The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-20
WIN Not Keen some bees,

The highest ideal of the food of a coun-
try In ancient times was milk and honey.
A land flowing with milk and honey was
the promised goal of the children of IS
rael, says beekeeper in the Country Cen
tleman. In this glorious land of ours we
have plenty of milk, possibly not always
in the best condition, but generally good
and plentiful; but where is the honey?
Not that our people are not fond of
sweets. Each man, woman and child in
the United States is said to consume sixty
pounds of sugar per year; but for various
reasons, comparatively little honey Is
used. Go TO your village grocery store
and ask for honey, and about fifteen 20
one you stand a chance not to get any.
At least that was the proportion in my sec
Then those who had honey for sole, or
an article called honey, did not know or
care TO know whether it was glucose or
honey, and what 1 examined proved to
be largely adulterated. Some samples
we're all glucose except enough honey to
flavor. Some bottles and jars were filed
with glucose, with bit of honeycomb in
il, labeled pure honey without the
name or address Of the party who packed
the vile stuff. Should any one buy such
stuff, who is not acquainted with real
honey: and taste it, he win ever tnereaf-
Ter tel you ne hO1S iOl ilkG money, Until
he is fortunate to eat some real bees
honey. OF course, comb honey is always
pure but that the village grocer will not
touch.
Children have natural craving for
sweets, and they are fed on vile, colcred
concoctions called candy. which, If we
knew its ingredients, we would very like
ly be afraid TO feed to our pigs In many
sections children do not know what honey
is and I have more than once met young
people 20 years of age who had never tast-
ed It, So, while we are worrying over the
sugar question in various ways-some
wanting to raise beets and have the rest
of the people pay bounty TO make good
their loss. and thus make sugar at home;
others wanting to annex enough sugar
growing territory to raise all the sugar we
need-tons and tons of the finest nectar
Is going to waste all over the country, be.
cause there are no bees to collect tAe
sweets-sweets that are much more diges-
tible and much better for the health than
cane or beet sugar.
There are a great many square miles
that have no bees. or but a few skeps a
most. while in fact there is honey enough
going to waste to keep many colonies at
work and furnish nearly every family with
a good supply Of delicious honey. Not
only is eli the nectar wasted; it is much
worse than wasted Nature put it into
the flowers to attract bees and insects
properly to fertilize and cross-fertilize the
flowers in the absence of bees the object
Is not accomplished, and the result IS
failure In the fruit or seed crop.
There is no reason why practically every
farmer and fruit grower should not have
five. ten or fifteen colonies of bees. II
kept in proper hives and inteligently
handled they via be a pleasure to the
household, an ornament on the lawn.
delight to the family and a profit to the
owner. do not care how beautiful your
lawn Is, it viii be made more attractive,
will show life and animation with some
colonies Of yellow beauties in neat, white
hives. There are always some members
of the family who will take charge OF the
bees. Often the women viii interest