. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. April 9, 1903. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 235 ^ Wliat Yon Yonson Tliinks t It seems kine of funny how da shook svarm- ins fever spred so fast. It vas yiist few eases till las' summer it broke out plenty bad, an before da leavs tall purdneer every bee- keeper had tiioh of it; an Slim ^ot it plenty bad. Ay tank mebby nex' summer dom goan to shake der bees so dom kant rest. Now, for da big: bee-keepers ay tank it vas all rite, but for little bee-keepers lak Yon Yonson ay tank it is better to sow som catnip an sveet clover and plant more rossbers. An den p
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. April 9, 1903. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 235 ^ Wliat Yon Yonson Tliinks t It seems kine of funny how da shook svarm- ins fever spred so fast. It vas yiist few eases till las' summer it broke out plenty bad, an before da leavs tall purdneer every bee- keeper had tiioh of it; an Slim ^ot it plenty bad. Ay tank mebby nex' summer dom goan to shake der bees so dom kant rest. Now, for da big: bee-keepers ay tank it vas all rite, but for little bee-keepers lak Yon Yonson ay tank it is better to sow som catnip an sveet clover and plant more rossbers. An den pat dom bees on da back an tell dom to eider fish or cut bait. But not shake dom any more dan nessesary. Ay don't vont to shake dom, or brlish dom, or kick dom aroun ven dom iss good. Som say it is better to drive dom two times, so purty soon ven dom big bee-keepers vont help, dom vil advertise fur feller to help drive da bees. Now, Y'on Yonson don't need help to drive da bees to svarm, but mebby nex' summer he goan to need feller to drive da red clover bees to da clover held, an hurd dom so dom don't git to da catnip. Ay tank dat goan to be plenty hard yolj, coz dom is yust 60 crasy fur catnip som anyting vat never vas. My goodness, vy for dom bees svarm tor any vay 3 It ve know fur shure den ay tank its better ve don't let dom svariu a tall, but let dom yust roll in der hunny. Now, ay goan to tell you vy for dom bees svarm. In da spring ven dom little bees be- gin to mak hunny, an dom little grasshoppers begin to mak grass, an dom butterflies begin to mak butter, den da nites is kine of cool, and dom bees don't lak to sleep upstairs, an dom begin to pack avay hunny in da top of da brood-frames, an ven dom git it capped over dom don't lak to go upstairs an vork, so dom keep on crowding der quveens furder down, an purty soon der quveens he git mad, an he call der house to order, an dom hole big meetings. Da young bees vat is use to have play spells, dom lak to have plenty big ti
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