Sixteen colonies kept in a ehurcbyavd close to 

 often full of teams. The hees have made no trouble. 



of stores and no foul brood. I can iiov/ 

 understand how it happened. 



This apiary consists of sixteen stands. 

 It is located in the rear of the Methodist 

 ehui'ch, the corner of which shows in the 

 picture. The cliurch is located on tlie cor- 

 ner of two of the roost important streets in 

 town (Caldwe]] has about 4000 i)eople). 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



The parsonage adjoins 

 t!ie church; the back 

 lawn conies to the 

 edge of the apiary, 

 and a corner of it 

 shows in the pictui'e. 

 This lawn is a play- 

 ground for the pas- 

 tor's five children. It 

 is the "social center'' 

 for other children in 

 the neighbor hood. 

 Their sandpile is 36 

 feet away. Back of 

 the lattice is a hitch- 

 rack 25 feet away. 

 This is often filled 

 with teams. Some 200 

 Sunday-school schol- 

 ars meet in the church 

 and basement. One of 

 the entrances to the 

 Sunda3r-school room is 

 not over 15 feet away. Last year there was 

 no lattice between bees and the hitch-rack. 

 iSIo one has ever been stung or disturbed by 

 the bees except on one or two occasions 

 when, in mischief, one of the children dis- 

 turbed the hives. Bees seem to get used to 

 people and tean\s. They are Italians. 

 Caldwell, Idaho. 



hitcliing-rack that is 



ACH, DOSE BEES! DOSE BEES! 



BY VILHELM BEECUS 



Veil, I dunno. I don't belief haff uff vat 

 I hear alretty. I haff been reefing dose bee- 

 papers a long vile, und sometimes ago T 

 ret dot der easy vay to make money out uff 



bees iss to let der bees 



come und make dere 

 home mit you. Vun 

 feller sess he put up 

 many poxes in der 

 trees und dey vas all 

 filled mit bees unt hon- 

 ey in der tvinkling uff 

 an eye. Vel, ven I ret 

 dose beautiful vorts, 1 

 set: "Dot iss elekant 

 lankvidge. "Vot a duu- 

 derkop I haff been ! 

 Fortune liass been tr-r- 

 rying to flirt mit me 

 from der tr-r-reetops, 

 like a Coy and ehentle 

 maiden, und I haff been 

 so blind to her beauty 

 as a bat mit glass eyes." 

 TTnd den, at viitice, I 



got so plumb full uff der milk uff human 

 kintness dot ven I took off my hat dere vas 

 a grease- spot on der hatband. 



Und den T vent out und grabbed a un- 



Dey vas all yellow chackets. 



