Gleanings in bee culture . in a rigid enforcement of the law,and we think we knovv the bee-keepers ofthe country well enough to say they will bevery earnest supporters of the new law, andwill work with the Department of Agricul-ture in enforcing it. Unless all signs fail, itis only a matter of time when every State inthe Union will possess a pure-food lawframed in strict conformity with the nation-al law. Vermont has a new pure-food lawbased on the national or Hepburn law. In-diana, Louisiana, Colorado, California, Mis-souri, and Kansas are getting in line to passsimilar laws. It may seem to s
Gleanings in bee culture . in a rigid enforcement of the law,and we think we knovv the bee-keepers ofthe country well enough to say they will bevery earnest supporters of the new law, andwill work with the Department of Agricul-ture in enforcing it. Unless all signs fail, itis only a matter of time when every State inthe Union will possess a pure-food lawframed in strict conformity with the nation-al law. Vermont has a new pure-food lawbased on the national or Hepburn law. In-diana, Louisiana, Colorado, California, Mis-souri, and Kansas are getting in line to passsimilar laws. It may seem to some that Gleanings hasharped rather too much on this matter; butthe adulteration evil threatened to destroyour industry, and we shall feel safer whenevery State has an efficient pure-food law. Honey is one of the finest foods known,hence it has everything to gain and nothingto lose by the enforcement of pure food laws,which is practically all the protection we re-quire to establish our industry on a safe andsound basis. l^. u Mm^ BROOD-REARING IN WINTER. Last March 1 told of having found broodin a number of hives in February. January10th I found quite a patch of brood in allstages in a colony that had been moved acouple of weeks before. Dec. 15th I foundbrood in all stages in a strong colony thatwas in a normal condition and had not beendisturbed previously. Apparently, undersome conditions some colonies of bees willbreed more or less all winter. Whether thisis injurious or the Ieverse is something I amtrying to find out. CAPPINGS COLORED BY LAMPBLACK. Last fall I found a few sections which hada curious gray appearance, shading down-ward from the top of the comb. At first Ithought it had been caused by ashes from thesmoker, but close investigation showed thatthe one who put in the starters had carelesslyallowed the lamp to smoke. The lampblack,mixing with the melted wax, had smeared theinside of the top of the section with black wax;and, though there wasonly a very small quan-t
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