Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-13
About bees and Their Honey.
sEcRETARY's OFFICE.

DEAR SIR:-As information rela.
tive to Bookkeeping is of interest in
every portion of the United States,
YOU will doubtless confer a great fa-
vor on your readers by giving the
following ssFacts" an insertion in your
paper. 1t will be read with more
than ordinary interest by all who are
interested in either bees or honey
Yours Truly,
THOMAS G. NEWMAN,
Secretary National Bee Keepers Association.
FACTS FOR THE PUBLIC.
The National Bee-Keepers' Con-
vention in session at New York, Oct.
l6 to 10th, 1877, aware of the gener-
al lack of information concerning i'm
proved methods of agriculture and its
products, respectfully submit the fol-
lowing statement of facts for general
information concerning large source
of personal and national revenue in
preserving the honey which God has
caused to flow so abundantly in the
vast and varied flora of our country.
l. 1t is now only a'few years since
the invention of movable comb hiveS
has opened up new era i'll bee-keep-
ing, and placed it on the basis of a
successful business pursuit. Such
hives, adapted to climate, furnish ev'
cry facility for intelligent manage
ment of bees by regulating swarming,
guarding against moths and manipu.
lating both bees and comb.
Q. The inventors of the extractor
or honey singer, a machine which
empties the honey from the combs by
centrifugal force, without injury SC
that the comb may be returned to the
bees, marks another great step in api-
culture. Thus virgin honey, free from
foreign admixiure is obtained, having
the flavor of the flower from which il
is drawn.
8. The further invention of artificial
comb foundation, made of pure wax,
the first successfully used to large
extent this season, completes the re-
quisites for placing bee keeping on
the basis of great industry in our
country. Bees receive this artificial
comb foundation with readiness as re.
ceptacles both for honey and brood.
4, Simultaneous with the first and
all of these improvements, the intro.
duction of italian bees and improved
modes of rearing queens, of trans
porting and introducing them to col
onies, has greatly improved the value
of the honey gatherers both because
of the superiority of the Italian bee
and the introduction of new blood.
New blood prevents the danger from
in- and.in breeding.
5. The great drawback to apicul-
ture is the sting of the bee. Danger
from this source is now largely over
come by the simple appliances used
for the protection of the person and
for subduing the bees. The most
vicious colony may be subdued in a
very few minutes.
6. To consumers of honey, few
facts are necessary in this article to
preserve them from imsopition. Nice
white comb speaks for itself and is
generally admired but the price many
lovers of honey cannot afford. 1t
makes beautiful dish for the table,
but it is no better than extracted hon.
ey. All comb is wax. and wax in the
stomach is perfectly indigestible. Ex-
tracted honey is the pure liquid honey
as it is taken from the combs by the
honey Singer, free from any foreign
admixtUre. Il is entirely different
from what is known in this market as
strained honey. Consumers help to
impose upon themselves by the false
idea that pure honey will not granu-
late. They desire ungranulated hon.
ey and dealers will attempt to supply
the demand. Almost all pure honey
will granulate when exposed for some
time to light and cold. The granulat-
ed state is a fine evidence of pure
honey, Much of the jar honey here
tofore sold in the markets and recon-
mended not to granulate, is very IN
ferior article, composed largely of glu
cose or some other inferior substance.
Granulated honey can be reduced to
its liquid state in few moments by
placing the jar in warm water. When
thus liquifiad it so remains for some
time before again crystalizing. Con-
sumers may be sure of good whole.
some article by purchasing granulat-
ed honey and reducing it.
z. To producers. BY full use of
in Bookkeeping, the hon.
ey crop of America may be almost in
definitely increased and become a
great source of national revenue.
None need fear over production. The
home demand and consumption is
largely increased whenever the people
know the superiority of such honey.
Dealers in N. Y. have already COM
menced large export trade, and they
tell us that their only difficulty is in
procuring honey in proper shape and
quantity to supply the growing de-
mand. Trade demands that they be
put up in nice, attractive packages,
and in small parcels or jars so as to
be readily handled by grocers and
consumers. Honey was for centuries
the principal sweet known, and is one
of the most healthful Of all. Improve
ment in refining sugars have within
the last two or three centuries led to
its general adoption. Why may not
also new improvements in agriculture
restore it to its true place as gener-
favorite which was lost by bad man
agement and the consequent CORE.
'ponding limited supply?
We believe that improvements in
Bookkeeping as compared with old
are not less than those seen
n railroads and steamboats, as com.
pared with former modes of travel.
For mutual information we would |
ldvise the organization of local socie-
les and conventions to further this |
business among all interested in api-
culture. j. I'll. NELLIs, Pres.
Thos. G.. Newman, Secy.
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