Odd Notions about Bees. i6i 



Probably the best bee-pastures in the 

 world, to-day, are in California. A great 

 deal of fine honey is made there. 



Honey is not valued as highly as it used 

 to be, because we now have sugar. But 

 you can imagine that before the sugar- 

 cane was cultivated, and when people had 

 no sweet but honey, it was a most im- 

 portant and valuable article of food. 



Honey is very good for children and 

 for old people. It is more digestible than 

 sugar, and most children like it better. 



You remember how "The queen was 

 in the parlor eating bread and honey," and 

 I think it was a very good occupation for 

 a queen or for anybody else. 



A great deal of poetry has been written 



about bees, and there is one little verse 



that everybody knows. It was written by 



Dr. Watts. 



" How doth the little busy bee 

 Improve each shining hour, 

 And gather honey all the day 

 From every opening flower." 



