April 9, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



235 



^ Wliat Yon Yonson Tliinks t 



It seems kine of funny how da shook svarm- 

 ins fever spred so fast. It vas yiist few eases 

 till las' summer it broke out plenty bad, an 

 before da leavs tall purdneer every bee- 

 keeper had tiioh of it; an Slim ^ot it plenty 

 bad. Ay tank mebby nex' summer dom goan 

 to shake der bees so dom kant rest. Now, for 

 da big: bee-keepers ay tank it vas all rite, but 

 for little bee-keepers lak Yon Yonson ay tank 

 it is better to sow som catnip an sveet clover 

 and plant more rossbers. An den pat dom 

 bees on da back an tell dom to eider fish or 

 cut bait. But not shake dom any more dan 

 nessesary. Ay don't vont to shake dom, or 

 brlish dom, or kick dom aroun ven dom iss 

 good. 



Som say it is better to drive dom two times, 

 so purty soon ven dom big bee-keepers vont 

 help, dom vil advertise fur feller to help drive 

 da bees. Now, Y'on Yonson don't need help 

 to drive da bees to svarm, but mebby nex' 

 summer he goan to need feller to drive da red 

 clover bees to da clover held, an hurd dom so 

 dom don't git to da catnip. Ay tank dat 

 goan to be plenty hard yolj, coz dom is yust 

 60 crasy fur catnip som anyting vat never vas. 

 My goodness, vy for dom bees svarm tor any 

 vay 3 



It ve know fur shure den ay tank its better 

 ve don't let dom svariu a tall, but let dom 

 yust roll in der hunny. 



Now, ay goan to tell you vy for dom bees 

 svarm. In da spring ven dom little bees be- 

 gin to mak hunny, an dom little grasshoppers 

 begin to mak grass, an dom butterflies begin 

 to mak butter, den da nites is kine of cool, 

 and dom bees don't lak to sleep upstairs, an 

 dom begin to pack avay hunny in da top of 

 da brood-frames, an ven dom git it capped 

 over dom don't lak to go upstairs an vork, so 

 dom keep on crowding der quveens furder 

 down, an purty soon der quveens he git mad, 

 an he call der house to order, an dom hole big 

 meetings. Da young bees vat is use to have 

 play spells, dom lak to have plenty big time, 

 an dom mak moshun to svarm, den da drones 

 vot hang aroun' an don't vork but alvays lak 

 to ete at da first taole, dom secon' da moshun, 

 an ven dom vote da drones holler " Eye " so 

 loud dat da moshun is carried. An dom git 

 reddy to svarm. But if dom hole meeting in 

 evening den da old bees is home, an dom vote 

 *' No." an den dom send da drones upstairs 

 to bed, outen any supper. An den purty soon 

 dom go to vork an pack avay hunny in da 

 upstairs. 



Now. if you don't give dom nu£E room den 

 dom crowd der quveens, an da quveens he git 

 mad an dom svarm; but if you give dom up- 

 stairs too big, den it is apt to be too cold, an 

 dom don't vas like it, an yust croud der 

 quveens an svarm yust der same; but if you 

 vil yust put on shallow extracting combs, and 

 den ven dom begin to vork in deni, den give 

 dom room yust so faster as dom need it, but 

 if dom begin to croud der quveens den yust 

 uncap der hunny in da downstairs an smoke 

 der bees so dom tak on plenty hunny, an den 



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