. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 1897. THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 139. (From Progressive Bee Keeper;. AETIFIOIAL COMB Will Bring Evil Results. Its Use Will Not be Practical. Improvements That Are Not Improve- ments. BY J. W. ROUSE. It is with some trepidation that I read in the different bee journals of the so-called artificial comb, for I am not sure, even if it can be made, that it will prove a boon to the production of comb honey. I have never seen any of this "artificial comb," but have this to say : Even if it can be success- fully made, and then put on the mar- ket
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 1897. THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 139. (From Progressive Bee Keeper;. AETIFIOIAL COMB Will Bring Evil Results. Its Use Will Not be Practical. Improvements That Are Not Improve- ments. BY J. W. ROUSE. It is with some trepidation that I read in the different bee journals of the so-called artificial comb, for I am not sure, even if it can be made, that it will prove a boon to the production of comb honey. I have never seen any of this "artificial comb," but have this to say : Even if it can be success- fully made, and then put on the mar- ket at a price that bee keepers could afford to use it, and supposing that it would take nothing from the delici- ousness of pure comb honey—if one person can make it what is to keep others from making it? I notice Mr. Doolittle congratulates the bee keep- ers that a patent is to be obtained, and if it should prove a detriment it can be generously suppressed, but I have an idea that what one person can do opens a way for others to do the same thing, and while a patent may cover the manner to produce a certan thing, I have noticed that all things (so far as I know of any importance) made can be and are made by someone else, even if it has to be made in some other way. I have had certain reward cards in my possession for some years which I have used a number of times to help me to down the adulteration of honey. The reward cards referred to read something like this : " $1,000 is offered for one pound of Artificial Comb, filled and seal- ed ; This is not all there is on the card, but enough to show what it was de- signed for—namely, that it was then thought a mechanical impossibility to make honey comb by artificial means; but if a way is found to make artifi- cial comb it seems to me that the hardest part is accomplished, and it will be a comparatively easy job to fill the artificial stuff and seal it over, and then good bye to the general mar- ket on honey. I do n
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