. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1881. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 267. For the American Bee Journal. My Prize Poem on the Honey Bee. 1VJI. F. CLARKE. The bee'-* a model citizen—ease, food, '. alt is fielded to the public good ; No individual Interests « otgli u grain Where there are public interests to maintain ; As in old Itome. when nit were for the State, Ktcb helped tlici' poor men loved the great. The bee, in ages past, wi In characters of worker, theoriesnnd > Usurped tile place "t rat nut known and drone rstitions litlons, In the brief sketch of
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1881. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 267. For the American Bee Journal. My Prize Poem on the Honey Bee. 1VJI. F. CLARKE. The bee'-* a model citizen—ease, food, '. alt is fielded to the public good ; No individual Interests « otgli u grain Where there are public interests to maintain ; As in old Itome. when nit were for the State, Ktcb helped tlici' poor men loved the great. The bee, in ages past, wi In characters of worker, theoriesnnd > Usurped tile place "t rat nut known and drone rstitions litlons, In the brief sketch of my apicnl- tural career which appears in the Bee Journal of July 13, accompanying the portrait, no mention is made of what I have ever regarded as one of the highest honors gained by me as a bee-keeper. Ten years ago this sum- mer I succeeded in winning the $40 prize, offered by H. A. King & Co., of the Bee-Keepers' Magazine, New lrork, for the best poem on " The ; I was very proud of the achievement, and am yet. Up to that period of my life I had not considered myself, nor been considered by others, a poet. I had, like most people who handle the pen much, now and then jingled a few rhymes together—that was all. When I saw the advertisement offering the prize, I said to myself, " Now, this thing won't go altogether by poetic merit. There must be knowledge of apiculture displayed, as well as poetic genius. 1 think I know ther bee pretty thoroughly, and I am going to try for this ; On announcing this de- termination to my better-half, she threw several pails of cold water on it. " The Yankees will never let that prize go to a Canuck: " You're not a poet, you know;" " Time and trouble thrown away," etc. The true use of advice is to make us more firm in our own way, so I went ahead with my poem, resolved to do my very best. When the letter came from New York, announcing my success over 40 odd competitors, I felt greatl
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