Gleanings in bee culture . nd flavor to any othei; hon-ey would at once convey to the consumerthe impression that one lot was not as goodas the other, or at least different. All theconsumer wants to know is that he is gettinga honey that is identical in quality and flavorto that which he had before. He does notcare whether it is produced by the bottler orsome one else equally competent to producethe same article. However much some rulings may incon-venience some honest people, it is a matterof gratification that the authorities are over-strenuous rather than too lax in the inter-pretation of a
Gleanings in bee culture . nd flavor to any othei; hon-ey would at once convey to the consumerthe impression that one lot was not as goodas the other, or at least different. All theconsumer wants to know is that he is gettinga honey that is identical in quality and flavorto that which he had before. He does notcare whether it is produced by the bottler orsome one else equally competent to producethe same article. However much some rulings may incon-venience some honest people, it is a matterof gratification that the authorities are over-strenuous rather than too lax in the inter-pretation of a law that is doing and will domore for the bee-keeping industry than anyother piece of legislation that has ever beenenacted. A little laxness at the start mightpractically nullify the law entirely. If wecan not get just what we want we will takewhat we can get and be very thankful. Inthe mean time we shall not despair of a rul-ing favorable to the phrase put up by inthe sense indicated. 1907 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE, 1133. BEES SWELLING, ETC. Good morning, Mr. Doolittle. Basswoodnow in full bloom this the 27th day of is that for a late season? Latest I ever knew. Are the trees yield-ing any nectar in your locality? Basswood has yielded finely for us duringthe last three days; and if this hot muggyweather continues it looks as if we might geta good yield of white honey in spite of thedrawbacks heretofore, but, say—did youever notice how a colony of bees seems toswell when a good basswood flow comes on?how a colony that seemed comfortable in thehive, just before this, now can not find roomto work, so they pile out of the hive, espe-cially toward night on warm days? Yes, I have noticed this scores of times. I put on the supers at once; but I wantto know why the bees swell so, as soon as agood flow of nectar is on. You did the proper thing in putting onthe sections or supers; but why the oeesSvvelled is something which very many fail tothink any thing about. What makes
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