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GLKANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Ever since about two days after you sent in your order for the bees, a'tho you have 

 not owned it even to yourself, you have been sauntering around the railroad station occa- 

 sionally, so that if by chance the express agent knew anything about a certain package of 

 bees addressed to j'ou he could let you know. As the days have come and gone you have 

 finally begun making some pointed inquiries, then finally you wrote an apologetic letter 

 merely to see if anything had gone wrong in the filling of your order. A few days later you 

 wrote another letter not quite so apologetic, ending up with a few well-chosen words calcu- 

 lated to bring results. Then when you had almost given up seeing the bees you were 

 summoned to the station, and to the station you went, not able to conceal your eagerness. 



You examined the shipping-case carefully, as an experienced beekeeper should, and 

 tipped the case over on one side to read the directions. Here you made your first mistake; 

 for, altho it did no harm in this instance, sometimes it is not at all a good plan- to roll the 

 case about nor turn it over on its side^ especially if the day is hot and the cojubs are soft. 



