. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 83 WEEKLY EDITION. iiljOTlHil PUBLISHED BV THOMAS G. NEWMAN, I-'IHTOU AND PhOPRIETOR, 925 WEST MADtSON-STREET, CHICAGO, ILL. Weekly, SS a year ; Monthly, 50 cents. February II, 1885, No. 6. "Honey" and "Comb" to Order. The New York Mail and Express recently contained the following very erroneous article, which has been ex- tensively copied by the newspapers of America: Not only has American enterprise succeeded in manufacturing a honey- comb to save the bees the trouble of furnishing a receptacle
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 83 WEEKLY EDITION. iiljOTlHil PUBLISHED BV THOMAS G. NEWMAN, I-'IHTOU AND PhOPRIETOR, 925 WEST MADtSON-STREET, CHICAGO, ILL. Weekly, SS a year ; Monthly, 50 cents. February II, 1885, No. 6. "Honey" and "Comb" to Order. The New York Mail and Express recently contained the following very erroneous article, which has been ex- tensively copied by the newspapers of America: Not only has American enterprise succeeded in manufacturing a honey- comb to save the bees the trouble of furnishing a receptacle for their sweet store, but it even threatens to do away with the services of the indus- trious little bee by supplying the honey also. More than one variety of manufactured honey is at present sold in the market as being the gen- uine product of the busy little bee. Some of it comes in the form of strained and clarified honey, put up in f:lass jars. More of it is supplied in he comb in small boxes with glass on either side, through which it may be seen looking as natural as if it had been stolen from the hive. Connois- seurs have great difficulty in detecting the difference between the genuine and the manufactured article by its appearance only, but nearly any one who has used the bona-Jkle treasure of the hive to any extent, will note the difference in taste. In real honey there is an agreeable sharp taste as if millions of little needle points had barely touched the tongue and palate. This is missed in the spurious article, which partakes of the flavor of maple syrup. The artificial comb used to supply the place of that made by the bees, has not been very successful thus far. The bee at once detects the imposi- tion and refuses to store its sweets in the cavities. It gnaws at the parts which hold it to the hive until it falls, and then commences to build its own. Tlie reason of this is, that it has been found difficult to find sufficient bees- wax to supply the demand, and, c
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