. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 204 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER September, In a inamiscript of 1326, he says, a machine is described and pictured which was used for the purpose of throwing skeps of bees into the forces of the enemy, and even during our times bees have been used in war times as in the war between Prussia and Denmarlv, 1864, and Austria and Prussia in 1866. FRANCE. An international bee-keepers' exhibi- tion is planned by the French. It is going to be held in Paris during 1904. A new ordinance has been passed for Algiers, which will be a hard blow to the industry of be
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 204 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER September, In a inamiscript of 1326, he says, a machine is described and pictured which was used for the purpose of throwing skeps of bees into the forces of the enemy, and even during our times bees have been used in war times as in the war between Prussia and Denmarlv, 1864, and Austria and Prussia in 1866. FRANCE. An international bee-keepers' exhibi- tion is planned by the French. It is going to be held in Paris during 1904. A new ordinance has been passed for Algiers, which will be a hard blow to the industry of bee-i^t^epicg, viz: "An apiary must not be located any nearer to a neighbor than 200 ; SWITZERLAND. By popular vote the new tariff on honey has become a law. Accordingly the import duty on honey is now 50 francs instead of 15, as heretofore. This will hit Austrian bee-keepers particularly, who have largely export- ed to Switzerland under the low tar- iff.—Bieuen-A'ater. PALESTINE. It is doubtful whether the honey John the Baptist ate in the wilderness was genuine honey or not. Even at those remote times adulteration (?) was practiced. Even up to this time a syrup is made in many sections of Palestine from the juices of the grape and passed out under the name of hon- ey. It is said that at the present time 200,000 pounds of this product are yearly exported to Egypt alone. The Arabs give this product the name "Disb", which is the same word as used in the original of the Bible and translated l»y the writers into "honey.'' There is also another product obtained in the Holy Land, called "wild honey" in the Bible. It is a sort of honey-dew which drips from the leaves of the ?fig trees and palms at times. This honey serves as an article of food; in- sects and humans both are eager for it. Genuine honey is, of course, also plentiful. It is probable that at the times of .Tohn the Baptist the woods and caves were full of bees, and bee- keeping w
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