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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Drx. 15. 



ation " among the bee-keepers I would take a 

 snap shot. Mr. Greenfield readily did the 

 " haring up " — yes, he did it to perfection — 

 and the bee-keepers did the rest — performed 

 the windmill act, jumped over hives — in fact. 



"streaks" were so badl}- mixed up that one 

 could not tell which from t'other. 



THE JUNIOR REPUBLIC AT FREEVILLE. 

 After we had enjoyed ourselves at the 

 Greenfield apiary a few of us paid a short 



retreated in a hasty and inglorious deft at. My 

 camera caught the whole performance ; but, 

 unfortunately, m}' shutter was not set for 

 quick work ; and the consequence is, that 

 every man who started to run left a streak of 

 himself, as it were, on the picture, and the 



visit to the George Juriior Rt])ublic, situated 

 about half a m,le from Freeville, and on top 

 of a magnificent hill which commands a fine 

 view of the .surrounding country. The George 

 Junior Republic— what is it ? To many of you 

 it needs no introduction. A certain Mr. 



