The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-24
HoNEY ANp oonn no oRpER.
Human Ingenuity Eadeayoring to DO AVA
With the Work of the Bees.

Human Ingenuity Eadeayoring to DO AVA
With the Work of the Bees.
New York Mail and Express
Not only has American enterprise succeeded
In manufacturing honeycomb TO save the Ices
the trouble of furnishing a receptacle for iieir
sweet store, but it even threatens to do away
with the services of the industrious little bee hY
supplying the honey also. More than one vari-
ETY. OF manufactured honey is at present. snId
In the market, as being the genuine
product of the little busy bee Some OF
IL comes in the form Of strained and clarified
money. put up in glass jars. More of it is SUPP
pneo IN the comb in small boxes with glass on
either side, through which it may be seen Look
ing as natural as if it had been stolen from the
mve. Connoisseurs have great difficulty in de-
tectlng the difference between the genuine aud
the manufactured article, by its appearances
only, but nearly any one who has used the bona
fde treasure of the hive to any extent will Y,ote
the difference in taste. In real honey there Is
an agreeably sharp taste as if millions Of little
needle points had barely touched the toague and
palate. This is missed in the spurious article
which partakes of the flavor and aroma of maple
syrup.
The artificial cofnb used to supply the place Of
that made by the bees has not been very success
f1l thus far. The bee at once detects the impo-
sition, and refuses to store its sweets in the
cavities. 1t gnaws at the parts which hold it to
the hive until it falls, and then commences TO
build its own The reason of this is that it has
been found difficult to find sufficient hees-wax to
supply the demands, ana consequently other
kinds had to be utilized. Spermaceti,
paraffine and wax obtained from mineral
products have all met with the same
recognition from the bees, They have, however,
been successfully used in storing the manutac-
tured honey, and when the cavities are filled and
covered over with thin sheet of the wax, they
present to the inexperienced the selfsame APP
pearance as that taken from the hive.
The spurious compares with the genuine, as
oleomargarine does with dairy butter, and tho
! marketmen, grocers and restaurant keepers arc
slow to admit that there is any such article
made
why" said the salesman in the largest whole
sale grocery in the city, yesterday, to reporter,
they could not afford to make and sell it for the
same price as real honey. That article sells at
III cents per pound wholesale, and at retail tho
price is ID to 15 cents We have heard that tho
attempt was made to manufacture it from elu-
cose, starch, etc, but we have not seen any OF ito
There IS new kind in the market which comes
| from California and tastes somewhat different
from that supplied by the apiaries in this State.
but it is nevertheless pure honey"
| AT the Fulton Market dealers in the com
modify denied that any attempt had been made
| to drive the bee from the field" One man
| gave the reporter a taste of some which had
| been strained and bottled by the owner of an
apiaFy in this State Although delieiously
sweet and palatable, the reporter could but con-
fess that it did not seem exactly like that which
| he had been accustomed TO in/his younger DAVIS
| when he surreptitiously purloined some of the
| gathered treasure and carefully extracted tho
embryo bee ere he bolted, comb and all, the
sticky, glutinous mass