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rHE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



There is a lily pond uear at hand, 

 which is white with its sweet blos- 

 soms, nearly all snnnner, on which the 

 bees were found to cluster in large 

 numbers, and it is presumed they 

 gathered honey from this source. 



Such Is the home of the widow, who 

 has a little son — Bernard A. Crom- 

 well — 13 years old, who has an inquir- 

 ing mind, of quick perception, and is 

 a child of promise. Over this boy the 

 mother watches with parental care, 

 iind seeks to guide his opening powers 

 to noble ends. Almost any sacrifice 

 would not be too great for her to 

 make, in order to save her child from 



ning nil aitinry. IhT mind, and that of 

 her boy, was full of investigation, and 

 both were greatly delighted as the 

 work went on. At this writing, the 

 result of the summei''s work is fully 

 known. 



The one colony purchased last 

 spring has increased to four, and the 

 three swarms are now heavy with 

 their stores for winter. The first 

 ,swarm has given five pounds of sur- 

 plus honey; and the old mother col- 

 ony has given forty-hve pounds, worth 

 twenty^five cents per pound. The 

 three swarms are worth $12, and the 

 fift.v pounds of honey are worth $12.50. 



MASTER CROMWELL AND HIS GOOD 

 MOTHER. 



the influence of bad boys, and the cor- 

 rupting vices of the city. She would 

 like it, when he is grown up, if he 

 would be inclined to cultivate the soil 

 for a living and become an intelligent, 

 honest and aggressive farmer. To pro- 

 mote such a result she would pre- 

 occupy his mind with a love for rural 

 life in his early days. She would 

 encourage in him the possesion of a 

 little patch of ground to cultivate, as 

 his own, to have his chickens, his pet 

 lamb, his "bossy," and his bees. 



With such wishes and ideas, this 

 mother purchased from me a colony 

 of bees, and began the work of run 



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making the whole gain $24.50. 

 outlays amount to about $9. 



The lesson here found is worthy the 

 notice of evei-y farmer or mother who 

 has a family of children. For all, the 

 honey is a wholesome luxury, and for 

 the children it is vastly better than 

 candy. And then, the intellectual and 

 moral lessons involved are most stim- 

 ulating and elevating, as well as re- 

 munerative in dollars and cents. 



If I were a farmer I would look 

 after my harvest of honey as I would 

 my havest of hay. 



Brunswick, Me., Nov. 30, 1903. 



