Sent Free. [Bntered at the PoBl-Offloe at Chicago as Second-Class Mall-Matter. Vol. niVIl, CHICAGO, ILL, JAN. , No. 3, Editorial Con)nfcr)i^^ • Ciriiniilated Alfalfa Honey—Last month we shipt five cans of beautiful alfalfa honey to a purchaser in a West- ern State. It was received in due time, but it seems the young man who bought it was not familiar with the fact that
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 40 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Jan. 21,. GEQRCE; W. YORK, . Editor. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY GEORGE W. YORK & COMPANY, IIS Mioliig-an St., - CHICAGO, //./,. $ a Year—Sample Copy Sent Free. [Bntered at the PoBl-Offloe at Chicago as Second-Class Mall-Matter. Vol. niVIl, CHICAGO, ILL, JAN. , No. 3, Editorial Con)nfcr)i^^ • Ciriiniilated Alfalfa Honey—Last month we shipt five cans of beautiful alfalfa honey to a purchaser in a West- ern State. It was received in due time, but it seems the young man who bought it was not familiar with the fact that nearly all pure extracted honey will granulate. So he forthwith wrote us a sharp letter, intimating that we had sold him sugar that was " as hard as a brick," and that he had tried to sell it, but couldn't, etc.! Of course we were surprised not a little at the ignorance dis- played, and took the time to write to our young friend a long letter telling him of his mistake, and just how to liquefy the honey, when it would be all right. Now why have we mentioned the foregoing case ? Simply to show that there is a vast amount of educating that needs to be done by bee-keepers—those who know the characteristics of honey, and can intelligently explain them. It might be well to write a short article for your local newspaper, giving a few of the inter- esting facts about both comb and extracted honey. We believe the editors would be pleased to publish them, especially if accom- panied with a good-sized sample of the genuine article to "sweeten them up a ; Don't forget the " bait" if you want to do any "fishing," though really it oughtn't to be necessary in this case, as every local editor should be pleased to publish anything that will be of interest to his readers. Why not begin the campaign of honey education ere another season is here ? The winter is just the time to write out what you wish to have publisht, for then you have ampl
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