Gleanings in bee culture . JOnN AND niS FATIIEK. Papa I John ! The bees are swarming Idont you see them V It was httle Marysvoice; and, sure enough, the bees wereswarming. The particulars of the event youhave had already. Well, after John got back from the woodswith his bees still clustered on the limb, hegave them to friend jNIerrybanks to hold,while he went after the hive left sitting onthe pail. The pail was over near the fence,and as the was lifted otf of it, some stiffgrass and weeds underneath it somuch as to upset it, and it rolled over againstthe board fence. Now, the b
Gleanings in bee culture . JOnN AND niS FATIIEK. Papa I John ! The bees are swarming Idont you see them V It was httle Marysvoice; and, sure enough, the bees wereswarming. The particulars of the event youhave had already. Well, after John got back from the woodswith his bees still clustered on the limb, hegave them to friend jNIerrybanks to hold,while he went after the hive left sitting onthe pail. The pail was over near the fence,and as the was lifted otf of it, some stiffgrass and weeds underneath it somuch as to upset it, and it rolled over againstthe board fence. Now, the bottom board ofthe fence was a rather broad one, and as thepail rolled against it, it fell with its mouthagainst this board in such a way that thepail was all closed, except a small openingat the lower edge. The picture will showyou just how the pail lay against the the weeds. had risen up back ofthe pail, it was ob-scured from view soeffectually from theinside of the fence,that no one wouldhave ever thought ofthere being a pailthere; and, in truth,neither John norTHE NOVEL BEEHIVE, ^ig father Bver didfind the pail. After the excitement of bring-ing the bees home, John was not even asgood as usual at remembering, and so itnever occurred to him that the pail was downin the weeds just where it tipped over whenhe lifted the hive up. After he and hisfather had botli hunted for it in vain, theygave it up ; and when the latter went downto the grocery in the evening to get somemore tobacker, he bought a new pail. Now, one great reason why Johns fatherwas a poor man was, that he seldom tookcare of his tubs, pails, etc. When a hooptumbled off, it was seldom put back andfastened; but the utensils and tools weremostly left out in the sun and rain until theyfell in pieces, and then new ones were boughtas a matter of course. His plea was, that it was more expensive to f
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