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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



June. 



THE INTREPID BEE. 



There lived a bee, who, though quite 

 small 



Was not a busy bee at all. 

 No aim in life, no cares, had he: 



This bee had naught to do but be.. 



One day by chance he overheard 

 A passing stranger's passing word; 



Deeply and long he pondered on it — 

 'Twas of a bee in some one's bonnet. 



"A bonnet!!" thought the bumptious 



bee; 

 "That would be just the place for 



me! 

 "What residence is so correct 

 "For one exclusive and select?" 



Now it fell out that very day 

 Miss Amorilla came that way: 



Wearing (as you no doubt foresee) 

 A rose decked bonnet- Then the bee 



Exclaimed: "Hurrah! My luck is 



great 

 "How all things come to those who 



wait!" 

 And with a sudden cry, "Here goes!" 

 He plunged into the reddest rose! 



Its honey he essayed to suck, 



But found instead that he was stuck; 

 And from a snarl of cotton-wool 

 In vain his legs he tried pull. 



Within his mouth was such a taste — 

 Aniline dye and glue and paste — 

 While wires and stiffened muslin 

 ^'things 



Scratched his poor eyes and tore his 

 wings- 



But though in dire and luckless flight, 

 He kicked and pushed with all his 

 might. 



And somehow managed to get free, 

 A sadder and a wiser bee. 



A moral, pointed like the bee's own 

 sting 

 Adorns the tale, and should a lesson 

 bring; » 

 A little learning is a dangerous thing. 

 — Caroline Wells, in The House Beau- 

 tiful. 



A copy of Mr. Alley's new pamphlet, 

 "Improved Queen Rearing," comes to 

 hand this month too late for review. 

 A glance through its 60 pages yields a 

 promise of something interesting, when 

 we have time to read more carefully. 



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