. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 26 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. years has had the satisfaction of practic- ing the teachings of Mr. Hall in the coun- try where the instruction was received, and as a result of his strict application to business in afield with which he was thor- oughly acquainted, has achieved success, and prominence among hee-keepers of On- tario. On the other hand, the writer has been allured by stories of the "joyous hum of bees in midwinter," dreams of "lands of eternal springtime," "visions of floral seas" and such notions, hither and yon,
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 26 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. years has had the satisfaction of practic- ing the teachings of Mr. Hall in the coun- try where the instruction was received, and as a result of his strict application to business in afield with which he was thor- oughly acquainted, has achieved success, and prominence among hee-keepers of On- tario. On the other hand, the writer has been allured by stories of the "joyous hum of bees in midwinter," dreams of "lands of eternal springtime," "visions of floral seas" and such notions, hither and yon, spending his energy to enrich railroad companies. While "John" has been, throughout "The Circle of the Year," reg- ularly carrying his colonies from the cellar and placing them upon the same old stand; watching for the skunk-cabbage and dan- delion to "start the ball" in the spring; the apple blossoms to come and go, year routine of preparing the exhibit for the Provincial fair at London or the Toronto Industrial, and, finally, getting back in- to winter quarters, "Harr}-" might have been seen climbing the foothills of Al- legheny range to see the bees poison themselves (?) mith mountain laurel; chasing a runaway swarm among the sage brush, up and down the precipitous can- yons of California; viewing the broad acres of purple alfalfa bloom in the arid West: standing aghast at the oceans of mesquite which stretches away to meet the horizon of Arizona or Old Mexico; camped in some mangrove swamp of South Florida, testing its producing ca- pacity; or tangled in the bell flower vines of Cuba's south coast. The following reflection may afford a fair specimen of those "terrible exam- ples" often so highly prized by parents. >LiHfc,RN HEH CMP.\N\, i-X. I', X'l,.\. I, rAKI \ i UVV. after year; building up for the great har- vest annuall}^ anticipated to begin about June loth, when the first white heads of clover peep through t
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