. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 498 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. Nov. 6, 1919. strong; and a great fear rises that they will be blown away. Wherefore, under instructions, I train the garden hose on them, and the gentle spraying of the water brings them to- gether and then brings them slowly, slowly down till at last they alight in a thick, clamoTOUs cluster on top of the loganberry, where it sprawls luxuriantly over the pei'gola. One of the women folk, veiled but greatly daring, climbs up the garden step- ladder and seeks to dislodge them. It is true she succeeds, but only i
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 498 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. Nov. 6, 1919. strong; and a great fear rises that they will be blown away. Wherefore, under instructions, I train the garden hose on them, and the gentle spraying of the water brings them to- gether and then brings them slowly, slowly down till at last they alight in a thick, clamoTOUs cluster on top of the loganberry, where it sprawls luxuriantly over the pei'gola. One of the women folk, veiled but greatly daring, climbs up the garden step- ladder and seeks to dislodge them. It is true she succeeds, but only in inducing them to fly once again. They whirl about in the air; they are blown over the laburnum; they pay no heed to the loud clangour of the frying pan as it is vigorously beaten with a ham- mer by the lady of the house, they are going from usâwhen, suddenly and mer- cifully, the wind drops, and they, too, drop and rest on a branch of the pear tree. The veiled women are swiftly at work. Beneath the branch a sheet is spread; a hive is placed near it; from the sheet and partly covered by it, a board gives access to the hive; two or three smart blows on the branch, and on to the sheet the clus- ter falls, a crawling, singing, happy host. Then the veiled women, equally happy, fall on their knees, and, reckless of stings, they induce a few of the bees to enter the hive. The rest gradually follow this example, and after a strenuous half hour of activity, the swarm is safely housed.^â M. [9B97] In Northamptonshire (parts of), 1860-70, it was a prevalent idea that honey, taken daily with the meals, was a â ]>reventative of calculus (stone in the bladder). I have recently met witli the same ideas. Can you tell me whether there is any ground for this idea, and if so, for what reason?âCardinal. Reply.âIn "Honey and Health," by A. Hope, it is stated on page 28, " The bcTiefit of the use of honey in these com- pLaints (referring to kidney and bladder ^ompladats)
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