Photo from “A B Cand X Y Z of Bee Culture,” 
THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 
oy 
by A. I. and E. R. Root 
A PART OF A FIELD OF DANDELIONS IN FULL BLOOM AT MEDINA, OHIO 
so.” The people wonder what he is 
going to do, seeing him barearmed and 
bareheaded. 
He keeps on shaking until he has the 
bees all in one big ball, and to the un- 
initiated it looks as if they would sting 
him to death. But no; the continual 
shaking is the very thing that makes 
them gentle instead of cross. 
He now runs his hand under the ball 
of bees, pushing it under gently, being 
careful not to pinch any. The movement 
must be very deliberate—so slow, in- 
deed, that the hand scarcely seems to 
