. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. CONCLUSION, " Well, you know exactly what slie, means do you not y Does slie not say, as plainly as words could tell it,' You go way off, and let me be; I loill sit, if I want to. Tliey are my eggs, for I laid ' em "y" " Well, noWjtlie bees talk just as plainly as the hen and dog; but as you are not acquaint- ed with them, I will go along and act as in- terpreter. Tliat is, I will tell you what tliey say. As little folks are pretty easily fright- ened or discouraged, I think ma
. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. CONCLUSION, " Well, you know exactly what slie, means do you not y Does slie not say, as plainly as words could tell it,' You go way off, and let me be; I loill sit, if I want to. Tliey are my eggs, for I laid ' em "y" " Well, noWjtlie bees talk just as plainly as the hen and dog; but as you are not acquaint- ed with them, I will go along and act as in- terpreter. Tliat is, I will tell you what tliey say. As little folks are pretty easily fright- ened or discouraged, I think mamma had better fix some sort of a veil on your liats, until you get a little used to the business. Any sort of an old veil will do, or some new ones can be cheaply made, of a piece of tarle- tan. Now notice ; if I go up to their hives, and stand in front of them, they will buzz all round me ; and pretty soon, if-1 do not move, they will begin to ' scold.' very much as the old hen did ; and to me, it is just as plain what they want. They want you to get away, so they can go on with their work. When you go up to the hives, always be careful to stand at one side of their line of travel, aiul then they will be much less likely to try to drive you away. Almost every hive has a particular ' path ' through the air, and we are to watch and see where this path is, and let them have it, full width. "Now, boys, for business; pull down all the old sheds there may be around the bee- hives; clear away all rubbish; and if the hives are set on any kind of benches, clear these all away, and set them right on the ground; or. rather, raise them on 4 half-bricks laid down Hat; if we are going to ha\e a con- venient village, we must have the houses on the ground, not up on stilts. " ^Ve have not called upon papa yet ; but now we shall have to ask him for a load of nice sawdust, and then we are ready for the little broom and hoe, to make the streets and lanes and alleys of our city. It man
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