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A YKAlt AMONG TIIE BEES. 
Sometimes the bees have seemed very cross, and a little 
observation has shown these bees to proceed from a particu- 
lar part of the apiary, and really from only one hive. A 
careless observer might have said all the bees in the apiary 
were cross. I have had a few colonies so cross that merely 
walking by the hive was the signal for a general onslaught. 
Truth obliges me to say that I have sometimes been so badly 
stung by one of these, when working at them, that I have 
taken refuge in inglorious flight, glad to get a respite and 
scrape out the stings. Just why there should be one or two 
of these in a year in such marked contrast with others I 
cannot say. The only remedy I had was to kill the queen. 
DRESS FOR THE HOTTEST WEATHER. 
During the principal part of the honey- flow, a prominent 
element of hardship is the endurance of the heat. Some- 
times the heat really has made me sick, so that in spite of a 
press of work, I have been obliged to give up and lie down 
for an hour or more. At such times you may be sure I am 
not very warmly clad. One straw hat and veil, 1 cotton 
shirt, 1 pair cotton overalls, 1 pair cotton socks and 1 pair 
shoes, comprise my entire wearing apparel. Before noon, 
shirt and pants are both thoroughly wet with perspiration. 
In this heated condition, I sponge myself off with cold water 
before dinner, put on dry pants and shirt, and hang up the 
wet ones in the sun to be put on next day. I am sure that by 
this refreshing change, I am able to do more work. It 
might be thought that applying cold water all over the body 
when every part is dripping with perspiration might make 
me take cold. I have never found it so, even if followed up 
every day. The body is so thoroughly heated that it easily 
resists the shock, and a brisk rubbing leaves one in a fine 
glow. 
