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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 15. 



of street-cars from Claremont to Pomona. 

 Though hard times now pinches the pocl<ets of 

 the people here as well as elsewhere, the town 

 is sure to grow, and to become noted in the 

 future annals of bee culture; at least, that is 

 the wish of the Ramblek. 



HOW TO WEAR A VEIL 



WITHOUT TUCKING IT INSIDE THE COLLAR. 



When it is necessary to wear a veil in hot 

 weather, who has not wished that there were 

 some way of holding it down, aside from that 

 of tucking it inside the collar? When the neck 

 is hot and sweaty, how it feels with a sort of 

 muffler pressed close against it by the collar! 

 Besides this, the veil is held suffocatingly close 

 to the face. All this may be avoided, and I'll 

 tell you how. In a hem in the bottom of the 

 veil run a string, leaving about a foot of the 

 hem, right in front, unoccupied by the string. 



That is, let the str'ng enter the hem at about 

 six inches to the right of the center of the 

 front; pass it around the back of the neck, 

 bringing it out of the hem at a point six inches 

 to the left of the center. The projecting ends 

 of the string must be long enough to pass un- 

 der the arms, cross at the back, and then be 

 brought around and tied in front. The string 

 holds the edge of the veil securely out upon the 

 shoulders; while, if the right length of hem is 



left without a string in front, that part will 

 be drawn snugly across the breast. 



To Mr. Porter, of bee-escape fame, belongs 

 the honor of devising this unsurpassable way of 

 holding down a bee-ve\\.— Bee-keepers'' Review, 

 April. 



[This is a modification of a plan we use in our 

 apiary. We tuck the corners of the veil under 



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the suspenders in this fashion. As a general 

 thing, it is not comfortable to wear either coat 

 or vest in the apiary. 



By the way, the half-tone, also from the Re- 

 view, is a splendid likeness of Mr. Hutchinson. 

 —Ed.] 



MANDM IN THE APIARY. 



SOFT SOAP; FEEDING TO PREVENT 

 STARVATION. 



Bij A. E. Manum. 



"Hello, Leslie! You have taken me by sur- 

 prise, surely." 



" What in the world are you doing now, 

 Manum ?" 



"Oh! lam making soap. My wife is deter- 

 mined to have soft soap to use. She thinks she 

 can't get along without old-fashioned soft soap 

 with many kinds of work; and to please her, 

 and to keep peace in the family, I went at it 

 this morning. I offered to give her $1.00 per 

 barrel for the 3 bbls. of ashes, to use on my 

 strawberries, and 10 cts. per lb. for the soap- 

 grease she has saved during the winter; and, 

 besides, .*2.00 for my day's work in making the 

 soap. But, no use; the soap she irmst have, 

 and soap she shall ha\e, if it takes a week to 

 make it, and I guess it will by the appearance 

 of things. Somehow it doesn't come good. I 

 am trying to boil it down now to see if that is 

 what it wants." 



"Is it the right time of the moon, Manum? 

 My mother used to be governed by the moon in 

 making soap." 



"So did my mother. But I declare I never 

 thought to consult the moon. May be that is 

 what ails my soap. The moon may be on a 

 racket, or vexed with the earth, or something 

 of the sort. Who knows?" 



"Manum, have you examined the bees yet 

 this spring?" 



