. A book about bees. Their history, habits, and instincts; together with the first principles of modern bee-keeping for young readers. Sections in Rack; Tn the next place he takes off from the frames inthe hive the quilts and covering, and puts on thewhole case of sections instead, covering all over withplenty of flannel. And then, lastly, he puts on the roof,which, as I have said before, must have plent)-of room HONE\ AND EXTRACTOR. 149 inside. You sec this done in the following illustra-tion. The bees now, of course, have easy admission intoall these sections, and generally will begin work i
. A book about bees. Their history, habits, and instincts; together with the first principles of modern bee-keeping for young readers. Sections in Rack; Tn the next place he takes off from the frames inthe hive the quilts and covering, and puts on thewhole case of sections instead, covering all over withplenty of flannel. And then, lastly, he puts on the roof,which, as I have said before, must have plent)-of room HONE\ AND EXTRACTOR. 149 inside. You sec this done in the following illustra-tion. The bees now, of course, have easy admission intoall these sections, and generally will begin work inthem without delay if only the sections are kept. Hive with Sections in Position. perfectly warm, and the weather is favourable. Andvery soon some will be finished, filled with the purestcomb and the best of honey. As soon as some are filled, and the cells sealedover, the bee-keeper takes them away, substituting atthe same time an equal number of empty the bees are extremely astonished to findempty sections instead of full ones. They mustthink, that it seems like an endless task to try andget them full. It must seem to them like the task ofSisyphus in the old story, who had to roll to the topof a hill a large stone, which had no sooner reachedthe summit than it fell back, and the labour had tobe recommenced. But like good bees—giving us anexcellent example—they make the best of it, and go 150 HONEY AND EXTRACTOR. on honey gathering, humming their pleasant song,content to work not only for themselves but for others. The more their strength calamity hath drained,The more will they exert them to repairThe nations
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