National Bee=Keepers* Convention at Chicago, Dec. 5, 6, 7 



WEEKLY-SI.OO A YEAR 



Published by GEOFGE W, YORK L CO,, 334 Dearborn Street 



45th Year 



CHICAGO, ILL.,. OCTOBER 12,1905 



No. 41 



WEEKLY 



THE " Q0INQ=T0-BEES ' 



BT NIXON WATERMAN 



Suppose that some fine morn in May 

 A honey-bee should pause and say : 

 " I guess I will not work to-day, 



But next week or next summer, 

 Or some time in the by-and-by, 

 I'll be so diligent and spry 

 That all the world must see that I 



Am what they call a ' hummer !' " 



Of course you'd wish to say at once, 



"O bee ! don't be a little dunce 



And waste your golden days and months 



In lazily reviewing 

 The things you're ' going to do,' and how 

 Your hive with honey you'll endow ; 

 But bear in mind, O bee, that now 



Is just the time for ' doing.' " 



a youth with idle hands 

 ell you all the splendid plans 

 he dreams, the while the sands 

 are flowing, flowing ; 

 ish to say to him, "O boy ! 

 Id reap your share of joy 

 t discerningly employ 

 orning hours in sowing." 



ould win must work 1 The prize 

 -■ faithful one who tries 

 \Vith loyal heart and hand ; whose skies 



f« ,.W4^jloil-crowned hopes are sunny. 

 .'•!■» And j|}%j' who seek success to find, 



ely truth must bear in mind : 

 ing-to-bees ' are not the kind 

 he hive with honey." 



— Sat u> day Evening Post.- 



