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HEAD VEILS MAY GIVE STUDENTS CONFIDENCE, 



Photograph Irom Topical Press Agency 

 BUT BEES WILL FIND A WAY.' 



This class, which included 40 English youngsters, ranging in age from eight to liyi years, harvested 

 ISO pounds of honey in one season from four colonies near London. 



rhotngrapb courtesy U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 A CLUSTER OF HOMESTEADERS INSPECTS A NEW HOUSE 



When swarming, thousands of bees rush pell-mell from the old hive, setting up a buzz heard 

 hundreds of feet away. The disorderly cloud usually settles first on a near-by bush or tree limb 

 I)efore setting out for a home of their own choice (see illustration, page 406, and text, page 412). This 

 keeper has captured such a swarm and laid it in front of a new hive, which the bees will enter 

 willingly. Tied trouser legs keep crawlers from exploring. 



