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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Nov. 27, 1902. 



well rival the palace of Madame Tartiue and 

 her family, that is described in such appetiz- 

 ing verse in La Mere L'Oie. 

 One remembers the old adage — 



" A swarm in May 

 Is worth a load of hay ; 

 A swarm in June 

 Is worth a silver spoon; 

 But the swarm of July 

 Isn't worth a fly.'' 



My own belongs to the silver-spoon class, so 

 I could not expect much, if, indeed, anything, 

 in the way of surplus honey. No, not a drop 

 of honey by way of tribute, or to pay for a 

 silver spoon, was ever taken upstairs, but 

 downstairs investigation shows that they have 

 collected sufficient food for their winter pro- 

 vision. 



Then, besides, my colony was occasionally 

 visited by small bands of robber-bees. I do 

 not know what Hippolyta was doing during 

 the sieges, but I know that her Amazons 

 fought bravely, and were victorious. I had 

 an anti-robbing entrance made according to 

 Cheshire's device, and it proved the most 

 effectual of all my plans to aid the bees. Bold, 

 indeed, must be that bandit bee or wax-moth 

 which would thread that narrow and crooked 

 passage! Alert, indeed, are the sentinels 

 stationed at those corners to meet the daring 

 foel 



Therefore, taking into consideration the 

 disadvantages resulting from a late swarm, 

 robbers, wet weather, and the cornucopia not 

 overflowing, the owner of this colony has no 

 cause to be dissatisfied if the bees failed to 

 bring her a silver spoon ; and, if on account 

 of empty supers, the commercial honey-king 

 sits in the parlor without money, let us hope, 

 at least, that the blessed queen-bee is in the 

 kitchen eating bread and honey from out of 

 numberless silver spoons brimful and run- 

 ning over! 



One can build hives in the air as well as 

 castles, so I have visions of hives and honey, 

 of prime swarms and after-swarms, of flowers 

 and of bees. But so have we all visions of 

 summers to come, when the visible delights 

 of flower and bee will make us say with Zonas 

 the Sardian : 



" Ye nimble honey-making bees, the flowers 

 are in their prime ; 



Come, now, and taste the little buds of 

 sweetly breathing thyme; 



Of tender poppies all so" fair, or bits of raisin 

 sweet, 



Or down that, decks the apple-tribe, or fra- 

 grant violet; 



Come, nibble on— your vessels store with 

 honey while you can. 



In order that the hive-protecting, bee-preserv- 

 ing Pan 



May have a tasting for himself, and that the 

 hand so rude 



That cuts away the comb, may leave vour- 

 selves some little food.'' 



Kate V. ArsTiN. 

 Wayne Co., Ind., Sept. S. 



^ Wtiat Yon Yonson THinks 



Veil, Peter Peterson he com over das dinner 

 time, an das veder bean awful fine an varm, 

 an dom bees dom bean flying som bunding for 

 Bomdings eider sveet or green. Now, Peter 

 Peterson, he bean first cussin to Ole Peterson, 

 cours Ole he got more cussins now, but Peter 

 he bean da first von. Dats vat Peter sed, any 

 vay. 



Now, Peter he bean vay bout 200 pounds, 

 an he don't bean very long in das country. 

 By an by a bee com bussing roun Peter, an he 

 tak off his hat an goan to flte him. An purty 

 soon tre or four bees dom youst sit rite down 

 in Peter's hair, an Peter he yust yump roun 

 so fast — ay vas almost fraid Peter goan to run 

 over himself. 



Purty soon von little bee he sit rite down on 

 Petar's nose, an for bout five minit ay don't 

 know if Peter vas all stars, or if he bean all 

 stripes, or if it bean som cyclone vat youst 



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bean vent over. But by an bj- it begin to 

 kine of clear up, an ay look all roun, but, 

 mine goodnes! aydon'i kin see Peter. But 

 puny soon ay hear big racket in da sellar, an 

 ay go down an ay fine Peter, he being hide 

 behine da potatis box. Ay coax for long time, 

 an by and by ay make to com out, but he say 

 da yust hurt awful; an he say, "Myyingl 

 dom don't hav no bugs in da old country vat 

 bite lak dem tings." Cours. dom bean had 

 bees in Sveden, but Peter he don't never tiean 

 had much experience. But, my ying. It beau 

 yust von four dollars to seen Peter. He bean 

 purt neer bline on von side, an da odder side 

 he don't kin see a little bit. An, mine good- 

 ness, his nose yust stick out lak Chicago. An 

 dom tears yust run all around Peter's nose. 

 Maw, she put kerosene all over Peter's face, 

 an in his hair, an on his nose, but it don't 

 seems to dun much gud. Dats vat Peter say, 

 any vay. 



So ven Peter vent home he seems to bean 

 kine of mad, an he say he goan to git even. 

 Course, if ve goan to flte dom bees po das vay 

 ve goan to git left ; but da honey vat dom 

 make it bean awful sveet an helty, an ay tank 

 it bean som gud ting to sen som body roun to 

 tell all das peoples how good it bean. It bean 

 good for bad colds, and coffing, an purt near 

 all kines of sickness. Now, if dom peoples 

 ma honey can yust save das doctor few trips, 

 den dom save money nut to buy lots ma 

 hunny, an it bean plenty gud ting for dom 

 chilrens — som don't need to be sick. It don't 

 bean netting so gud for company som hunny, 

 an ven dom peoples have plenty honny dom 

 don't bean so hard on das sugger-bole. 



Ay don't got time to go roun, but Peter he 

 bean had plent experence now. Mebby he go. 

 But, my ying, it don't bean safe for Peter to 

 carry any samples, coz him lak hunny so veil 

 he mebby ete up hole ting. 



Ven Peter com out of da seller das time, 

 ven dom bees bite him so bad, ay tank him 

 bean look lak Propaganda, but ay been to 

 Kansas an ay seen lots of yackrrabits, an dom 

 yump youst bout lak l^eter ven dom bees bean 

 bite him. An Peter he bean big nuf to mak 

 dom peoples ete plenty hunny all rite. 



Dr. Gandy he say dom peoples vat eat 

 plenty hunny never bean git brites diseas. Ay 

 tank him bean rite. Ay no feller vat got 

 brites diseas plenty bad. He bean von of dem 



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