Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1895 — Bees that Make Bad Honey. [ARTICLE]

Bees that Make Bad Honey.

“Lovers of the product of the busy bee will And It u wise precaution to have their honey tested as to its purity I before they eat It, or use It In a culinary way." Prof. Remington gave a wanting something like this at a recent meeting of pharmacists, and at the same time told of a German who was extensively engaged in bee culture, and who had his apiary close to a sugar refinery. A lot of rank molasses was accessible to the bees, and they gorged themselves on It The result was their honey was equally junk, and unfit for •use. On auother occasion the bees fed on blooming digitalis, and their honey proved to be poisonous. Natural honey, therefore, Is liable to vary very much, and occasionally, when It looks best and Is sweetest, It may be loaded with poison. Unscrupulous bee farmers are accustomed to forcing their bees to Increase their output by feeding them sweetened water. Their honey, of • course, is scarcely fit for use.