. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. (Entered at the PostOCBce at Chicago as Second-Class Mall-Matter.) Published Weekly at $ a Year, by George W. York & Co., Dearborn Street. GEORGE W. YORK, Editor CHICAGO, ILL,. FEBRUARY 6,1907 VoL XLVII-No. 7 editorial ^ofes and Commenfs. Value of Honey as Hood Mr. Harry Lathrop, one of Wisconsin's leading bee-keepers, sends in tiie following on tlie use of honey as food: Happy the man who can eat all the honey he desires—and has the honey to eat 1 I have met not a few, who say they can not eat honey, having had an overdose when they were
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. (Entered at the PostOCBce at Chicago as Second-Class Mall-Matter.) Published Weekly at $ a Year, by George W. York & Co., Dearborn Street. GEORGE W. YORK, Editor CHICAGO, ILL,. FEBRUARY 6,1907 VoL XLVII-No. 7 editorial ^ofes and Commenfs. Value of Honey as Hood Mr. Harry Lathrop, one of Wisconsin's leading bee-keepers, sends in tiie following on tlie use of honey as food: Happy the man who can eat all the honey he desires—and has the honey to eat 1 I have met not a few, who say they can not eat honey, having had an overdose when they were young. I usually tind, on further in- quiry, that it was on the occasion of the cut- ting of a bee-tree that they gorged them- selves on the sweet, were made sick, and ever after nature rebelled against that which had caused pain and trouble. It is easy to see how one could overdo in this way, at a time when one has tramped through the forest until tired and hungry, then endured the excitement of felling the tree and having suddenly a lot of honey ex- posed in the most tempting manner, with combs broken and dripping, and having the delicious flavor of wild honey. The men and boys at such times are apt to forget that honey is a concentrated food, of high nutritive value, and should be eaten with lighter and more bulky foods, unless only a little is taken. If they would take the precaution to carry along a jug of sweet milk, and some nice light bread, they could enjoy a feast there be- side the fallen bee-tree that would be fit for a king, and there would be no bad after effects, no disgusted stomach to protest in after years. But if those who have been indiscreet will teach their stomachs that there is really no harm in a little honey eaten properly, I be- lieve they would soon be able to use honey again with safety and satisfaction. I find that honey is a good winter food here in Wisconsin. I use it daily, and am almost entirely free from colds and sore throat, of which ther
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