Teacher's Leaflet. 



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Photograph by W. Z. Hutchinson. 

 Bees hanging hi a curtain secreting wax; comb being built in the centre above. 



of a republic that has many kings and only one queen ; and where the citi- 

 zens do all the governing without voting, and where the kings are power- 

 less and the queen works as hard and longer than any of her subjects, and 

 then tell them that the pages of history contain no account of a republic 

 so wonderful as this; yet the nearest bee hive is the home of just this 

 sort of government. 



In addition to the interest of the bee colony from a nature-study stand- 

 point, it is well to get the children interested in bee-keeping as a com- 

 mercial enterprise. A small apiary well managed may bring in an accept- 

 able income ; and it should be the source of a regular revenue to the boys 

 and girls of the farm, for one hive should net the young bee-keeper from 

 three to five dollars per year and prove a business education to him in 

 the meantime. 



In almost every country or village community there is an apiary, or at 

 least some one who keeps a few colonies of bees ; to such the teacher must 

 turn for material for this lesson. If this is not practical the teacher may 

 purchase specimens from any bee dealer ; she may, for instance, get an 

 untested queen with attendant workers in a queen cage sent by mail for 

 a small sum. These could be kept alive for some time by feeding them 

 with honey, during which time the pupils can study the forms of the 



