1900 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



C7 



seconds. When 1 came to the surface they were 

 still thera, and 1 was driven back more than once 

 with panting, sobbing breath. My lungs were 

 bursting and my heart leaping like a wild thing. 

 The possibility of having to choos3 between death 

 by drowning and death by stinging seemed not rj- 

 niote. 



"Then I heard my boatman call 'Throw a bough 

 for them to land on ! ' I swam to the shore, broke 

 off a bougli and threw it on the surface of the 

 stream, my men doing the same. Then I dived 

 again. When I came up no more bees attacked 

 me and I saw half a dozen branches floating down 

 the stream covered with a struggling mass of 

 insects." 



BEES IN A HURRICANE. 



In our issue for September, 1899, we 

 gave a brief account of the visit to our 

 coast, on August 15th, of a West Indian 

 hurricane, which pretty thoroughly dis- 

 pelled the mosquitoes for the time being 

 and tried its hand at manipulating bees. 

 One view of its handiwork was present- 

 ed, with a promise of more. The pres- 

 ent number affords the lirst opportunity 

 we have had to fulfill the promise. 



With hands like boxing gloves and heads like 

 inflated footballs, the party limped across to the 

 village. Half an hour later one of the number 

 came in — uninjured. He had seen the bees coming 

 and had sat down to await the assault. They cov- 

 ered him from head to foot, but as he offered no 

 resistance, they did not sting him. 



"I felt," says Mr. Clifford, 'uncommonly foolish 

 as he told of his proceeding. It was anything but 

 agreeable to think that we had had our run, 

 our fight, our suffocation under water, and 

 the pains we were enduring, all for nothing— that 

 we might have avoided tliem all by simplv sitting 

 still." 



AFTEK THE SQUALL. 



INTRODUCING A QUEEN. 



The Method Practiced by One 

 Subscriber. 



BY .1. W. TKFFT. 



Read our clubbing list on another page. 



Place in hive four empty combs: on 

 each side of these a frame of honey and 

 a division board. Upon these place the 

 caged queen in such a way that the 

 bees may have access to tlie candy in 

 the cage. Cover with enameled cloth 

 and chaff cushion. 



Prepare a second liivc in the same 



