. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. April 28. 1904. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 319 enough that the comb will not melt he crum- bles the comb honej' into the mixture in fine particles and mixes thoroughly. He then sells this mixture from house to house, as pure honey, and it is no surprise that the purchaser of such an article concludes that he does not like honey. The knowledge of such practioe being imposed upon persons not competent to protect themselves against such frauds, demon- strates to my mind that a great amount of good can be done by the honest producers in protecting the inno
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. April 28. 1904. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 319 enough that the comb will not melt he crum- bles the comb honej' into the mixture in fine particles and mixes thoroughly. He then sells this mixture from house to house, as pure honey, and it is no surprise that the purchaser of such an article concludes that he does not like honey. The knowledge of such practioe being imposed upon persons not competent to protect themselves against such frauds, demon- strates to my mind that a great amount of good can be done by the honest producers in protecting the innocent buyer, and at the same time increasing the consumption of pure honey. As in the fraud just described, a person familiar with pure honey could not have been deceived, as the very point that ef- fected the sale to the unsophisticated buyer (the'small pieces of comb in the mixture) would have appealed to the mind of one familiar with pure honey, as put up by an honest producer, that there was a fraud, with- out tasting of it, as chunk honey has more than a sprinkle of comb in it, while extracted honey is free from the presence of comb. Now if producers of honey would each per- sonally use their influence to expose all adul- terations sold for honey, coming under their notice, not only through the bee-papers, but in local publications, it would serve a double purpose, by educating the consumers to judge of pure honey, and thus prevent their being imposed upon and cheated, and at the same time increase the demand for the purest, best and nearest to nature of all sweets on earth— honey. R. H. Bucuner. Jackson Co., Iowa. CONVENTION NOTICES. New York.—The annual spring meeting^ of the Fulton and Montgomery Counties Bee- Keepers' Society will be held in the parlors of the Central Hotel, at Amsterdam, N. Y., Tues- day, May 3, at 10 o'clock West Galway, N. Y. T. I. Dugdale, Sec. Illinois.—The Galesburg and Knox County Bee-Keepers' Association will hold its spring meeting-
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