. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. where the hives are not exposed to the sun Most of the nails in these covers can be driven through and clinched, and will not give way and work out. Crisp Co., Ga. J. J. The' Old Reliable '' as seen througrh New and Unreliable Glasees, By E. E. Hasty, Sta. B. Rural, Toledo, Ohio. Thb Debr-Mouse as a Honby-Eater. I have a live deer-mouse. He's a beautiful fellow, fawn-colored above and pure white below. His eyes are large, dark, shining and projecting, like they were beads set on his head. He's a peach. Likewise he is (at least my specimen is)
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. where the hives are not exposed to the sun Most of the nails in these covers can be driven through and clinched, and will not give way and work out. Crisp Co., Ga. J. J. The' Old Reliable '' as seen througrh New and Unreliable Glasees, By E. E. Hasty, Sta. B. Rural, Toledo, Ohio. Thb Debr-Mouse as a Honby-Eater. I have a live deer-mouse. He's a beautiful fellow, fawn-colored above and pure white below. His eyes are large, dark, shining and projecting, like they were beads set on his head. He's a peach. Likewise he is (at least my specimen is) surprisingly tame, or audacious, or something, for a creature with no previous contact with human beings. Did not even scamper a little when first let out of the trap. Walked to a cracker and smelt of it; walked to the water-fount and took along, hearty drink of it ; took a little turn around the limits of his quarters ; and then got to business by beginning to eat. From the first hour he would let me almost poke him with my finger before he would move away. And 48 hours later, in response to one of my finger pokes, he bit me—but not sharply enough to hurt much. Deer-mice mostly keep to the fields ; but this one was caught in the house upstairs. They are one-half larger than house- mice—14 drams — while the normal weight of the house-mouse is 9 drams. But though larger, mine, so far, seems not so ravenous to eat as the little chaps. Well, this is the fellow I accused of eating the honey of out-apiaries, and getting it laid off on the house-mice. Wishing to have his normal perform- ance, before any pampering or other influence from captivity, I gave him honey the first night, a partly-built section, mostly empty comb, but some honey on one side, all sealed. My theory seemed to get a backset at first. He nibbled most of the dry comb into powder, and in the process started the honey to running somewhat ; but it lay on the bottom of the big can which served as cage. To the b
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