XIII. 

 BEE HUNTING 



I HAVE made my title Bee Hunting, while 

 I remember well that down in Maine we used 

 the term " lining bees." I was enthusiastic 

 over the sport when farming in Maine, and 

 when I had located on Cape Ann, I searched 

 the wild flowers for bees. I found bees enough, 

 so made the attempt to find a wild swarm. 

 All my efforts were unsuccessful the first year. 

 My bees all lined to tame swarms in hives. The 

 second and third years I found swarms, but 

 they did not have much honey. These wild 

 bees were in ledges, and the ants had found 

 the honey and had appropriated the lion's 

 share. In Maine the bees resorted to hollow 

 trees, mostly pine ; and in the old days many 

 farmers lost swarms, which helped to stock 



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