218 FIFTY TEARS AMONG THE BEES 



The body is so thoroughly heated that it easily resists the shock, 

 and a brisk rubbing leaves one in a fine glow. 



My overalls are white, such as painters or masons use. I 

 do not enjoy being so conspicuous when I happen to be on the 

 street clad in white; but I would rather be conspicuous than to 

 be stung; and I feel sure that 1 do not get so many stings as I 

 would with darker clothing. 



WOJIAX'S BEE-DRESS. 



My assistant is not dressed so coolly as I. Her desire to 

 keep her dress clean makes her warmer than she otherwise 

 would be, for she wears an apron that covers all the dress except 

 the sleeves (Fig. 84). This apron is made of denim, and has 

 two large pockets. It is made after pattern No. 3696 of the 

 Butteriek Publishing C'o. To cover ihe sleeves of her dress, she 

 uses a pair of white sleeves fastened together by a strap sewed 

 to each sleeve across the back, a similar strap in front being 

 sewed to one sleeve and buttoned to the other. The wrists of 

 these sleeves are sewed to the wrists of her gloves, and ripped 

 off whenever it is necessary to wash either gloves or sleeves. 

 For convenience, several pairs are kept. 



quben-eeahing — breeding from best. 



My sole business with bees being to produce honey, I am 

 not i>artieular to keep a popular breed of bees, only so far as 

 their popularity comes from their profitableness as honey- 

 gatherers. I am anxious to have those tliat are industrious, 

 good winterers, gentle, and not given to much swarming. For 

 some years I got an imported Italiaa queen every year or two. 

 Then for a good many years I preferred to rear from queens 

 of my own whose workers had distinguished themselves as being 

 the most desirable. The chief thing considered was the amount 

 of honey stored. Little or no altention was paid to color, and 

 unfortunately ho more lo temper. So I had bees that were hy- 

 brids, hustlers to store, but anything but angels in temper. 

 Then, beginning with 1006, I introduced quite a number of 

 Italian queens, in the hope that among them I might find one 

 as good as my hybrid stock, without so much ill temper. By 



