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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 15. 





*: BY A^lvROOT . 



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I have before mentioned the beautiful roads 

 for wheeling in Bermuda. Some parts of the 

 island were settled a very long time ago — 

 about the time the Pilgrims landed, in 1620. 

 In fact, there are a good many tombstones 

 around the old churches, whose inscriptions 

 date back into the early part of the 1700's, 

 and I think a few in 1600. Many of the roads 

 were made by the Queen's military troops; 



the United States, he replied that all the world 

 except the United States turns to the left. I 

 could not understand why Bermuda should be 

 just opposite all the rest of the world from my 

 standpoint ; but he informed me that it was 

 the United States that was contrary, and dif- 

 ferent from everybody else. There was no 

 help for it. I had to learn to turn to the left ; 

 but every little while I would forget myself, 

 and be obliged to apologize to some man, 

 woman, or child for attempting to "crowd 

 them into the wall." They accepted my apol- 

 ogies, however, very good - naturedly, for 

 they have the same thing over and over again 

 with every shipload of foreigners. 



A BERMUDA STONE-OUARRV, WITH THE OUARRYMEN AT WORK. 



and as the island is very undulating, in order 

 to get an easy grade almost every main road- 

 way is cut more or less into the solid rock. 

 As this coral rock is light- colored — in some 

 places almost white — the stone roads make a 

 very pretty appearance. I asked friend Mor- 

 rison if the roads were swept off regularly in 

 order to keep them so clean. He said there 

 was no sweeping except that done by the wind 

 and rain. There is quite a good deal of wind 

 in Bermuda — at least in winter. Everybody 

 there, either when driving or riding a wheel, 

 turns to the left in passing. Friend Morrison 

 told me to keep it in mind if I wished to avoid 

 accidents. When I wondered at their revers- 

 ing the universal rule that is current all over 



In some places these stone roadways are cut 

 down into the rock from ten to fifteen feet. 

 Now, this is not so formidable an undertaking 

 as you might suppose. The Bermuda coral 

 rock saws easier than tender pine boards, and 

 it does not dull the saw very much either. 

 Perhaps I told you that lumber is almost un- 

 known in Bennuda, unless it is shipped in 

 from the United States or Nova Scotia. The 

 houses not only have stone foundation, but 

 stone walls, stone roofs, and, to a considerable 

 extent, stone pillars. Let me give you a 

 picture that illustrates where they get build- 

 ing-material in Bermuda. 



You see, when a man wants to build a house 

 he clears off the soil — that is, if it is not a bare 



