. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ^^" Qiir _ ee-Keeping. Conducted hs Kmma .Vi. Wilso><, Alarcusu, . Beginning Bee-Keeping-Management of Swarming Mt Dear Miss Wilson:—! always look forward with pleasure to the arrival of my bee-paper, aod enjoy very much the Sisters' department. And now I feel inclined to " speak in meetin'." In early childhood an uncle kept bees on my father's place, and having been stung a few times, I regarded the bees with fear and terror. I well remember my feeling of relief when at last they were taken off the place. In later years my eldest
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ^^" Qiir _ ee-Keeping. Conducted hs Kmma .Vi. Wilso><, Alarcusu, . Beginning Bee-Keeping-Management of Swarming Mt Dear Miss Wilson:—! always look forward with pleasure to the arrival of my bee-paper, aod enjoy very much the Sisters' department. And now I feel inclined to " speak in meetin'." In early childhood an uncle kept bees on my father's place, and having been stung a few times, I regarded the bees with fear and terror. I well remember my feeling of relief when at last they were taken off the place. In later years my eldest son contracted the " bee-fever " by association with a neighbor bee-keeper; and yieldingto his importunities, I bought 3 colonies very much against my inclination. As we knew nothing about the management of bees, papers were subscribed for and books procured, and we read with increasing interest of the various manipula- tions to be performed. He would put on the veil and gloves and go out to manage the col- onies, while I would look out of the window and counsel him what to do. But this did not satisfy me long, so I donned the togs, and timidly ventured out to investigate for myself; but it was with fear and trembling. It re- quired all my self-control when I heard the bees buzzing around me, not to drop things and run, and I had frequently to reassure my- self that they couldn't possibly get at me any- where. Yes, and it was cruel the way we smoked them. Our neighbor had said the bees were pure Italians, and we knew not differently; but after sending oil for a few pure queens, and watching their hees as they hatched, we soon discovered that our first colonies were mostly blacks, with only a little Italian blood. Our mistakes that summer were many, and considering the good instruction in our papers and books, some of them were inex- cusable. My son was stung several times, and after the bees had crawled up bis pant- legs, he said "twn in one pair of pants was
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