April, 1919 



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FROM THE FIELD OF EXPERIENCE 



would look ami feel that way. Somehow 

 I felt that if I could only get home the hor^^c 

 could be put under cover and I could "lie 

 low" myself. At last I found a place to 

 turn, in a neighbor's driveway. We gallop 

 ed around the circle and finally headed home. 

 Only ten minutes more of agony. Luckily 

 a man was drinking water at the roadside 

 pump in front of the stable. I screamed at 

 him long before he could possibly hear me. 

 Finally he heard, but seemed unusually slow 

 of comprehension. But when we stopped he 

 rushed up with a blanket to cover the now 

 plunging horse, and I must admit I have 

 never seen a horse unharnessed faster in 

 my life. Into the stable we rushed, all three, 

 closing the door and windows tight. Oh, 

 what a blessed haven of refuge that dark 

 stable seemed! Nerves had been stretched 

 so tight that another instant with those 

 " most marvelous and extraordinary little 

 creatures ' ' and the nerves would have 

 snapped completely. Peeking out thru the 

 stable window I saw what was to me now a 

 most amusing series of moving pictures. 

 First came the butcher 's boy, feet on dasher, 

 cigarette between teeth, jogging placidly 

 along with an old and faithful horse; but 

 on drawing even with the deserted buggy 

 with its vicious load, what a transformation 

 scene took place, my friends. From his 

 mouth flew the cigarette, from the dasher his 

 feet. For a moment hands were busy slap- 

 ping and tearing the air; then old Dobbin 

 felt the whip descend on his fat flanks as 

 never before. In a cloud of dust and bees 

 they disappeared. My little nephew coming 

 up the road suddenly clapped his hand on his 

 eye and ran for home, yelling lustily all the 

 while. Then the men in the garden dropped 

 their hoes and took to their heels, pulling 

 out much hair on the way to the barn. Soon 

 the place was deserted, and Apis Mellifica 

 reigned supreme. 



ilow T restored the bees to their original 

 hearthstone without loss of life or anything 

 more valuable than temper, which I do not 

 in the least mean to underrate, would make 

 another story. 



But now as I sit, hand-glass in hand, gaz- 

 ing mournfully over my shoulder at the 

 reflection of thirty-eight bee-stings on the 

 back of my neck, I remark critically and 

 with great decision, " That story of Kip- 

 ling's is not so bad after all." 



Josephine Morse. 

 South Lancaster, Mass. 



Fig. 1. — Stick the sheet of I'oiuidatiun lo tlie top-bar 

 by using the fingers. 



much better than any other metthod in 

 vogue. I like it so well that I think every 

 beekeeper ought to know about it. It saves 

 time and makes a better job than any wedge 

 method whether driven in a groove or nail- 

 ed. Also it eliminates the necessity of mak- 

 ing any cuts or grooves in the top-bar of the 

 .frame, thus making it simpler to make and 

 stronger and better to nail to. 



Fig. 1 shows the first operation. I stand 

 the frame up on the top-bar as shown and 

 just back of it lies an imbedding board 

 exactly the thickness of the toi^-bar of the 

 frame. I lay a sheet of foundation on this 

 board, then slide it towards me until it is 



2. — The rounded stick, notched at the end, used 

 to rub the foundation fast to the top-bar. 



just flusTi with the edge of the top-bar near- 

 est me. Then I press it on to the wood with 

 the tips of my fingers as shown. By using 

 all the fingers of both hands for this work 

 it is very quickly done. The foundation 

 should be soft enough to stick to the wood 

 when pressed firmly with the fingers. 



It is now ready for the second operation, 

 which is done with a specially shaped stick 



IT WORKS VERY SATISFACTORILY 



A New Way of Fastening Foundation in Frames 

 That Does the Business 



During the past two seasons I have used 

 a method of fastening foundation in brood- 

 and extracting-frames that I think is very 



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-Showing the work* of rubbing the founda- 

 tion firnilv onto the frame. 



