. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. so THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [September 1, 1881. room between for packing of ha}-, or straw, or shavings to jamb all closely. This kind of crate will be found highly useful for sending honey about. It can be easily made, and is far. superior to the ordinary crate with square par- titions, into which only one sized jars will tit. "Wine and spirit merchants arc likely to take a hint from this suggestion, economy of space being a desideratum in their lumber rooms. The zinc will, of course, be returnable with the crate, or may be flattened
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. so THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [September 1, 1881. room between for packing of ha}-, or straw, or shavings to jamb all closely. This kind of crate will be found highly useful for sending honey about. It can be easily made, and is far. superior to the ordinary crate with square par- titions, into which only one sized jars will tit. "Wine and spirit merchants arc likely to take a hint from this suggestion, economy of space being a desideratum in their lumber rooms. The zinc will, of course, be returnable with the crate, or may be flattened out and used as slates for roofing or repairs. LINCOLNSHIRE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. We desire to draw attention to the forthcoming Show of the above Society, to be held at Louth on the 8th inst. A most liberal Prize Schedule has been offered, and we are pleased to learn that a great amount of interest has been aroused through- out the entire county, and that the exhibition at Louth promises to be the largest the Association has yet held. We hope fine weather will prevail, to enable visitors to thoroughly enjoy a day amongst the bees. ADULTERATION OF HONEY. At the general meeting of the Association at South Kensington, the Chairman, T. W. Cowan, Esq., brought on the question of adulteration of honey. He pointed out that at present no reliable test existed for detecting the admixture of sugar syrup, and that some honey that had been exhibited was very suspicious, but, owing to the absence of a proper test, the judges were not in a position to disqualify it. He also stated that a friend of his, a chemist at Burton, who had paid some attention to this subject, was prepared to cany on experi- ments ; but for the purpose of finding a test in which there would be perfect confidence it would be necessary to have samples of pure honey from different localities to experiment with. Several of the gentlemen present gave Mr. Cowan samples of their honey; all these had been packed togethe
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