New-York tribune., 1906-12-23

Gulliver has come so close to their sacred pre-
cincts.
At the hotel I usually put the hive on a stand
IN front Of the open window OF my bedroom.
And here again their powers may be used for
the alleviatiOn Of another human i'll They cure.
or at least prevent, homesickness.
How well I remember what a comfort they
were TO me in Cadillac. Mich! was on the way
from Marquette TO Mount Pleasant, TO fill an
engagement for certain courses Of lectures be-
fore the normal schools in those towns. The
train reached Cadillac late on Saturday even
ing. To my great Inconvenience, there was no
train for Mount Pleasant until Monday morn
ing. If it had not been for my bee pets those
thirty-six hours would have seemed like a
month.
had few days before isolated the queen in
the super and especially interested in
watching the first steps in the making Of a queen
cell in the body part Of the hive. A colony left
queenless Will at once begin TO rear several
new queens If there are in the hive eggs or
laTvae about three days old. Nearly all of that
Sunday lay on the bed with the hive near by
on the sill Of the open window. The worker
bees few freely in and out, gathering nectar
and pollen as If they had been bred and Matched
in Cadillac. The nurse bees and cell builders
were as busy as the gatherers. Now and then
a few scouts went inquisitively about the room,
hut inferred that they found everything 10
their satisfaction. for they soon darted out of
the window. Even the soldiers guard at the
hive entrance were not negleCful OF their duties.
TIE last mentioned observation was made by
one Of the hotel servants, who. while / was at
dinner. forgot my caution not too peer too
closely into the entrance. 4 little soda relieved
his pain.
In all my travels ! have had only one similar
experience. II was in Vernon Ind. l al
the Tea chers Institute there for a week The
bees few from the open window of an unoccu-
pied room at the rear of the hotel. Several in
quisitive children crowded close. and whoever
child that wasn't inquisitive? But Of
the peculiarly inquisitive children was, TO her
sorrow, forgetfu Of my strict injunction not to
put her face near the entrance door" Of the
hive. She had inquired what would happen if
she should make the experiment. and to the best
of my ability had tried explain. but eVi-
IDENTIFY without success. for she experimental and
learned from observation. which is perhaps the
best way in which to test the truth Of any
proposition. bee delegate went promptly to
explain and fully succeeded. She how il
was. but not from both eyes. For day the
swelling too great.
No other form of animal life with which I
familiar attracts and at the same time repels
mot by dislike but by fear do honey bees.
They awe inspiring. The announcement
that an actual colony of living honey bees is TO
be exhibited never fails to fill large auditorums
with old and young, from all classes and all
degrees Of refinement and culture. i has been
interesting 10 observe scientist and "A veteran
apiarist discuss together some point in bee cult
ure, 10 a boy, who may have "A single
colony in the child's Pearl Agnes hive. stand
beside a man Of eighty years. and hear both
inquiring with equal interest and oagerness
about these wonderful pets