1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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" Humph ! " said he, " I wonder if they 

 think we can't tell who they are now. If 

 they do, they are mistaken. There is Jake 

 and two of his friends, as sure as I live." 



More chunks of mud were thrown, and 

 more laughing was indulged in outside. 



" Let's see if we can bust his old windmill 

 this time," said their leader ; whereat he 

 hurled a lialf-brick. Sam, in his hiding- 

 place, heard the brick perform its intended 

 mission successfully. He was so angry that 

 he trembled quite visibly. 



Seeing the result of this, there was an- 

 other aggravating giggle from outsiders. 



" My ! ril bet Sam'll be mad when he sees 

 his old windmill in the morning," said one 

 of the boys. " I'd like to see him when he 

 comes out to-morrow.'' 



'•I'll give you a chance then," yelled out 

 Sam, through the crack. The latter hurried 

 downstairs amid the jeers of the boys out- 

 side. Something whispered to Sam that he 

 was not about to pursue the right course ; 

 that he would grieve his mother, and call 

 forth the censure of his father. At the foot 

 of the steps he hesitated ; but Jake, daring 

 him to •' step otf the premises,'' Sam yield- 

 ed, lie could not take a dare. Jake taunt- 

 ingly inquired what he was " a going to do 

 about it.'' 



" Do about it ! " said Sam ; " I am going 

 to thrash you.'' 



His opponent needed no second invitation, 

 and the other boys said, '' Let "em tight ! " 



It is not necessary to enter into details 

 here. It is enough to say that Sam was en- 

 gaged in a disgraceful row, putting himself 

 upon the level of boys of a bad name. In- 

 stead of thrashing, as he boasted he would 

 do at the onset, he was considerably worst- 

 ed. His father, hearing the disturbance 

 caused by tlie other boys, indicating their 

 approval whenever their leader got in a 

 "' good hit," appeared suddenly in the midst 

 of them. The mischief-doers immediately 

 tied. Sam's eye did not look exactly as if it 

 had been stung, but it plainly showed to his 

 father that it would soon bear the marks of 

 disgraceful coloring. I suppose that, in 

 common schoolboy parlance, it would be 

 called " a black eye.'' His father said noth- 

 ing just then, but conducted him in silence 

 to the house. For the first time, Sam began 

 to feel his remorse keenly, and his disgrace 

 not less so. 



" Why couldn't I have foreseen this V " he 

 thought. It was not the disgraceful bruises 

 he had received, but it was the bruises of 

 conscience that hurt him. The manliness of 

 fighting, "getting even," and never taking 

 a " dare," now dwindled into utter insignifi- 

 cance. Why these traits of character should 

 ever have appeared noble and praiseworthy 

 was beyond his comprehension. " Why 

 wasn't iny eyes opened before ? where was 

 my senses when I consented to stoop so 

 low V" he thought. 



While these thoughts were stinging, his 

 father conducted him to his mother's bed- 

 room. One glance showed that his mother 

 was in tears, and that before her was her 

 open Bible. Sam thought he felt his re- 

 morse before, but now he broke forth in tru- 

 ly penitent sobs. He could keep a calm face 



under any other circumstances, but this was 

 too much for him. He then and there vowed 

 he would never again so grieve her. When 

 he had calmed she read to him from that 

 Book, and never before were words so sol- 

 emn and so true. 



'' He that is slow to anger is better than 

 the mighty ; and he that ruleth his spirit, 

 than he that taketh a city ; '' also, " A vio- 

 lent man enticeth his neighbor, and leadeth 

 him into a way that is not good.'' Then 

 she gave him such a talk as he never heard 

 before— not scolding, not fault-finding. 



The following day at school, Sam's ej^e 

 was the object of much ridicule. After 

 school, poor Sam ran across his evil compan- 

 ions who had l)een the cause of his sorrow. 

 Jake again dared him to fight, and taunting- 

 ly insinuated that he could '' lick him with 

 his left hand." Sam felt the old desire, but 

 he saw his mother, and the words, '' He 

 that ruleth liis spirit is greater than he that 

 taketh a city.'' 



" You're afraid ! " hooted the boys. " He 

 is a good little boy ; his mother won't let 

 him ! Apron-strings ! apron-strings ! " All 

 this Sam bore bravely. 



Just then Jimmie appeared suddenly upon 

 the scene. He made a dive for Jake ; but 

 before the former could carry out his inten- 

 tions, the latter took to his lieels, Jimmie in 

 full pursuit. Jimmie was the peer of any of 

 the boys, and Jake knew it. 



JaVENIIiE IiET3FER-B0?^. 



" Achiel's amangye takin' notes; 

 An'faith, he'll prentit." 



REVIVING CHILLED BEES AFTER NINE DAYS. 



The facts seem to indicate so far, that, if 

 the bees are actually frozen — that is, sub- 

 jected to a temperature of ;^2 degrees, they 

 will not live over three or four days ; if kept 

 in a temperature very much below freezing 

 or near zero they can not be revived after 

 even a few hours ; still further, when kept 

 above the freezing-point they can be revived 

 after a much longer period. The following, 

 from a grown-up juvenile, is a case in point: 



I have been interested in your boys freezing' 

 bees; but I took the combs, hive, and all, from a 

 queenless colony which lived nine days without a 

 single drop of food ever being gathered, except wa- 

 ter; weather was about 40° above zero. 



Molesworth, Ont. Chas. Mitchell. 



10,000 COLONIES THE PROPERTV OF ONE MAN. 



Mr. Bittenbender has over 100 bee-hives, J. W. 

 Kent has 12. Mr. C. C. Amos has one stand. Isaac 

 Wilber has 10,000 stands, and E. B. Biihken has 15 

 stands, and W. Teeter has 19. S. M. Teeter has 18 

 stands. B. R. Tdpping. 



Missouri. 



Your letter is a little astounding, my 

 young friend, wliere, after saying C C. 

 Amos has one stand, Isaac Wither has 10,000. 

 It seems to me you exaggerate. I have 

 known boys to make a story a little bigger 

 than it is, before. Don't you mean that Mr. 

 Wilber secured 10,000 lbs. of honey V or did 

 you forget and put on two too many ciphers ? 



