Illustrations 
a beautiful Golden Italian Queen in a colony of black 
bees. So shines a good deed in a naughty world. 
Shakespeare merchant of Venice 
if bees rise up to attack when opened, step away softly, wait 
till quiet. Differ controversy with angry persons. 
If a colony is given too much from comb. 
A bee stung me through a hole in my boot. Thetis and 
Heel of Achilles. 
If the combs are separated too much and empty frames put below 
bees will often desert. Do not over urge a willing horse. 
Bees eat enormously on journey when confined. Gluttonous 
men on voyage of steamer, five meals a day, eat, drink, etc. 
Rule of Queen, very much like English sovereigns, who rule in
name but are obliged to do pretty much as the Commons
say. 
When you breed from pure stock [illegible], moment you get
Into a cross all wrong and know not what you will get. 
Railroad, on the track, all right, off, know not where
You will be landed. 



