. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. "THif MMEKicjcpt mmm jo^umnmi^. 371. THOS.^fNEWMAN &SON, CHICAGO« '. EDITOR. mniY. Jnne6,1888, No. 23. Hope leads the child to plant the flower, The raan to sow the seed, Nor leaves fulfillment to her lioui-. But prompts again to deed. Su{;ar from Honey.—The Apicul- turist for June contains something on the above subject. Mr. Alley quotes the follow- ing suggestions from his periodical for Octo- ber, 1886: The National Convention, which meets at Indianapolis this month, should take some action reaardin^; the matter of disposing of surplus
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. "THif MMEKicjcpt mmm jo^umnmi^. 371. THOS.^fNEWMAN &SON, CHICAGO« '. EDITOR. mniY. Jnne6,1888, No. 23. Hope leads the child to plant the flower, The raan to sow the seed, Nor leaves fulfillment to her lioui-. But prompts again to deed. Su{;ar from Honey.—The Apicul- turist for June contains something on the above subject. Mr. Alley quotes the follow- ing suggestions from his periodical for Octo- ber, 1886: The National Convention, which meets at Indianapolis this month, should take some action reaardin^; the matter of disposing of surplus honey. We suggest for the consid- eration of the meeting, that the sura of ,000 be collected from the bee-keepers throughout the United States, and paid to the person who will devise some method for converting honpy into sugar, similar to gran- ulated sugar. We believe it can and will be done, provided a proppr inducement is held out, and a sum sufficient is offered to com- pensate for the time, trouble and expense of conducting experiments. The above sum can be raised from the bee-keepers of this country. Small pro- ducers might pay SI, and larger ones as high as 85 eacli. We respectfully submit the above suggestions to the convention for its consideration. Mr. Alley then makes these remarks: Those present at the convention well know about how much notice was taken of the above suggestion. Well, I have the satisfaction ot knowing that the idea was not so very " cranky " after all, as the fol- lowing extract from a letter will .show. The " extract" referred to is from a letter written by Allen F. Smith, of Plaquemine, La., and is as follows: I am a practical sugar maker of the sugar cane, and I am under the impression that I can make a very good grade of sugar from honey, which 1 have Deen contemplating doing for some time, but have not the means to give the experiment a fair test. Should the hee-keepers of the United States decide to otfer a premium
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