The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-08-18
FAITHFUL BEES OYERWORKED.
UNCLE HARVEY SIMMONS WILL
M A POPULIST NOW.
Had . Plan 81 Obiigins fus He's 20
Nuke Heney IN Iowa I'm summer and
IN Cube IN Winter When the Bees
Rebeiicd We uianed the Government.

,h.s 49, .@f w
own the fsrm next to mine. has left his
party and is growing q long beard and
swesrs that he will vote the Populsi ticket
TO the end OF his days remar ked the old
granger m~ournfully. 'And why' just be-
caise he failed In his plan to make HE in
dustrious and faithful bees work over
time Ivy cheating them out Of their we'll.
"a rned winters rest. Of course. he blnme-
the Government instead OF his own short
Sigh,cdncss.
Don't tell me- Uncle Harvey said.
obstinate like. when ! ~remonstrated with
him. When the United States snatchcd
Cubs from the bonds of Spain this country
laid itself under moral obligations TO pro-
toe, American oitizens making investments
In those sunny climes. Nice protection
they've given me- Here are the bees that
I a depended on To make nv declining years
free from care and toll turned into lazy,
tropical Migrants. And when | presented
INV claim for damages To the Government.
some little w~hippernapper al Washington
sends Rack q reply officially advising me
To give my honor-d head a good long i'm
mersion' And me a man who has voted the
staight party ticket for thirty-hve years
come next November
Uncle Harvey had been In the bee bust
Ness for n good many years and a. there
was a steady market for honey he always
made a fairly good thing out of the product
Of the hives, at tho eIpens" OF mighty
little e~xertion on his own part HE bees
were hone-i. industrious, hard-working
bees, free from all bad habits In fact,
there wasn't a better lt ~ bTe~ ~ the
State Of Iowa But, ~ course, when tho
cold weather set IN the bees. after the man
n.r Of their kind. retired to their hives for
their long winter sleep. Uncle Harvey
never could get ussi 20 this 90 alton of
labor on the part ~ the beee Each yea
il snemed 10 produce a fresh peng In the
goud mans bU-pm
II they we're common ordinary ises
and h~alonged a. some one else Uncle
Harvey ,rsad to SAY sorrowfIlly, not a
word ~ compliant would make hut
IA sa-.m- to M. that bses that have had
the advantages ~ my pts, baes brought
up under ~" eye ard loving guidance"
~ Uncle Harvey Simmons. ought u to
above ordinary lice preiudi0es and WORK
as hard IN the winter a. summer
4 pointed ou, io him that hce- didn't
spin honey. hut collected II from flowers
and. there h-ing No. flowers In winter, no
fan mindci man could blame the hee- for
taking n long vacation hut lnc'" Harvey
kept up a ssdden"d ~griinbhng. a. ! ia"
hes.s ought - set their brains and ing"-
nuity 10 work and ind some wny 81 getting
around that difficulty.
One day. q few months after the war
with Spain. Uncle Harvey happened To
read n pissee In the paper about how warm
and hahn thc winters arr ~ Iuta Ana
th,- --i the old man to thinking hard.
And snppu.a there ar" atSpu' a. many
how~rS ia winter In Cuba a. there are In
the thriving state q Iowa during the glad
-uwus' fdcf Snid ncle Harvey, SOFT 81
i~nguiringiy
4 hloWed that Cuba. even In winter.
probably had Iowa coppered ~ far IA
flowers went
VIVA, a paradise that world le for NV
bcs~, Said Uncle Harvey. after pondertng
the subi..ct for q few minutes Instead
Of retiring a. their lonely. dark hives a.
soon a. the cold weather ~, In, thoSe happy
t--es could 20 right on gathering honey al
the wear around II would be a ioysom-
recreation for the bces and bring In a lot OF
good money To the worthy old man who
owns them
.'Tho~e iseS are entitled 70 a good long
vacation after working hard all summer
In tho Iowa fields. -eid 20 him severely
Its an inpositipn on their good nature
and loving tnl-tfuln.ss "a try and gold
brick them with a tropical winter Ana
my experience has ben that no mar ever
tried 60 impose on a hive oi bees without
rcSr-t,inE IL In the end .
IBut Uncle Harvey wasn't to he turned
from hts purpose
.'Thoae ls.c, will i've 20 bless the day
when I fir, thought Of giving th.m a south
crn winter trip, he asserted. There Ism
a bee In a thousand hat has the chance
1 am going to give these bees Why. rich
people pay huudrei~ Of dollar for the
privilege which ! am ofeIing free Of trans
poTtation charges to my bees
Ali that summer tho haes put In their
reQula, twelve hours "a day stunt gather
ing honey In the Iowa helds often. when
night cSrne. a person C-dld see TINT they
were n tired lot Of hr-'- or cour-'. they
sort OF comforted themselves with the
idea that they were doing their duty and
thai when Winter came they would enjoy
a Inng and well-carucd vacation Hut
a. soon ~ IA" cold weather began Uncle
! Harvey hustled tho tss~ into boxes which
he had especially prepared for theoccasion
and then shipped them on To Havana
There he rented a field n few miles out Of
town, let out the imprisoned tscs and set
around in the shade himself. expecting To
SO Inc bees turn In and work the way they
dill in the summer In Iowa.
Al first when the t.-'s were released
they were the rost puzzled LOT that ever
struck Cuhs They couldn't account Tor
the ~suppos,Sl shortncss OF the winter. and
Of courre all the flowers were strange 10
them Besides that, not having had their
accustomed long winters sleep, they were
tirri " did seem a mighty unfair thing
to take advantage Of 'hc poor bees. but
Uncle Harvey always was n gr"at hustler
whep other people were concerned He
kept driving the lseS away from the boSee.
and in n littl~ vhil" the industrious little
workers Understood hat they were ex-
I IfsFfon 10 tnfn IN anu uAhaf npufN wv
the sun shone, even N II meant an all years
ioh Uncle Harvey brgan to ship the
I honey north and for a time he made money
But In the end. lust a. ! wsrnei him, lac
lived 90 regret his attempt 10 impos" On
innocent, conhd,ng bees
The real trouble was caused hy the
climate. although Uncle Harvey insists
the Government ought not 10 have frcd
Cubs without warning hse owners about
tho climate, and that. therefore. the Gov
efnincnt 10 20 hla ~ Even tho most indus
trious New Highlander finds after a trial
, 90 the Cuban climate. that he - conicrt 10
go slow and even 90 watch other people
work whilo he li-~ ia ~" shade And ~
/ course The bcss having done a good scasnn's
~ork wcro s'ill NOR" inclined To- feel that
vav.
an a few wcks tnclc Harvey found hat
the h-ss. instead - riaTting for ~" h~ld-
a saon as II wa- daylight. vern inclined
tn stay in their hax~s ard slsrp By rap
ming on the lox~- he could aruu-- them,
hu that m~ant g~iiing up "arlv him-ai.
sonnet hing thr god odd man aiuavs was
avrrs- -. An-f %" l-~- ~fracAt~i The
: n.ld. ,h-v didn, take the iut~rs-i ~ gath-t-
me honey 'hey had ~ 80 State They
wuuld lsuks around frum uH~ nov"f io an
other In q lsa-urclv maHf"i SioppinK "a
sNrhAnge lpS susslp. ant Hrftns T~'~TaUN
IN a lazy. Indifferent mann.f that filed