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day. 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 I do not get so many stings as 

 I would with darker clothing. 



WOSIAN'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 ex- 

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

 has two large pockets. It is made after pattern 3696 of the 

 Butterick Publishing Co. To cover the 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. 



QUEEN-KBABINO — BEEEDING FEOM BEST. 



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

 not particular to keep a popular brand of bees, only so far as 

 their popularity comes from their profitableness as honey- 

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

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

 some years I got an imported Italian 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 be- 

 ing the most desirable. The chief thing considered was the 

 ainount of honey stored. Little or no attention was paid to 

 color, and unfortunately no more to temper. So I had bees 

 that were hybrids, hustlers to store, but anything but angels in 

 temper. Then, beginning with 1906, I introduced quite a num- 

 ber of Italian queens, in the hope that among them I might 

 find one as good as my hybrid stock without so much ill tem- 



