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know most are most eager to know more! 

 It's only a very little knowledge that's a 

 satisfying thing. With this plan in mind, 

 A. I. Root's account of the weekly meetings 

 of beekeei<eis in Florida was particularly 

 interesting. (March 1"), p. 251.) 



Mr. Buchanan, the .secretary of the state 

 association, informs me that some such well- 

 known beemen as Dr. Phillips. Prof. E. G. 

 Baldwin. J. J. Wilder. Adrian Getaz, and 

 others will be in Chattanooga April 28, 29. 

 in connection with tlie Southern Educa- 

 tional and Industrial Conference. That 

 surely sounds attractive. 



KOI'L-ISKOOI) LK(;i>SLATIOX SAFE. 



The beekeepers of Tennessee who were 

 not present at the convention may not know 

 what a sjilendid fight was put up in Nash- 

 ville in the winter. Avhen some of the legis- 

 lators tried to repeal our foul-brood-inspec- 

 tion law. Dr. J. S. Ward, the state in- 

 sjiector. was on the scene day after day. 

 with statistics and general bee-booster liter- 

 ature that was eye-opening to some of our 

 law-makei-s who had not guessed the real 

 value of bees. And with the help of Mr. 

 Ben G. Davis and a few others Dr. Wanl 

 and the Dixie bee won the day. 



Over in Winston-Salem. N. C. is a new 

 organization, the Forsyth County Bee Club. 

 According to Count}' Farm Demonstrator 

 Bruce Anderson it is an enthusiastic young- 

 club that expects to grow and produce some 

 real results. One of their rules requires 

 tliat ''members must keep records of their 

 colonies — that is, cost of colony, time of 

 swarming, cost of materials, and amount 

 ' f surplus secured." Xot a bad iuIp. either. 



In a letter recently received the writer 

 remarked that the name at the head of this 

 page attached to my verses did not of itself 

 signify either Miss or Mrs. Well, if any 

 one has the time and patience to read all 

 the way through the following verse, that 

 poiiil may be made clear! 



AN" OLD FASHION KD DRIVK. 



My sweetheart took me out for a drive 



On a day like a dreain coriie true. 

 We -H'ent right into the heart of the hills 



Where the sunlight slanted through; 

 Where old rail fences and low rock walls 



Were hung with ivy and moss, 

 And a pebbly stream sang low in its dream 



Till we waked it, splashing across. 

 Tlie road was a tangle of sun and shade 



Under boughs of sunlit green, 

 With the hazy hue of the distant blue 



Where the far hills rose between. 



The dogwood trees were white with flower. 



And a sudden sweetness blew 

 Where the delicate blossoming locust swung 



Or the honeysuckle grew. 

 The woodpeckers tapped and the brown thrush sang. 



And, darting along by the fence. 

 Were bluebirds and wTens and orioles 



Exchanging their compliments. 

 But sweetest of all were the mockingbirds; 



They shook out their wonderful notes 

 Witli the rapture that springs from a heart that has 

 wings 



And a song-bewildeied throat. 



We stopped at a home in the heart of the hills, 



^\Tiere the hum of a million bees 

 Softened the silence with silvery sound 



In the scent of the blossoming trees. 

 A home in the hills and the humming of bees ! 



A glad content and a friendly hand! 

 The elad content and the hum of the bees 



Will linger long, for we understand. 

 " Did you like the drive? " my sweetheart asked; 



" As well as our other drives? " urged he. 

 " This drive was the best," my heart confessed, 



" Of all our drives since vou married me." 



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NOTES FROM CANADA.- 



a big ditTerence, no doubt. During real 

 cold weathei' T sometimes wish that I might 

 spend the winters in a more balmy clime; 

 yet, after all, no country has a monopoly of 

 the good or bad features, and things are 

 pi'etty evenly divided u]i. all things consid- 

 ered. During the beautiful cold and clear 

 days of our past winter, to have mentioned 

 going south to our young folks enjoying 

 skating and other winter sports would only 

 have brouglil a smile of contemjit from 

 them; and it is a fact that tlicy ])refer the 

 winter sea.son to the sununer. While we 

 might desire to be tinkering with (he bees 

 early in the season, yet th" cimdilions for- 

 bid that here, and at the .same time make it 



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unnecessary to do any work at that time. 

 Seemingly the bees get ready for the hon- 

 ey-flow just the same as where the working 

 season is longer. The moth nuisance men- 

 tioned by L. H. SchoU is a very minor evil 

 indeed in this climate, largely becau.se the 

 cold weather kills all eggs that are in combs 

 storefl away, and as a result we need have 

 no fear of our surplus combs being troubled 

 before we want to use them the next season. 

 And then when it comes to the summer sea- 

 son, needless to say we have no desire to go 

 south then, as it certainly gets warm enough 

 up here to suit us without going any nearei" 

 the e(juator. 



