. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. February 11th, I fed both honey and rye flour. April 18, 19, bees were very busy and I fed them 27 4-lb. boxes of buckwheat honey and all the rye flour and corn meal they would take, there being no bloom except the red cedar, on which the bees were busy. April 22nd. for the first time the bees gathered pollen and honey from the gooseberry. On the 24th they were at work strongly on the cherry bloom. On the 26th they commenced on the plum and pear bloom. Bees are now doing well, but I lost heavily since early in November, 1878, at which time I had 175 c
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. February 11th, I fed both honey and rye flour. April 18, 19, bees were very busy and I fed them 27 4-lb. boxes of buckwheat honey and all the rye flour and corn meal they would take, there being no bloom except the red cedar, on which the bees were busy. April 22nd. for the first time the bees gathered pollen and honey from the gooseberry. On the 24th they were at work strongly on the cherry bloom. On the 26th they commenced on the plum and pear bloom. Bees are now doing well, but I lost heavily since early in November, 1878, at which time I had 175 colonies in good condition. The delay in housing them until late in December, caused the death of 18 colonies, reducing the num- ber to 157; then the change of location in the spring of 1879, after they had been placed on their summer stands for about 8 days, which occasioned an ad- ditional loss of 21 colonies, leaving only 136 alive, and some of those in rather poor condition to pass through the season. Fairfield, .From the Bee-Keepers' Guide. The Adulteration of Food. REV. J. G. TETER. We are living in an age of adultera- tion. The chief cause that has led to this mischievous work is the desire for gain. Many people have become over anxious to amass a fortune or lay up a competency. That thirst for worldly gain has been the means of laying a strong temptation in the way, and has led many a man to violate what he knew to be the principles of right and justice. Adulteration is not confined to honey alone, but is found among all the articles of food we eat (or nearly so), and much of the drinks now in use are also adulterated ; and many of the medicines that are carried into the sick room have been tampered with. It is difficult to find wines or liquors to-day that have not been mixed with foreign ingredients. About 19 years ago, I was preaching in a vicinity where there were a num- ber of large distilleries that were kept in constant operation. At one of these distilleri
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