. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. THK SMERICffiN BE® JO^RNSIr. 521 they never make fight with this smoker, and witli it you can go in the midst of the most vicious bees with perfect safety. Selling Honey Vinegar. A few years ago honey sold here at a ruinously low price. As I would not deviate from my fixed miminum price, I stored away the finest of my honey, and the rest I turned into wine and vin- egar, and made money by the operation. The vinegar I then sold by the barrel as "Honey Vinegar," which mttwith a ready sale, and soon I was not able to supply the demand. The mark
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. THK SMERICffiN BE® JO^RNSIr. 521 they never make fight with this smoker, and witli it you can go in the midst of the most vicious bees with perfect safety. Selling Honey Vinegar. A few years ago honey sold here at a ruinously low price. As I would not deviate from my fixed miminum price, I stored away the finest of my honey, and the rest I turned into wine and vin- egar, and made money by the operation. The vinegar I then sold by the barrel as "Honey Vinegar," which mttwith a ready sale, and soon I was not able to supply the demand. The market was created in this wise : I put up a few dozen bottles, and had them labeled in attractive colors. These bottles I distributed freely to physi- cians, and others of the city. This do- nation created a demand for the article at once. Making HoneyVinegar. As this vinegar was favorably re- ceived, for invalids, table use, and for preserving fruit. I will give the process of making it: From the cappings, and the washing of honey-vessels, cloths saturated with honey, etc., make a clean solution of honey. If it needs more to give it a rich, saccharine taste, add such honey that may be objectionable for the mar- ket. Neversell poor,dirty-looking honey. After a perfect solution is made, put it through the percolator, to secure a pure, transparent fluid. Now acidulate the solution with a small quantitv of chem- ically pure acetic acid. This acetic acid is a chemical, concentrated vinegar, and in thisconnection is perfectly harm- less. The acid will promptly bring the sol- ution of honey into acetic fomentation. After this is effected, add about half an ounce of pure alcohol to the gallon. This will bring about a vinous fomenta- tion, and develops the acetic ether, which gives the honey-vinegar such an excellent body. Without it, it would taste course and flat, with no body about it but a burning acidity, so com- mon in poor and ordinary vinegar. inarketlng llie Houey. I find a read
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