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himself tn Job, even tho he does have 

 friends who ti"y to comfort him. If Mr. 

 Holtermann, in casting about to find a 

 reliable cure, had discovered that two-thirds 

 of his bees were alHicted also with Ameri- 

 can foul brood, I can see that he might have 

 felt like Job and — like this mouse. Getting 

 caught once is not such a terrible thing; 

 but getting into another trap at the same 

 time, and a worse traji too, is a somewhat 

 serious matter. 



While viewing the remanis of this mouse 

 I happened to remember H. F. Strang's 

 exciting experience in moving a car of bees, 

 as told in the June 1st issue of Gleanings 

 for 1914. After all sorts of unexpected 

 delays, requiring 52 hours to make a trip 

 of 42 miles, he finally reached Chicago 



with his car of bees where he was hid 

 that his choice Jersey cow which he had in 

 the ear would have to be inspected. This 

 kept him in Chicago over two whole days 

 with his bees shut in the car; and when he 

 finally got started again the train ran into 

 a severe blizzard, got stuck in the snow, and 

 the engine ran off the track. I don't re- 

 member what else happened, but that was 

 surely enough to make Mr. Strang and 

 everybody else suspect that, when moving 

 bees, the unexpected may happen. 



I believe the sad fate of this mouse has 

 reminded me of enough predicaments for 

 the present. Yes, it rarely pays to make 

 the same mistake twice. After all, this is 

 merely a little story of real life. I mean 

 of real death. 



SECURING A COLONY OF BEES FROM THE WALL OF A HOUSE 



BY RUDOLPH OSTHEIMER 



A farmer living near here came to me 

 and asked if I could take a colony of bees 

 out of the wall of his house. The bees had 

 been there five years, right between two 

 windows, and next to a door; and, with 

 people passing constantly, the bees got 

 pretty cross and were inclined to sting. 



I had to take off considerable of the sid- 

 ing before I had the combs all uncovered. 

 They covered a space 54 inches in height, 

 18 inches in width, and the entire space of 

 6 inches back to the plaster. There were 



five large sheets of comb containing brood, 

 and there were also eight queen-cells. I 

 took two empty hives and placed the combs 

 in the same position just as they were 

 hanging in the wall. Other combs held 

 about 150 pounds of- honey. 



I have been transferring colonies of bees 

 from old trees and houses for the last few 

 yeai-s, and have increased my apiary up to 

 85 colonies in this way. I wish I could 

 get about 100 more. 



Sandusky, Ohio. 



Five long combs of brood, eight queen-cells, and 150 pounds of honey. 



