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29 swarms arid 798 tfcs. of honey.’;yThis is not my first experience in bcii-ksiopiny however, for I have owned 2 and handled bees from boyhoodt and j in early life 1 took great pleasure and ■; ituu:h eonifort in hunting the wild bee for its honey. and there now stands j within can non-shot of my farm sever-!j al bee-trees-—giant o.akss with tiiu; j largo -holes p’ainly to be seen ini j their tons, where I climbed up and! i chopped in with my kittle hatchet,I ! and look out the honey, more ohan a ! ■i third of a century ago.Bee-keeping is h pleasant vocation For one who lines the business, ' It seems to be one of my natural gifts, ! (if I have any,) and in my experience ! with bees the greatest dr:twU«*ckT tincl j to be the bee-moth. This unwelcome i visitor is a native of Europe, hut it [ has found its way to this conn try and j naturalized itself here, ft has inter- \ estert the attention and called forth \ all the v;r j ergi es o f the m os t ex peri c need apiarians of our count ry, and of many of the greatest naturalists in the world. C. V. Pkck, Muskego.
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Waukesha Daily Freeman and Republican
Waukesha, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Aug 01, 1890
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