now TO HirXT THE HOXET BEE. 69 



The usual timo for liiinting bees is after the first frosts 

 in the fall of the year ; and now I will try to lead you 

 into a regular bee hunt. 



Provide yourself with a tin pail, or a wooden box, 

 (with a bail and cover,) having a capacity of about two or 

 three quarts ; also a nice plain glass tumbler ; a piece of a 

 sbingle with a handle to it (this is to cover the tumbler 

 with) ; some new, good honey ; a piece of clean honey, 

 comb, and a piece of refuse comb that the honey has been 

 pressed out of. 



Kow start and go where you have seen bees at Vv^ork ; 

 some winter blossoms may be there in bloom, on vrhich 

 you may find the honey bee. 



Then take your piece of clean comb and fill it with 

 honey (made thinner, if necessary, by the addition of wa- 

 ter or urine, v\'hich is better) and set it on the top of a 

 stump or some place fixed for it. Xext proceed, in the 

 following manner, to catch a bee: Take the tumbler in 

 one hand and the shingle in the other. TThen you see the 

 bee on a flower hold the tumbler in such a way that you 

 can knock bim into it with a very light blow, and shut 

 him in with the shingle. Carry him to the prepared honey- 

 comb and turn the tumbler bottom side up, when he will 

 rise up, and you may withdraw the shingle and set the 

 tumbler over the honey-comb. Then take a handkerchief 

 or your hat, and cover the tumbler with it, and the bee 

 will at once settle down and commence to fill himself; 

 when he gets steadily at work, take the tumbler away so 



