. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. The Editors do not hold themselves responsible tor the opinions expressed by correspondents. No notice will be taken of anonymous communications, mnii correspondents are requested to write on one tide of the paper only and give their real names and addresses, not necessarily for vublication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Illustrations should be drawn on separate pieces of paper. We do not undertake to return rejected communications. WHAT IS PURE HEATHER HONEY? [9023] Can you, Messrs. Editors, or any of the readers of the " ,
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. The Editors do not hold themselves responsible tor the opinions expressed by correspondents. No notice will be taken of anonymous communications, mnii correspondents are requested to write on one tide of the paper only and give their real names and addresses, not necessarily for vublication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Illustrations should be drawn on separate pieces of paper. We do not undertake to return rejected communications. WHAT IS PURE HEATHER HONEY? [9023] Can you, Messrs. Editors, or any of the readers of the " ," give a definition of the standard of heather honey? What per cent, heather should exist in it? Can any action by an In- spector of Foods and Drugs under the Act be taken in this respect? , is it any use calling his attention to the question ? The reason I ask is because a quality of honey, which may be good as it stands, is labelled and sold as " pure heather honey," whereas it is obvious from colour, taste, and aroma, that it is nearly all clover with a trifling per cent, of heather mixed in it. In this district is produced one of the finest heather honeys obtainable, and we bee-keepers here feel we have a great grievance when any sort of honey can be labelled pure heather without our having any means of redress. Seeing that the price of pure heather honey is 50 per cent, greater than that of clover, it is plain that there is a substantial gain in wrongly describing a cheaper grade of honey as *' pure heather," and it also reacts unfairly on the price of the real thing.—Campbell R. EARLY SURPLUS. [9024] On the 6th inst. I took 301bs. of surplus honey from one of my stocks, and have six or seven stocks with even more ready, all in shallow frames. This seems to me very early, and I think it may be of interest.—W. F. F., Ilford. PLANTING HEDGE AND PROVIDING WATER FOR BEES. [9025] In reply to the query (8925, No. 8), on page 188, would not t
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