Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-24
WHEN MOTHER IS AWAY.

WAGlN MN aEn 10 avail.
The house is such dreary place
when mother is away;
There isn't fun in anything, no mat
ter what you play
The dolls just sit as stupid, and act
SO still and queer
They always say such funny things
when mothers by to hear.
The little china tea set looks so
lonesome waiting there;
There's no fun playing party and
eating only air!
It isn't like the lovely things you
most believe you see
Upon the plates and saucers, when
mother comes to tea.
There's no use doing up your hair
and dressing up in style,
You know it's just pretending and
you're Betty all the while;
You never hear whisper from the
chairs against the wall!
Dear me, what splendid lady now is
coming here to CALI"
The pictures in the picture-books are
never half so fine.
The stories won't come out and talk
for any pains of mine;
An hour goes so slowly, it's almost
like a day
The house is such lonesome place
when mother is away.
-Rubie 7. Weybarn, in Good House
keeping.
KEEPING BEES IN AN AQUARIUM.
Who ever heard of keeping bees
In an aquarium? That's fish tank,
not a beehive. But, strange as 1t
sounds, a recent writer in Suburban
Life recommends this as good way
TO make close study of the busy
little insects curious modes of life
and work.
Take a glass aquarium and place
1t on window sill, elevated slightly
at the side nearest the window, SO
that when the latter is raised an
inch the bees may pass in and out.
If desired, the bees may be kept for
some time in confinement, by rails.
Ing the aquarium an inch on blocks
and using strip of wire screen
cloth to prevent the bees from es-
Gaping.
Put within this glass aquarium
some rustic supports to represent
projecting, undecayed portions of the
inside of the hollow trunk. Keep all
covered by an Opaque cloth when not
observing what is going on within
this glass bee home.
Then the bees will be free to work,
and to adapt themselves to the en-
yironment. They can suit their own
own fancy about attaching diagon-
ally or in any other form that they
may prefer. and they may attach
the comb to sides or. ends Just when
and where they think 1t is necessary.
In the artificial hives the combs
are attached only at the edges. but
In natural conditions within the bee
tree or in its counterpart, as repre-.
sented by the old-fashioned box hive
with Opaque sides and in our trans.
parent inverted aquarium, the bees
can build combs and attach them in
any way that they see fit.
One OF the most interesting OBJ
jects for study is to note when the
bees think it necessary to put out
side support from long comb.
They seem to believe that they are
really within a hollow tree and that
1t is likely to be swayed by the gales.
OF course. when SO swayed long
combs laden with honey or with
young bees would be too much for
the unyielding rigidity of the upper
part of the combs. These, If they
have no side stays, would bend, crack
and be crushed against each other.
The bees have learned this and
give the combs firm support when.
ever 1t Is necessary. They do this,
1t Is true, to a certain extent. in
the regular eight or ten frame hive,
but not with the naturalness with
which they do 1t in a large. unob.
structed space.
A frame or two of bees may be
purchased at dealers for trifl.
Ing sum, and at the same time hints,
may be obtained concerning their
care and treatment. When in con-
fnement bees should be fed on a
syrup made of equal parts of sugar.
and water Christian Advocate,
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