. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 54 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL February like the Moslem expression: "Tabarak, Allah," (What a blessing, Allah). Had it not been for the oc- casional stings and the unpleasant posture, I might have believed my- self in the Paradise of Mahomet. Think of those pretty girls and their artistic conversation and that stream of white honey! If we did not have seven mules, we had at least seven tubs of fine honey, all evidently gathered from the numer- ous basswood trees of the public drives. An old Italian woman, who transported the honey in a littl
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 54 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL February like the Moslem expression: "Tabarak, Allah," (What a blessing, Allah). Had it not been for the oc- casional stings and the unpleasant posture, I might have believed my- self in the Paradise of Mahomet. Think of those pretty girls and their artistic conversation and that stream of white honey! If we did not have seven mules, we had at least seven tubs of fine honey, all evidently gathered from the numer- ous basswood trees of the public drives. An old Italian woman, who transported the honey in a little hand-cart, had some difficulty in keeping all the recipients aboard, and as she tried to straighten up one of them, at the foot of the hill, she touched with her finger a bee which she thought dead. "Ah, la Carogna e encora viva!" "Ah, the carrion is still alive!" cried she, as she was stung on the finger. We finally dipped out some of the combs with a skimmer, but a shovel would have been better, and we at last left the balance because they were too far. The swarms had been there since the beginning of the war, and one could see the 1914 combs of dark color, those of 1915 and 1916 of light brown, and the 1917 combs of immaculate white. I se- cured about 12 combs of brood from each swarm, and the ladies had a long job straining the honey. As the Vestals were too numerous to keep up the sacred fire properly, the smoker was run very intermit- tently and there were more stings than there should have been had the smoke been produced judiciously. Then the bees were too numerous and scattered over too large a space, for they occupied over 9 feet each way. The ladies promised to continue the study of beekeeping, reading good practical works and periodi- cals. Although the evenings are short in summer, eai h is anxious to dis- cuss bees and to put her acquired knowledge to the service' of "revic- ; If they only scatter a few- hints among tluir f
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