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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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<'( or: then everybody who came in was to 

 i- crape his shoes and rub off the sand on 

 the doormat. The paths were all of clean 

 sandy loam; but she said she did not want 



l''IG._2— OUK "CABIN IN THK WOODS. 



the sand tracked^ in on the carpet, even if 

 it was so white and clean. Then she want- 

 ed a board walk to the out-building-. This 

 structure was concealed by shrubbery be- 

 fore the leaves 

 had fallen. At 

 each sideof this 

 narrow board 

 walk I raked 

 off some level 

 beds and sowed 

 r3'e, so we had 

 a very green 

 lawn, even in 

 November. The 

 cornice, corner- 

 posts, window- 

 casing's, etc., 

 are painted 

 green to harmo- 

 nize with the 

 woods; and it 

 made a very 

 pretty contrast 

 with the cedar 

 shingles. When 

 the nights be- 

 gan to be cold 

 we found the 

 cold air coming 

 up through he 

 floor so as to 

 make it rather 

 breez3^ First I 

 shall have to explain that there are no win- 

 dows on the south side, because I under- 

 stood her to say she did not want windows 



there. But that was my mistake. Well, 

 just below the floor line, on the south side, 

 we have two long doors hinged along the 

 top. These can be raised up, and propped 



up with a stick 

 so as to look 

 like an awning 

 or porch ; and 

 this place un- 

 der the build- 

 ing we use for 

 a wood-shed on 

 one end and for 

 a tool-house on 

 the other end. 

 When we get 

 through work 

 the tools are all 

 laid in the 

 Dais3^ wheel- 

 barrow, the 

 swinging door 

 raised up, and 

 tools and all 

 are quickly 

 pushed in out of 

 the rain. The 

 window beside 

 the door is cov- 

 ered with mos- 

 quito - netting, 

 as you notice. 

 Just over the 

 roof you get a 

 glimpseofthechimney,madeof white bricks. ■ 

 I hauled the bricks and sand, and a car- 

 penter built the chimney. He objected at 

 flrst; but when questioned he admitted he 



REAR VIEW. 



KIG. 1. I'KONT VIEW OF " CABIN IN THE WOODS. 



once built a chimney for himself. I told 

 him I thought we two together could make 

 one that would do. 



