. The fall of the year. Natural history. 70 THE FALL OF THE YEAR no doubt, before there is plenty again ; there will be suffering and death. But what with the building, the strange deep sleeping, and the harvesting, there will be also much comfortable, much joyous and sociable, living. Long before the muskrats began to build, even before the swallows commenced to flock, my chip- munks started their win- ter stores. I don't know. which began his work first, which kept harder Chipmunk or the provident ant. The ant has a great reputation for thrift, and verses have been written about her. But Chi
. The fall of the year. Natural history. 70 THE FALL OF THE YEAR no doubt, before there is plenty again ; there will be suffering and death. But what with the building, the strange deep sleeping, and the harvesting, there will be also much comfortable, much joyous and sociable, living. Long before the muskrats began to build, even before the swallows commenced to flock, my chip- munks started their win- ter stores. I don't know. which began his work first, which kept harder Chipmunk or the provident ant. The ant has a great reputation for thrift, and verses have been written about her. But Chipmunk is just as thrifty. So is the busy bee. It is the thought of approaching winter that keeps the bee busy far beyond her summer needs. Much of her labor is entirely for the winter. By the first of August she has filled the brood chamber of the hive with honey—forty pounds of it, enough for the hatching bees and for the whole colony until the willows tassel again. But who knows what the winter may be? how cold and long drawn out into the coming May ? So the harvesting is pushed with vigor on, until the frosts kill the last of the autumn asters — on, until fifty, a hundred, or even three hundred pounds of honey are sealed in the combs, and the colony is safe should the sun not shine again for a year and a Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sharp, Dallas Lore, 1870-. Boston, New York [etc. ] Houghton Mifflin Company
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