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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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vorks all der day and nef-er schleep nights, Moie'u ten tousand hundert I bets. 



schteals all you can from der peoples round out, Und pring it to Vakoh right home. 



vork like some schlaves der kraut gar-den in. But tish and play pall ail der day. 



all zhust be cause of dose bees in dot bo.v, Vot vorks for most notings or less. 



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O do busy, busy bee, O dc busy,busy bee,Wliat sings all around, about mine head, about my head, 



O de busy, busy bee, Ode busy, busy bee, Whnt sings all around. about mine head. 



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Desire has been several times expressed 

 for one or two genuine bee-keepers' songs. 

 Tlie officers of tlie N. A. B. K. A., in ac- 

 cordance with this desire, thought best to 

 have a couple of appropriate songs, to be sung 

 at one or two sessions of the conventions to 

 be held at Columbus. Very fortunately, 

 they were not obliged to go outside of the 

 bee-keeping fraternity to get either tlie mu- 

 sic or words. Dr. Miller was selected as the 

 music composer, and our friend Eugene Se- 

 cor the composer of the words, and your 

 humble servants to publish the same. The 

 song above is the first one of the two that 

 have been prepared ; and although we an- 

 ticipate the next national convention about 

 two or three days in its publication, we do 

 so that our readers may have a little time to 

 "practice up.'' IJoth the rgusic and the 

 words are unique and lively. Our friend 

 Secor is to be congratulated on catching the 



German idiom, and so adroitly weaving it 

 into a spicy poem. Friend Miller is to be 

 congjatulated on being able to compose a 

 piece of music wliich fits the circumslances 

 so well. Some of our readeis, and especial- 

 ly those whose articles have not appeared, 

 for the reason that they have been crowded 

 out, may feel that we are taking space for 

 something that is not so important as some 

 other matter. Dear friends, variety is the 

 spice of life, as you liave heard so often. A 

 joiunal must not be all long articles, but it 

 must have short ones, notes and queries, 

 numerous other departments, and the whole 

 assisted with appropriate engravings ; yes, 

 and a lively song occasionally on its pages 

 will greatly vary tiie programme as well as 

 at the convention. We doubt not there is 



' some one in nearly every one of the eight 

 thousand families and over, where Glean- 



: iNus visits, who will be able to play this 



