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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 15. 



narrow trail was highly enjoyable. A trail, 

 in order to convey the tourist to the summit 

 of such rugged and seamed mountains, is of 

 the most tortuous description. In some 

 places there is a sheer descent of hundreds of 

 feet below you, and the donkey persists in 

 traveling on the outer rim of the trail. Some 

 nervous people get off and walk over these 

 pokerish places; but as none of us were ner- 

 vous we kept the donkeys traveling. Some- 

 times the trail takes such a sudden turn that 

 the advance person of the party faces the rear 

 ones, but still climbing on another grade. 

 Now and then we get grand views of the coun- 

 try below, and the higher we climb the more 

 it expands. Then when we reach the larger 

 timber, what a cooling influence comes over 

 us ! Here we find more water flowing, and 

 meet quite respectable waterfalls, which are 



electric car for the city, where I found rest 

 again from the harassing cares of this life, 

 and a kindly remembrance of my mountain 

 trip and the friends who promoted and shared 

 it with me. 



BEE-KEEPING IN "MERRIE ENGLAND. 



Apiary of John M. Hooker. 



Our illustration represents the apiary of Mr. 

 John M. Hooker, during his residence at 

 Heathfield, Sevenoaks, Kent. The hives 

 were placed around the kitchen garden, and 

 were from thirty to forty in number. It will 

 be seen from the view that they are conven- 

 iently situated for manipulation from the gar- 

 den-path behind them, the hives being ar- 

 ranged in a single row so that the flight of 



APIARY OF JOHN M. HOOKER. — FROM BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 



refreshing to the eye and palate. It is no 

 wonder that the mountains are sought by a 

 number of people in the dry and hot season. 



We gave our donkeys an occasional rest, ex- 

 amined the contents of our lunch-basket, and 

 swapped jokes. Mr. Hatch, at one of these 

 resting-places, observed bees sipping water 

 from a mossy stone. Their direction of flight 

 led up the mountain, showing that there were 

 wild bees, even in these inaccessible cliffs. 



Upon our return we found our donkeys 

 much better travelers than in going up, but 

 still they are not a hasty animal, even m go- 

 ing down grade. At an early hour in the 

 evening we were again in front of the Hatch 

 residence, but, fearing a recurrence of the 

 chin and the Cole pit, I hastened to take the 



the bees was in no way obstructed during ex- 

 amination, as is often the case where, for 

 want of space, they are placed closer together 

 and in front of each other. The garden oper- 

 ations were not interfered with by annoyance 

 from the bees, the gardener doing any neces- 

 sary work immediately in front of the hives 

 either in the very early morning, or after the 

 bees had ceased flying for the day. Mr. 

 Hooker informs us that his apiary was often 

 visited by well-known members of the B. B. 

 K. A., and it was here that Mr. Cowan, Mr. 

 Cheshire, and Mr. John Hunter stayed with 

 him for the purpose of arranging and deciding 

 the preliminary details and scope of the work 

 "Modern Bee-keeping," then proposed to be 

 published by the B. B. K. A. 



