. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. No. 69—Miss Elsie BurJen. Our picture and short sketch this week will likely more particularly in- terest the younger members of the fami- lies who receive the Bee ELSIE BURDEN. Although not yet 8 years of age, Elsie Burden, a little girl in the town of Bird- sail, Allegany Co., N. Y., has accom- plished something as a maker of honey- boxes. As soon as she was large enough to handle a hammer she began nailing together the waste pieces in the shop of her father, who is a bee-keeper, so he finally set her to nailing honey-boxes. She succeeded
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. No. 69—Miss Elsie BurJen. Our picture and short sketch this week will likely more particularly in- terest the younger members of the fami- lies who receive the Bee ELSIE BURDEN. Although not yet 8 years of age, Elsie Burden, a little girl in the town of Bird- sail, Allegany Co., N. Y., has accom- plished something as a maker of honey- boxes. As soon as she was large enough to handle a hammer she began nailing together the waste pieces in the shop of her father, who is a bee-keeper, so he finally set her to nailing honey-boxes. She succeeded so well at this that she. 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 [Hamilton, Ill. , etc. , Dadant & Sons]
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