AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



729 



»*No Bees— :^o Friiil.**' 



?1>it(en for the American BeeJuurnaJ 



BY ED JOLLKY. 



I had a dream, and it seemed to me 

 Satan was again at the apple-tree; 



A serpent again, as he was of yore, 

 Coiled on the tree, with his head on a bough, 

 And a smile of deceit on his darkened brow— 



The same old smile he had used before 

 When he beguiled Mother Eve so long ago. 

 And brought us to sorrow, sin and woe. 



As he lay in the branch I could plainly see 

 For mischief again he had come to the tree; 



He seemed to think he was all alone, 

 80 aloud to himself vile work he did plan, 

 To add to the misery of fallen man. 



As he thought of the blessings God had bestown 

 In the beautiful apple, peach and pear— 

 'Twas more than ever the demon could bear. 



As he softly unfolded his plans to the breeze, 

 1 heard him say something about fruit and bees- 

 Something about what the bee had done. 

 Something about the fruit and the seed 

 Being the work of the bee, indeed ! 



Satan laughed aloud at his plan for fun— 

 " That I have power man can't dispute. 

 When I've banished the bee and taken his fruit!" 



He now crawled down from the balmy shades, 

 Down he went to the place called " Hades;" 



But he soon came back with his devils all; 

 He dressed them up in fine array, 

 Making them look both grand and gay, 



Like hornets, bugs and birds; but all 

 He sent forth to tear open the fruit — 

 All working together regardless of suit. 



Satan he went that selfsame day 

 To an apiary of bees not far away; 



As he moved away I followed to see. 

 And heard him say to the hard-working host: 

 " The bugs and the birds are getting the most 



Of all the ripe fruit that hangs on the tree; 

 Its all opened up, a rich and rare feast. 

 You'll come, I'm sure, and taste it, at least!" 



Away haste the bees, full many a score- 

 But, behold, the fruit was gone to the core! 



The devil now goes to the fruitman's ranch. 

 Saying, " My dear, sir, just come with me. 

 And see the vile work of the horrible bee !" 



The fruitman went, and it took but a glance 

 To Bee the great havoc done to his crop- 

 He raised his hand as he said, " It must stop!" 



The fruitman first some poison sprayed, 

 And then with a torch to the apiary strayed. 



Satan laughed in sheer delight. 

 For not a bee was left alive- 

 Nothing but ashes where once stood a hive. 



The scene was changed as is day from night. 

 As Satan sped away he said : " It did seem 

 ' No Bees— No Fr0IT.'" I waked from my dream. 



Franklin, Pa. 



A Binder for holding a year's num- 

 bers of the Bee Journal •we mail for 

 only 50 cents ; or clubbed ■witb the 

 JOUKNAL for $1.40. 



}0e~ Do not write anything for nublication 

 on the same sheet of paper with business 

 matters, unless it can be torn apart without 

 interfering with either part of the letter. 



White Clover Plentiful. 



Bees are booming. White clover is plen- 

 tiful, and we hope for the best. 



W. N. King. 



Ebenezer, Mo., May 35. 



Saved All the S-warms. 



I have had 51 swarms and saved them all. 

 I now have 107 colonies, and all in fine con- 

 dition. F. J. R Davenport. 



Nash, Tex., May 20. 



White Clover Blooming Profusely. 



The outlook for a honey crop here is 

 favorable at present. White clover is be- 

 ginning to bloom profusely. 



Jake Everman. 



North Middletown, Ky., May 36. 



Bees Doing Splendidly. 



Bees seem to be doing splendidly thus far 

 in this locality. I had my first swarm of 

 the season on May 16th, which is the ear- 

 liest I ever knew bees to swarm in New 

 Hampshire. Mrs. O. G. Howe. 



Tilton, N. H., May 31. 



Honey Coming in Freely. 



We have 45 colonies in prime condition. 

 We have supers on nearly all of them, and 

 honey is coming in freely from flowering 

 maple. Bees will not work in the sections 

 as readily for us as in shallow frames for 

 surplus. F- I- Hubbard. 



Beaver, Greg., May 20. 



Adulterators— -Bees in Good Condition. 



I see by the " Old Reliable " that honey 

 adulterators are getting " Hail, Columbia!" 

 and I hope that it will be kept up as long 

 as there are some who will adulterate 

 honey, and then sell it for pure honey. 

 Give them fits! . . 



Bees are in splendid condition here tms 

 spring. Fred M. Hogan. 



Elkhart Falls, Kans., May 35. 



