Gleanings in bee culture . r-ests of nature. They requested that I givethem a lesson on bees, and this is theirfirst experience. We opened the hive witli-out the aid of veil or gloves, and the boyjust in the rear of the hive passed out theframes to his mates. Though they i^layedaround with these bees for an hour therewere only tAvo stings in the entire little fellow was quite enraptured withthe delights of the little insects, which heviewed for the first time as he sat on theground gazing into the entrance of the think this a remarkable object lesson thatbees are not so bad
Gleanings in bee culture . r-ests of nature. They requested that I givethem a lesson on bees, and this is theirfirst experience. We opened the hive witli-out the aid of veil or gloves, and the boyjust in the rear of the hive passed out theframes to his mates. Though they i^layedaround with these bees for an hour therewere only tAvo stings in the entire little fellow was quite enraptured withthe delights of the little insects, which heviewed for the first time as he sat on theground gazing into the entrance of the think this a remarkable object lesson thatbees are not so bad as they have been re-garded. Arcadia, Sound Beach, Ct. A CONVENIENT HONEY-HOUSE AND WORK-SHOP BY JOHN T. SMITH The engraving shows my bee-yard andwork-shop. In nearly the entire yard Iuse the Hoffman frame. Part of the yardis run for comb honey, and the rest, some24 colonies, for extracted honey. Last fallthere were 110 colonies in the yard. Ilost 50 in the winter, so commenced theseason with onlv fiO. T liave increased to. A group of boys who have found out that bees can be tamed, 604 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE
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