. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 57. Little Ah Sid. Little Ah Sid Whs a Christian kid— A cute little cuss, you'd declare— With eyes full of fun And a nose that begun Higli up in the roots of his hair. Jolly and fat Was this frolicsome brat As he played through the long summer day; And he braided his cue As his father used to In Chinaland, far, far away. Once o'er the lawn That Ah Sid played on A honey-bee Hew in the spring, " Melican butter-fly," "Cried he, " Ki Yi," "Me catchee and pull off uni ; ! hen with his cap
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 57. Little Ah Sid. Little Ah Sid Whs a Christian kid— A cute little cuss, you'd declare— With eyes full of fun And a nose that begun Higli up in the roots of his hair. Jolly and fat Was this frolicsome brat As he played through the long summer day; And he braided his cue As his father used to In Chinaland, far, far away. Once o'er the lawn That Ah Sid played on A honey-bee Hew in the spring, " Melican butter-fly," "Cried he, " Ki Yi," "Me catchee and pull off uni ; ! hen with his cap He gave it a rap— This innocent, busy bee— And put its remains In the seat of his jeans, For a pocket ne'er had the Chinee. Down on the green Sat the sardine, In a style that was strangely demure, And said with a grin That was brim full of sin, " Me mashee um butterfly, ; Little Ah Sid Was only a kid, Nor could you expect him to guess What kind of a bug lie was holding so snug In the folds of his loose-fitting dress. '• Ki ; Ki -yip'-ye," Ah Sid cried, as he Rose hurriedly up from that spot, " Ki-yi ; Yuk-a-Yan, l>;ffn um Melican man— Um butter-flv bellv much ; Double-cased Hive.—We have elsewhere expressed a strong prefer- ence for a light form of hive, with an outer casing of similar Light wood and a pretty roomy space between k and the hive proper. It is just aquestion whether our views regarding the need of this space being filled with warm material or not will require modifying, but so far as we have deemed any- thing beyond the simple air-space it- self unnecessary. And the terrible severe winter through which our bees are now passing—unprotected by any- thing except the bare hives and outer cases—will surely test the point thor- oughly. We never liked the littery mess a bushel of chaff or cork-dust makes when removing it—so far with- out bad results; and if the bees are all right this year, we shall consider that
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