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did some more acts. But my companion did 

 one thing before I could stop him, and which 

 was not according to my program. He 

 scooped up two handfuls of bees, then jarred 

 them over the top of his head. He was Ht- 

 erally covered. 1 was fearful of the conse- 

 quences, as I thought he would be stung, 

 and told him so, but he decided to take his 

 medicine. He was stung, and so was I; but 

 che audience did not know any thing about 

 it. For a few minutes we were busy scoop- 

 ing the bees off from each other, once in a 

 while drawing a sting. 



For inside demonstration work I would not 

 idvise shaking the bees into the hair; for if 

 chere is any thing that will invite stings it 

 IS wool or hair. However, we were not bad- 

 ly stung, and up to the time of this shaking 

 of bees over the head not a sting had been 

 received. 



MAKING LIVE-BEE DEMONSTRATIONS IN A 

 SHOW-WINDOW. 



I have not tried it yet, but I expect to 

 make a demonstration of this kind in one of 

 the large show- windows in one of the prin- 

 ipal stores in Cleveland. I shall have hon- 

 ey in its various forms; will take my place 

 m the show-window inside of the cage, then 

 go through with the principal operations of 

 a bee-yard; then get my crowds to under- 

 stand the value of honey as a food, and al- 

 low each one to sample, leaving the store 

 people to make the sales. I am certain the 

 plan will work. 



I respectfully suggest that bee-keepers 



try the experiment at their own local gro- 

 ceries. Take a hive of bees out of their 

 winter quarters, preferably from outdoors; 

 make your demonstrations; and if you do 

 not make some good sales and do some per- 

 manent advertising I shall miss my guess. 



A STONE BEE-CELLAR. 



The Advantage of Having Two Rooms. 



BY HARRY LATHROP. 



We have built a new bee-cellar at the 

 Bridgeport yard, and, of course, would like 

 to talk with the bee-keepers about it, and 

 have their opinions as to its probable winter- 

 ing qualities. 



I have said it is the best bee-cellar I ever 

 saw; but then — perhaps I never saw many. 

 However, I can say that, in my travels 

 among bee-keepers, I never missed an op- 

 portunity to examine the wintering facilities 

 of each, and through correspondence have 

 investigated others as well as I could. As 

 a result, some things have become clear to 

 me — among them, the fact that artificial 

 heat in or near the cellar has proved a help 

 to perfect wintering. We have learned that 

 it will not do to put the bees into a cold damp 

 stuffy place where a human being would re- 

 coil at spending a single night. Bees want 

 a comfortable place where the air is good, 

 although they do not require to have the 

 temperature as high as one of us would 



FIG. 6.— CROWDS AROUND THE ROOT CO.'S DEMONSTRATING- CAGE AT THE AKRON FAIR, 



