. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. THE AMERICAN STUNG. A Vagrant bee came buzzing round, And Chloe, frightened at the sound, Cried, 'Mary, help! Go, Lizzy, fetch A broom and kill the little Wretch !' Too late! despite the bustling maids, The Wanton imp at once invades Poor Chloe's lips—the saucy thing ! And there its ugly sting. The culprit caught, the maids prepare To kill the monster then and there ; When, trembling for its life, the bee Makes this extenuating pica:— •Forgive ! O beauteous queen! forgive My sad mistake; for, as I live, Your mouth (I'm sorry, g
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. THE AMERICAN STUNG. A Vagrant bee came buzzing round, And Chloe, frightened at the sound, Cried, 'Mary, help! Go, Lizzy, fetch A broom and kill the little Wretch !' Too late! despite the bustling maids, The Wanton imp at once invades Poor Chloe's lips—the saucy thing ! And there its ugly sting. The culprit caught, the maids prepare To kill the monster then and there ; When, trembling for its life, the bee Makes this extenuating pica:— •Forgive ! O beauteous queen! forgive My sad mistake; for, as I live, Your mouth (I'm sorry, goodness knoWs), I surely took it for a rose ! ' 'Poor insect! ' Chloe sighed ; I VoW 'Tw'ere Very hard to kill him noW; No harm the little felloW meant — And, then, he seems so penitent ; Besides, the pain Was Very small— I scarcely feel it noW at all!' John Q Saxe. THE HONEY EXTRACTOR—ITS USE AND ABUSE. The Honey Extractor ! What a wealth of thought in those words to a bee-keeper. There dances before his eyes golden honey, clear as a crystal, buckwheat cakes, adulteration, hard work in summer's hottest sun, mad bees, sticky fingers, gummy apron, but above them all there appears the word success. Also does he see that the invention was born of necessity. The honey ex- tractor is a necessity in modern bee- keeping where financial success comes into the problem at all, and not only is it a necessity to the man producing honey not mixed with comb, but also to him whose sole purpose is to put upon the market that which has never been manipulated by any one, save the bees themselves. I refer to comb- honey. The Divine law governing the habits of the honey-bee, directs that they shall store honey for winter use, and shall also take their queen, leaving a sufficient number to look after affairs, seek a new home, where they shall find room to store the necessary provinder for their iuci'easingneeds. We cannot absolutely control God's immutable laws as interpreted in the hbn
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