. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. June, I' American Hee Journal bees ever since I was lO years old. The first colony was in a box-hive and was given to me by my mother. I soon trans- ferred it from the box-hive to a chaff hive, which cost $ When foul brood raged through this part of the country and devastated the bee-business, I was about the only one to save a few colo- nies by transferring them and scalding the old hives. Leo J. Beachy. Grantsville, Md. Franco-British Bee-Keepers' Con- gress. This Congress of bee-keepers will be held under the presidency of Lord Ave- bury, at t
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. June, I' American Hee Journal bees ever since I was lO years old. The first colony was in a box-hive and was given to me by my mother. I soon trans- ferred it from the box-hive to a chaff hive, which cost $ When foul brood raged through this part of the country and devastated the bee-business, I was about the only one to save a few colo- nies by transferring them and scalding the old hives. Leo J. Beachy. Grantsville, Md. Franco-British Bee-Keepers' Con- gress. This Congress of bee-keepers will be held under the presidency of Lord Ave- bury, at the Franco-British Exposition, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, on Thursday, June 25, 1908. The commit- tee which has been appointed by the British Bee-Keepers' Association to or- ganize the Congress, requested the hon- orary secretary of the Congress Com- mittee, Mr. J. B. Lamb, to say that the council of tlie Association will be glad if any of the readers of the American Bee Journal can attend on that occa- sion. The Bumble-Bee. You better not fool with a Bumble-bee! Ef you don't think they can sting—you'll see! They're lazy to look at, an' kindo' go Buzzin' an' huniinin' aroun* so slow. An' act so slouchy an' all fagged out, Danglin' their less as they drone about The hollyhawks 'at they can't climb in 'Ithoutist atumble-un out agin! Wunst I watched one climb clean 'way In a jim'son-blossom, I did, one day,— An' 1st grabbed it—an' nen let go— An' "Oooh-ooh! Honey; I told ye so!" Says the Kap'^edy Man; an' he ist run, An' pullt out the singer and don't laugh none, An' say: "They has ben folks, I guess 'At thought I wuz predjudust, more or less,— Yit I still muntain 'at a Bumble-bee Wears out his welcome too quick fer me!" —J/.MEs Whitcomb ee-Keepinolg Conducted by .M. WlusuN. .Maren'^ru A North Carolina Sister. In the North Carolina State Bulletin of Bee-Keeping, in the list of those hav- ing 50 colonies or more, Mrs. Emma Shugar
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