VOL. VII. 



JUNE, 1897. 



NO. 6. 



The Bees of Queen Annes's 

 Reign. 



BY BESSIE L. PUTNAM. 



A little volume has recently fallen 

 into my hands which, though contain- 

 ing some erroneous, — yea, even ludi- 

 crous statements, indicates that a 

 knowledge of the structure and habits 

 of bees had advanced, even in the 

 beginning of the eighteenth ceatury, 

 far beyond the rudimentary stage; 

 while there is manifested a careful 

 and pains-taking search for the truth 

 by its author that commands the re- 

 spect of the reader throughout. 



The book is leather bound, and a 

 strong witness to the superiority of 

 cloth binding in preference to this 

 more ancient and, in the opinion of 

 some, more durable material; for bar- 

 ring the yellow color that accompan- 

 ies age, it is in good condition save 

 the splitting of the covers. This sel- 

 dom occurs with a cloth bound book 

 that is properly cared for, but is the 

 usual condition to which the substan- 

 tial (?) leather binding is too speedily 

 reduced. After the style of the 

 time, long s's are used unless the let- 

 ter is final, and all nouns begin with 

 a capital letter. At the close of each 

 page, too, as though to help the read- 



er in holding the thought, the first 

 word of the succeeding page is given. 

 The book is entitled, "The True 

 Amazons: or The Monarchy of Bees." 

 And by the title page purports, "Be- 

 ing a New Discovery and Improve- 

 ment of those wonderful Creatures. 

 Wherein is Experimentally Demon- 

 strated . 



1. That they are all governed by 

 a QUEEN. 



2. The Amazing Beauty and Dig- 

 nity of her Person. 



3. Her extraordinary Authority 

 and Power. 



4. Their Exceeding Loyalty and 

 unparrall'd Love to their QUEEN. 



5. Their Sex, Male and Female. 



6. The Manner of their Breedings. 



7. Their Wars. 



■ 8. Their Enemies, With Direc- 

 tions plain and easy to manage them, 

 both in Straw Hives and Transparent 

 boxes; so that with laying out Four or 

 Five Pounds, in three or four years, 

 if the Summers are kind, you may get 

 Thirty or Forty Pounds per annum. 



Also how to make the English 

 Wine or Mead, equal if not superior 

 to the best ' of other Wines, By 

 Joseph Warder, of Croydon, PHY- 

 SICIAN. 



