The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-16

Der of scientists and bee raisers who
think that the insects actually recognize
their masters-if such We can be called.
One thing 1 do know on this question
and that is that bees are great lovers of
quiet. One must come among them very
quietly with all possible decorum. They
are hard working people. Their work
Is a science. 1t requires proper tram
| guilty and repose in order to pursue the
/ even tenor of its way. Any one who
comes among them busting, talking out
in a loud voice, singing and otherwise
'bothering' the colony, is sure to ex-
cite their e~nmity-which is not a thing
to be destroyed. They also particularly
object to being breathed upon, as birds
are said to refuse to remain on a nest
into which human breath has come. And
1t might occasionally happen that in
working about ones breath might reach
the hive.
Earring the combs is another acct
dent sure to excite their ire. Every
school boy is wen aware of this fact if
he has lived at any time within walking
distance of bee hives.
you know that in olden times there
existed a curious custom of bee ringing
1t was probably of as much use as the
attempts of savage tribes to make the
moon come out from her eclipse by max
ing night hideous for her through the
instrumentality of changing instruments
and frightful din. But nevertheless, this
bee ringing meant quite a little picnic
for the good wives of the village. This
affair occurred in spring when the bees
left their winter quarters and began
preparations for a new swarm. OF course
the air was full of Them and to prevent
the danger of losing the swarm the
good people rushed upon the scene with
frying pans and other Instruments cap
able of producing an unearthly din. The
idea of the disturbance was to confuse
the bees and cause them to settle at
once, thereby preventing their escape.
For once settled it is of course easy to
secure them for the hive. This custom,
according to an authority on antiquarian
subjects, who writes in the ond
Quarterly Review" is as old as the
birth of Jupiter. And whether or not 1t
was efhcacious it is interesting as show
ing that bees actually marked an epoch
of each spring in early rural life.
One great pleasure in my study of this
subject-bees and honey making, I mean
has been the search for their history
from the earliest times. 1 have dill
gently read up every mentor of them
upon which I could lay my hands. since
dating from the time when the lands
flowed with milk and honey The sig
n~iicance of this expression in all its
meaning is almost impossible for US in
this age to realize. In those times honey
was the only sweet to be had and was
duly valued.
Then the poetic writings concerning
bees and honey are sure to be looked
up by the woman who goes into it as a
pleasure. l nave already sufficient Sc
~lections to fill a good sized volume. We
have Shakespeare ard Sucking, and Her
rick and Rogers and dozens of others
whom have said pretty poetic things
upon this delightful occupation.
Then there is the history or hive-mak-
ing and of scientific discovery concerning
apiarian pursuits. This is also most en-
joyable. And then there is the pleasure
of working out ones own theories con-
INV oAA4 Liz l4NdlUic4iL u Tie
inmates. Every bee-loyer makes her own
experiments and grows intensly interest
ed In Them"
How about money making" I asked.
We'll, l haven't tried to raise money
by my own, but I have looked into the
subject and there is quite a little profit.
Everyone wants good honey, and will
pay a good price. 1t can be sold by
various methods. Once that your reputa-
ton in the line is established you have
calls from all over. And then LIQUID
honey is in demand nowadays to bottle
sell in that form. If a woman so de-
sired she could institute a good and very
interesting business in this way"
There Is not space in this article to
speak Of all the information concerning
bee raising which I accumulated uring
my visit And having once Initiated into
its delights my only wonder was that still
more women had not found the Joy of
"a cot beside the HILL" where "a bee
hives hum shall soothe the ear"
The time is rapidly approaching. If 1t
mas not already arrived, when removal
tions will be the order of the day and
and ~renovations this year, thanks
TO boleros and corselets. and the general
to commingle all manner of
homogeneous materials, are going to be
particularly successful. We only need
TO be sufficiently daring and original to
receive the highest commentator.
The economically ingenious have I'M
limited scope to carry out the most ex-
IRENE arrangements, since for once the
remnant reigns supreme. A short while
back we should have laughed to scorn
the little dabs of lace or trimming which
now ornament some of the most exclusive
and would have felt justly aggriev-
ed had circumstances compelled us to
don a skirt of wooden material with a
bolero of satin and lace, a corselet com
distinct for either, and to crown
all, a straw hat of roseate hue. lavishly
adorned with cherries and pleated black
lisse.
Here is another: a skirt of marine blue
canvas over green, bodice of tucked
white chiffon intersected with horizontal
bands of black yalenciennes lace, and
deep folded c~orselet of shot emerald green
silk. Do we k these elaborate combi-
nations? Well. yes: for the majority are
SO smartly put together and worn with
aDlomb that they never for a mo-
ment strike a bizarre note.