Weihaiwei. July 16—When I wrote the other day about those wild honey-bees being already at home in their wooden hive I was wrong, and I now find that the whole process took two or three days: the reason why I did not go too near the hive has already been explained... and that is a tender subject. Perhaps the best idea will be for me to explain the whole process, The "Jeeves" apparatus consisted really of two boxes the lower one having. for time being, no lid to it, and the top one being merely a sort of canopy with no bottom to it. and with one side removed. so that it could be pushed over the top of the swarm: the whole and placed so that I could not see the swarm contraption was rigged up on a Chinese sicel ab all when I made the statement mentioned above. In the bottom box (ie. the future hive) tinkled with water byanbye dis woman-bee walkee inside make walkes inside" This seemed 39 reasonable thet look see: the: hop-clit man-entrance as I have trai such:
sonly, little holes in the side of fashion walkee inside": said, "Yes, so I said, "Jeeves, this no belong proter this belong wild bee": Then I, remembering yesterday, said "Jeeves. youre right"
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