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troopers was at the heels of his horse. 

 It was soon apparent that the Captain 

 was in trouble. The peep tent did not 

 remain in place. The motion of the 

 horse loosened the cloth. It could not 

 be held over the mouth of the gum. The 

 bees popped out and began to hum in 

 the ears of both charger and rider. They 

 struck the Captain in the face, stung 

 him in the back of the neck, and pricked 

 his hands, arms, and legs with their tiny 

 bayonets. They warmed the horse until 

 he became almost frantic. He shot 

 ahead like an arrow. His nose lay on a 

 line with his ears, and in his fury he 

 switched the air with his tail. 

 . The Captain, however, clung to the 

 gum. Nor did he lose his presence of 

 mind. He steered the wild horse straight 

 for headquarters, amid the derisive yells 

 of the soldiers along the way. As he 

 passed the open flap of Sherman's tent, 

 he threw the gum beneath a little table, 

 shouting : "There's your d — d honey." 



The Captain whirled away like the 

 wind, leaving the General to fight it out 

 with the bees left in the gum. Uncle 

 Billy for once was surprised. Before he 

 fairly comprehended the situation a bee 

 jabbed him under the eye. Then he got 

 it on the flange of the ear. It was too 

 much. He opened up his brimstone 

 battery in a way that delighted the 

 guard at headquarters. More positive 

 language was never heard. But he held 

 the fort — held it until he felt the bees 

 crawling up the legs of his trousers. 

 Then he dashed from the tent, and was 

 not again seen about headquarters for 

 several hours. — Boston Herald. 



Beautiful Queen-Bees. 



There has been confusion over the 

 word "beauty," A bee may be beauti- 

 ful and not be highly colored. Color is 

 not necessarily beauty. There are two 

 classes of Italian bees ; the beautiful 

 and the bright. The bright Italians are 

 not beautiful ; they are shining, brassy, 

 flashy yellow ; while the beautiful Ital- 

 ians have the assemblage of graces that 

 please the eye. — E. L. Pratt, in the 

 ApicuUurist. 



Workers for the Harvest. 



Each bee-keeper ought thoroughly to 

 understand the honey resources of his 

 own locality. He should know when to 

 expect a honey flow. When the time 

 comes» the expected harvest may not 

 come, but the bee-keeper should be in 



readiness for it. It is possible to have a 

 good honey flow, and yet secure no sur- 

 plus, because there are not a sufficient 

 number of bees to gather it. Bees are 

 valuable when there is honey to gather ; 

 at other times they are consumers. Less 

 populous colonies can be more success- 

 fully wintered in the cellar than out-of- 

 doors ; while by proper protection and 

 care in the Spring, such colonics can be 

 brought up to the requisite strength in 

 time for the honey harvest. If by such 

 management we are enabled to so reduce 

 our colonies in strength during the non- 

 producing time of the year that stores 

 are saved to the amount of from three 

 to five pounds per colony, we are well 

 paid for our trouble. — W. Z. Hutchin- 

 son, in the Country Oentleman. 



CoiiTention I^otices. 



tW The bee-keepers of Western Connecticut who 

 are interested in forming a Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, are requested to meet at Mr. Edwin E. Smith's, 

 in Watertown, Conn., May 13, as early in the day as 

 possible. A good time is expected. 



Edwin E. Smith. 



Edward S. andrus. 



IS^ The Ionia Bee-Keepers' Convention, will meet 

 at Ionia (Mich.) May 6, 1891. It is intended by the 

 management to have a Fair in connection with it. 

 AV. Z. Hutchinson, of Flint, Mich., editor of the 

 "Bee-Keepers' Review," will deliver an address. He 

 is one of the leading bee-masters of the United 

 States. You cannot afford to miss his address. Come, 

 and bring your wife with you. Get your neighbors 

 to come. Will you please bring with you samples of 

 hive and frame, super and sections, and samples 

 of honey and mode of putting up, etc., and let us 

 have an exhibition of our own. 



Harm. Smith, Sec, Ionia. Mich. 



tW The 8th semi-annual meeting of the Susque- 

 hanna County Bee-Keepers' Association will be held 

 at Montrose, Pa., on Thursday. May 7, 1891. 



H. M. Sekley. Sec, Harford, Pa. 



lIS^The Central Michigan Bee-Keepers' Conven- 

 tion will be held at Pioneer Room, at the (Capitol, 

 Lansing, Mich., on Wednesday, May 6. A cordial 

 invitation is extenderl to all. 



W. A. Barnes, Sec , Lansing, Mich. 



SC^" The Des Moines County (Iowa) Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, will meet at the Court House in Bur- 

 lington. Iowa, on Tuesday, June 2, 1891, at 10 a.m. 

 It is intended to organize a Southeastern Iowa As- 

 sociation. All interested in bees and honey are 

 cordially invited to attend. 



JoH.v Nau, Sec, Middletown, Iowa. 



Geo. Bischoff, Pres., Burlington, Iowa. 



I am well pleased with the Sewing 

 Machine you sent me ; any person 

 wanting a good Sewing Machine, one 

 that is equal to the high-priced machines 

 which are sold by agents, can do no 

 better than to send for your $15.00 

 Machine. They will be agreeably sur- 

 prised when they see it. Mine is really 

 better than I expected. 



W. J. Patterson, 

 Sullivan, Ills., Dec. 5, 1890. 



