. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AN-APIARY IN THE WAR ZONE, OR RATHER WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE APIARY AFTER THE GERMAN RETREAT IN NORTHERN FRANCE LAST SPRING.—Inter- national Film Servi-e. she said, standing erect as a soldier beside the general's table. "I have ridden these many miles while a doz- en of the enemy have been kept at bay so I might bear ; When she gave Washington the message he sprang from his seat and laid his fatherly Land upon her shoulder. "The little Quaker maid has saved us," he said, and his voice rang while he looked deep into her gray eyes,.
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AN-APIARY IN THE WAR ZONE, OR RATHER WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE APIARY AFTER THE GERMAN RETREAT IN NORTHERN FRANCE LAST SPRING.—Inter- national Film Servi-e. she said, standing erect as a soldier beside the general's table. "I have ridden these many miles while a doz- en of the enemy have been kept at bay so I might bear ; When she gave Washington the message he sprang from his seat and laid his fatherly Land upon her shoulder. "The little Quaker maid has saved us," he said, and his voice rang while he looked deep into her gray eyes,. lighted with honest loyalty. "I brought the message only as 1 was directed, sir," she said. "It was my bees that saved their ; You can imagine Washington's sur- prise and that of his officers who crowded in with warm praise for the girl, when Charity told them of the story of the patriotic bees. Washington laughed. "It is well done, Little Miss Crabtree," he cried, warmly. "Neither you nor your bees shall be forgotten when our country is at peace again. It was the cack- ling geese that saved Rome, but the bees have saved ; SHE THREu' THE STICK FULL FORCE AT HER PURSUERS. Protection of Small Apiaries By A. F. Bonney. I READ that there are 15,000 tons of corrugated paper made daily in the United States, and after being made into shipping boxes and other things probably ninety per cent of it is wasted by being thrown out or burned. Needing some protection for my supers in my method of demareeing, I conceived the idea of utilizing this stuff, and finally evolved the follow- ing plan : Make a form of soft pine lumber half an inch longer and wider than a Langstroth hive and eleven (11) inches deep. This need not be closed on the bottom. I say soft pine, as nails are to be driven into it and pulled out. Having cut apart corrugated paper packing boxes, which any store- keeper will give for the asking, cover the top of the form
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