1897 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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.. \vhy.yes-ha, ha!" she laughingly replied; 

 "a little bee suing nie on the finger, and at first 

 I Uiouglit Fred was going lo kiss the finger; 

 but he\' hanged his mind and sKu-k a lump of 

 mud on it." 



•'How eould he?" asked the doctor; "but 

 then, mud is a more efficacious remedy for 



stings than kisses. I guess Fred was sensible, 

 after all " 



So time sped rapidly along. The doctor seem- 

 ed in no hurry to get rid of his patient. She 

 had been in the valley nearly four months, and 

 springtime had well advanced. Oin! day, as 

 they gathered for their noonday lunch, she 



'THERE WAS AN UPLTFTINO OF THE ENTIRE VAT>LEY 



