New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20
HONEY 10 LONGER / LUXURY.
GREAT EXTENT OF THE BEE INDUSTRY
AND IMPROVEMENTS IL HIVES -ADri.-
TERATIONS OF THE PRODUCT

TERATIONs or THE PRODUCT
Tho honey trade In th.s country has grown q
great proportions. for honey has ceased 20 he a
luxury It forms a part Of the srocers stock In the
smallest hamlet ana bakers and candy i0Akers AMI
natont medicine men use It by the hog.aead There
are several firms in this city who regard an order Of
81 oO 81 800 or 5000 worth just drysod- merchant,
looks on an order for fifty yards Of muslin. New
York Boston and Chicago are the centres q the
trade In this country and London rules i"e ord.
The supply is steady for II there is shortage in
one part OF the country or the worih iho'ncr Iart
Is sure 10 make IT up There Is no Use attempting
IN make an estimate Of The value Of the crop but Il
will 20 well into the millions. II j. known that
there are 3OO0 bcckecpers in the United States
and many who arc unknown. Honey comes from
all parts Of the country. but California and the
Northern States supply the greater part The
Southern States do not furnish as mn'h ~ "oud
be expected partly because people are nor paying at
tention TO the work and partly because Does are no.
cared for as well at the North. Ih" money
which the Southern States do send Is different from
that of the other States; the product Of Florida Is
considered the best but that is only as cheaper
grade
Honey is put the market in two forms IN 'ne
comb and in the liquid state the former is KNOWN AZ
comb honey the latter as extracted. Inc lessons
Of white clover and the bdsswood tree yea inc
finest honey in popular estimation ana II le'ches
highest price. These are NOrlH'iH fi'"Ne--
Buckwheat and golden rod yield more and about
sunnlv tho market from this region. In the region
west of the Missouri grows the sageDrusn. "hlcn
Yields enormously. hence some OF the Facllc Coss'
states are producing .arge quantities 30 Il comes
about that New-York Vermont, pennsylvania ana
Michigan produce for the market conn money anu
California and Arizona the extracted Inc farmers
po,v have it'll. to do with the horey production;
the business has gone into the hands Of specialists.
Ialf
from, An Eastern bee man will have from j" 10
400 hives but a Californian will have as many
thousands During the busy season even the sn'aNer
number will keep several men busy for the oees
bring in honey fast a..
limit There is less money in IL now than quar-
ter Of a century ago \ ski.ful keeper VIII make
b,s hoes do prettv much what he wants. And IL II
only by this skill that the demand Is supplied In
1850 honey was a luxury; farmers had III the'' uoo'
wards n few hives. either wooden boxes OF s'ra"
canes and twenty of them would he a great num-
her No one paid attention to them save III ."s
snring time when one of the children watched TOT
a swarm to come out, when such dihhlhs anu
cumming on tin pans greeted IL as could be heard
o., nios In autumn the bees were smoked 70
death the hive torn in pieces and the money so"
ot rho store Some people proceed IN the same Wa!
now bu, they never sell any money III l''-
CLERGYMAN out in Ohio designed ana pa'e"''u
hive which is the basis OF all those III "'' ''"''
II was simply four sides Of box IN "n''" "'''
hmm, eiyht movable frames. on the top were
placed other little square frames and over All
movable cover. In less than a minute the "hoe
hive could be taken apart and Inspected i one
box was full another could be- substituted ana ITO
time lost Then II found that 10 MAKE INC
comh about six times as much labor was required
as to fill it with honey: thin strips Of comp were
hung in each box which the bees Immediately
III Cd
combs could be empied OF honey and replaced, so
a machine called the extractor was devised and IS
uox I'm general use. So that in old'n times forty
or fifty pounds of honey WAS considered great
yield for each hive and the bees were DESTROYED NO"
I'm an ordinary a hive Will produce 90 OF y"
pounds of comb honey. besides enough FOR me pees
to live on during the winter and with the extractor
200 and 800 pounds Of LIQUID honey can Ne o''d'ns"
In California a hive often produces 'Np pouhu'
Now moreover. the bees are saved 49,. ,r,,o
The adueration of honey has attracted 10 ,b nr'9
States against 1t. Even the United state ,,1o5
cultural Department haS MAZE mai an n, Vas learned
thar comb honey sold IN the frame i III l,. aS,i
pure. while that SOLD in tum9srs ,,,rs hut more
terated and some extracted money l".0 w. ~ he
NJ II adu,teratei The aduteraton s,'".i ~ rro.
the work OF large dealers rather man W, ,he
Queer and the object seems 10 ne 10 ,,rio1s T.
article In no case any thins inJNi w. c,re
health found Cheap sweet In, - IN. extent %
- ner cent There is such thing as money n'AI In
chemically from refuse many people O.e'e -rosp
one way aduteration is Jusiinaoe-" -,
many people like the adulteratei nonsy ,oss6ly
Mr. Perrin of Riverside. Cal. Who may to' ma,
he considered the pioneer IN the work. WIi.'s - he
when in business in Brooklyn several H'' me very
found that by mixing white sugar WIZ - yere
dark honey both the taste ana anpr'i'ii 100,
imnroyed His wagons carried hota Ni's Pa ~, ncr
marked. and often a days sales Wo.''" ,,,,e com
con, Of the sugared honey. sometimes p''i..
plalned that ne did not put ~ sugar ,io's i',riy
dealer in this city says that OF his -a',S tir,.s
marked aduterated honey sells about ,'"' a,ris
AS well as the pure The real truth j. t-l }, ,ast
don't know good honey from poor ne s'.' - ssa~d.
~ nure honey sOlidifying or candNlnS Nl.,n ali.
ing in cold weather-is not observed I'D l'ltso ~
terated and a great many reject money .' Imam
i,s solidifying Il Is the old story OF we No' "r,
who requested the milkman not 10 nr'n- lVt .,,,-
more milk which produced scum a. .'f s'H's s,oo
awhile The question Is, who Is COINS '' ''>F
aGnIteration under these circumstances