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falfa. In the East basswood is important, while buck- 

 wheat and white clover are especially appreciated. One 

 authority warns us that, where possible, bees should 

 be located in low lands, so that in their search for 

 sweets they may be empty when flying upward and 

 have the benefit of the down-grade when they come home 

 heavily laden. 



Frankly, it must be said that there are many people 

 who do not like bees who feel about them very much 

 as most people feel about mice and live in constant 

 fear of being stung when they are about. This, in 

 spite of the fact that the true bee lover permits his 

 adored insects to crawl all over him; putting them in 

 his hat, and sometimes even in his mouth. Such persons 

 insist that when folks are stung it is their own fault 

 rather than that of the bees; that if they had the 

 proper amount of confidence, and the very best man- 

 ners, they would have no trouble of that sort. One 

 of them naively adds : "If the matter came into court, 

 they could never prove whose bee it was, anyway." 



The Bureau of Entomology, Department of Agricul- 

 ture, at Washington, D. C., supplies full information 

 on bee culture to all. Just here it is desired to em- 

 phasize the fact that honey is exceedingly good to 

 eat and can be largely made to take the place of sugar 

 in the average household. The honeybee goes logically 

 with the home-in-a-garden, and contributes much to 

 its luxurious table. It adds to the variety of interesting 

 occupations enjoyed by the household that is seeking 

 contentment and happiness under its own roof, within 

 the snug security of its own garden walls. 



