1898 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



765 



Some way he was so intent upon his own 

 troubles that he did not notice that the sticks 

 and stones were intended for him, so the 

 hints were entirely wasted. Just as things 

 were beginning to assume a "blue" appear- 

 ance before his eyes, La Mar backed in among 

 the bee-hives. The bull, thinking that he had 

 dallied long enough, and that the time for de- 

 cisive action had come, made a rush for La 

 Mar. 



Alas for his plans ! La Mar's ruling passion 

 was strong, even in the presence of the bull, 

 and he kicked one of the hives loose from the 

 bottom-board, with one of those never-failing 

 sidekicks; then, picking up the hive, he shook 

 the bees full in the bull's face. 



On the way home. La Mar was telling of his 

 adventures when he was asked if he was 

 stung. 



" I don't remember," he said, "but it is 

 more than likely that I was." 



" How did the bull like this reception ? " 



" He didn't seem to like it very much. The 

 last I saw of him he was off by himself rub- 



nurse his wrath and a mouthful of bees, in the 

 seclusion of the far corner of the farm. 



As for the photographer, he suddenly lost 

 all interest in scenes and scenery. His 

 thoughts were about equally divided between 

 wondering whether the camera would get the 

 bull or the bull the camera, and wondering 

 where those bees would get him next. 



West Groton, N. Y. 



[See editorials. In addition to what is there 

 said, I will merely state that the chap over 

 in the bushes probaVjly looks a good deal as I 

 did when I saw Mr. Coggshall give his first 

 professional kick. — Ed.] 



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coggshai^l's famous kick (direct from PHOTO- 

 tograph). 



bing his nose on the ground, and seeming to 

 feel bad about something." 



" I don't wonder at that/' 



La Mar was not satisfied with the fun he had 

 that trip. The next time he went to that yard, 

 what did he do but take along an innocent 

 amateur photographer, who was on the search 

 for interesting subjects to photograph. La Mar 

 showed him a way of getting to the bees from 

 behind, and told him to aim his camera at the 

 front row of hives, and wait for his subject. 

 This he did. 



vSoon there came a terrific bellowing, a 

 tramping of feet, a shout of "Look out!" 

 and the scene of the previous week was re- 

 peated before the astonished eyes of that pho- 

 tographer, who had barely a chance to " press 

 the button " before the bull had again gone to 



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HOW TO MAKE SUGAR SYRUP FOR FEEDING 

 BEES. 

 Question. — Please tell us in the 

 October loth issue of Gleanings 

 how to make sugar syrup for feed- 

 ing bees, as mine are short of stores, 

 and I must feed them for winter, 

 on sugar. Don't refer me to some 

 back number, for I have lent many 

 of my Gleanings; and should the 

 number be at home, I do not know 

 just where I may find it. 



Answer. — When at a bee conven- 

 tion ten or more years ago I was 

 sitting by the side of Thos. G. New- 

 man, when some one got up and 

 requested that Bro. Doolittle give 

 the convention his ideas on a cer- 

 tain subject on which I had written 

 an article, only a short time before, 

 for both Gleanings and the Amer- 

 ican Bee Journal. I turned to Mr. 

 Newman and asked him if I 

 should tell the gentleman that he 

 would find all I knew on the mat- 

 ter in such and such numbers of 

 the American Bee Journal and 

 Gleanings. His reply was, " No. 

 Give it over to the convention, for 

 it is the ' continual dropping that 

 wears away the rock;' and after people are 

 told over and over again, they will remember 

 what they do not ' catch on to ' at first." And 

 this little incident has been forced to my 

 mind "over and over again " during the past 

 two weeks, for there has been no subject 

 which I have given in print so many times as 

 I have my formula for making sugar syrup 

 for feeding bees, and yet scarcely a mail has 

 arrived during the last two weeks but has 

 brought from one to three letters requesting 

 that I tell privately how to make "sugar 

 syrup for feeding bees." And so it comes 

 about that I am really glad that some one 

 wants to know about this matter publicly, 

 even if I have to repeat what I have ofen said, 

 for the private correspondence may be lessen- 

 ed a little by a public article on the subject. 



