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GLEANINGS IN i3EE CrLTl^RE. 



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I do not find it. Just when I want it most, 

 this is my In-st intimation that it is missing, 

 and it may have been gt)ne tor some time- 

 all because I did not have a place for the 

 tool in question. You have both heard, 

 ' A place for every thing, and every thing 

 in its place.' If this is observed in the shop 

 when ri tool is not in its accustomed place, 

 it is at once apparent. Let me show you 

 how to tell where each tool belongs.'' So 

 saying he picked up a saw. placed it broad- 

 side up against the side of the work-shop 

 over the bench. Tlirough the hand-hole he 

 drove two nails. '' There," said he, " we 

 will let yoin- saw hang there for its place." 



JaVENIIiE IiET^ER-B©^. 



" Achiel'8 amangye takin' notes; 

 An'faith, he'll prentit." 



A PART OF THE BOYS' WORK-SHOP. 



'' But, how are you going to tell that it be- 

 longs there V" said Sam. 



Without replying. Mr. G. took a pen(,'il 

 from his pocket. AVith this he inscribed a 

 pencil-mark clear round the saw, the pencil 

 followiiig closely all the indentations. Then 

 taking the tool off its hangings, he said. 

 " There, that is a pretty good pictuie of a 

 saw, don't you think '? It is only an outline, 

 it is true." 



"That's so,"' said Jimmie; "any one 

 ought to know where that saw belongs."' 



Mr. G. then did likewise with a hammer, 

 a hatchet, and a square. When these tools 

 were removed from their hangings there 

 was a perfect pictnre of each on the side of 

 the shop, showing just exactly where they 

 belonged, the size, shape, and kind of tools. 

 Mr. Green then left them. 



"That is just splendid.'" said Sam, as he 

 took the monkey-wrencli, drove a conple 

 of nails for it to hang on, and then inscrib- 

 ed it with his pencil as it hung on the wall. 



" Yes,'" said -Timmie, " the picture looks 

 just like a monkey-wrench." 



The boys did likewise with the rest of 

 their tools ; and when they had got them 

 hung up over the bench, that portion of the 

 shop locked like the cut given above. You 

 will notice that the square, a small ham- 

 mer, and a saw, are lying on the bench, 

 but the pencil-marks on the wall show 

 where each belongs. If you could have seen 

 this portion of the shop just as Old Shift- 

 lessness left it, you would not have recog- 

 nized it. 



At the other end of the shop, near the 

 buzz-saw, there were sticks, fragments of 

 hives, frame-stuff, sawdust, and general 

 confusion of every 'thing. At the opposite 

 end, or near the work-bench, there were 

 tools, nails, shavings, sticks, etc., more or 

 less mixed together. 



FREEZING AND UNFREEZING BEES. 



Since the November 1.5th issue, only three 

 have responded to my call for experimejits, 

 on how long bees will remain in a chilled 

 state, and not die. Perhaps it is a little 

 early yet to get very many reports. In 'a 

 good many localities, I am aware that real 

 cold weather has not yet begun ; and a con- 

 tinued cold is necessary for proper experi- 

 ments. I propose that you young friends 

 experiment just the same. As there proba- 

 bly will be colder weather during the next 

 month you will have better opportunities to 

 experiment. I want you to follow carefully 

 the instructions I gave in our issue for Nov. 

 15, page 869 ; and if the prizes offered on 

 that page are not satisfactory, you can select 

 any ten-cent article in our premium-list you 

 choose, if you send in a report of your ex- 

 periments with freezing and " unfreezing 

 bees.'" I want to see a whole lot of letters 

 from all localities, where there is cold weath- 

 er ; and then, you know, when we compare 

 the results of your experiments— well, we 

 shall know more than we did before, won't 

 we? 



FROZEN BEES KEVIVINO AFTER 43 HOURS. 



Monday, Nov. 28, at T o'clock p. m., 1 put two dozen 

 bees on the snow and two dozen in a queen-cag-e 

 where they were exposed to a freezing tempera- 

 ture, and 1 took, Tuesday, 7 a. m. (according- to your 

 rules), two bees from the snow and two bees from 

 the queen-cage and put them in a warm place. 

 Part of the bees revived and crawled around. At 7 

 o'clock, Tuesday p. m., I took two bees from the 

 snow and two bees from the queen-cage, and part 

 of the bees revived and crawled about. At 7 o'clock, 

 Wednesday a. m., 1 put the required number of bees 

 in a warm place, and part of them revived, but were 

 rather weak. At 12 o'clock Wednesday, at noon 

 (for I didn't think they would live until night), I 

 took the required number of bees and put them in 

 a warm place and they revived so they could move 

 their beak and .legs a little. At 7 o'clock, Wednes- 

 day p. M., I put about half a dozen bees in a warm 

 place, and there wasn't any life to be found. Reck- 

 oning the time up it would be 42 hours, and the bees 

 were ttiied with honey, for I examined them. If you 

 think I am entitled to a jack-knife, I should like it. 



Massena, N. Y. Herbert Hutchins. 



Most surely, friend Herbert, you are en- 

 titled to a jack-knife ; and ere this it is speed- 

 ing on its way to you as fast as steam can 

 carry it.— So you could not make the bees 

 revive after 42 hours — not quite two whole 

 days. Well, that is pretty good for the first 

 report. You followed instructions exactly, 

 but you did not tell us whether the bees 



i from the queen-cage revived any quicker 

 than those taken directly from the snow. 

 The object in getting the "little folks to take 

 bees both from the snow and from a queen- 

 cage was to see what moisture had to do in 

 determining results— whether bees that are 

 perfectly dry will revive after a longer peri- 



I od in afrozen condition than those which 



