1905 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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^ow big was Jlle^^anc/er, Ma, 



That bee -men call him great? 

 (ohdt'5 all thi5 rumpus with his bees, 

 (Down in the Cm pi re State? 



-. f Is he so big fhat he can stand 

 m Coilhinhisbee-yarc/c/ry, 

 find when his bees start out to swa. 

 \Cdri snatch, them from the si(/F 



^//nddohis bees have aw/uijaws, 

 " )/lnd tongues that reach an inch , li j wji 

 '00 drauj the honey from the tubeMU 

 ^That common bees cant pinch? 



iShi/can he do ivhat others can't 

 (flt least 50 folks beh'ei/e). 

 Unless he's got some secret great 

 (flicked up mthin his sleei/e ? 



jfo^no, my child! he's not so big, 

 J/or does he stand so high; 

 yje'3 'bout as-biy as Vncle James, 

 ^ Or sn /npthinn h'ke A. I . c__.^ 



. /is bees are good— Italians fine^Ofiour'se the fields aroun^l areyoob, 

 Just such as all may raise-, hy/nd full of nectar sweet-, ;f 

 But m the way he handles them\i/{/nd Vrooidence has blest Ihe plsc^ 

 Is i^phere he earns his praise. \\foith oceans of buck'fvheat -^ 



out constant ooork alone, mj/ boy, 

 fiestoived on bees M?ith skill. 



Colli put the honey m the hiues, 

 ^nJ empty coffers f///. 



'Jiearn Jfature"<s ouays, then follow 

 ^r thew are best, my son 



theni. 



V/ier? you mai/ hai>e as good success 

 kJIs he of X>e/ansoR . 



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