MARCH 1, 1915 



a loiig-hladed butclier- 

 kiiife tV)f cutting tlie 

 coiiihs loose, a cliisel, a 

 liivo - tool, a screw - 

 driver, and bee-brush. 

 This case also has a till 

 in which are carried 

 nuUc'hcs, tacks, several 

 sizes of nails, some 

 large hive-staples, etc. 

 We i>laced in the wag- 

 on six eight - frame 

 hives, several extra 

 brood - frames with 

 foundation, splints, ex- 

 tra supers, two lard- 

 ( ans for surplus chunk 

 liotiey, feed for the 

 horse, and a water- 

 bucket. We were ready 

 for an early start ex- 

 cept to pack up our 

 lunch before the trip. 

 An early breakfast 

 and we were off at 3 :30 

 A. 'Si. We enjoy these 

 fresli morning rides 

 past waving fields of 

 grain, through shady 

 dells, over bridges 



wiiose cool streams below look inviting for 

 a Avade in their sandy banks, now slowly up 

 a steep hill with mammoth beech and oak 

 casting their somber shadows along the 

 roadside, and finally to the crest of the hill 

 where old Prince can stop and blow while 

 we lake in a panoramic view of a southern 

 Indiana landscape. In the distance 



Still sits the schoolhouse by the wood, 



A ragged beggar sunning; 

 Around it still the sumacs grow, 



And blackberry vines are running. 





Transfprrins took pl.uty of siudke. 



The bees liad built comb on the outside of one liive. 



To the south is White River, glistening in 

 the morning sun, and here and there a farm- 

 house dotting the hillside with smoke lazily 

 curling upward in the damp morning air. 

 Fertile fields lie below us with their long 

 undulating rows of waving corn. 



The odor of fried country ham in the 

 cold morning air broke our reverie, and we 

 trotted off to reach our destination at 7:30 

 A. M. 



" We're up against it ! " were the first 

 words mv assistant spoke on seeing the bee- 

 yard. "Blacks!" he 

 yelled, as one took him 

 under the left ej-e. 



A casual inspection 

 of the yard soon con- 

 vinced us that bee-veils 

 would be a good thing, 

 for we were going to 

 handle some blacks and 

 hybrids that were en- 

 fire strangers to such 

 things as smokers and 

 modern hives. 



We found fifteen 

 very strong colonies in 

 all manner of boxes, 

 kegs, and antique hives, 

 all swarming with little 

 red ants that crawled 



