“Oh, you noticed that, too? And yet you suspect her genuineness. Now, do you think that any girl who wasn’t nice would let an incident like that trouble her?”

“Oh, well, I give it up. I daresay you are right. At any rate I will do my best for your protégée!”

“Mine? Remember your responsibilities,” she answered, and so they parted for the night.

(To be continued.)


THE PLEASURES OF BEE-KEEPING.

By F. W. L. SLADEN.

PART III.

As the combs get drawn out and filled with brood and honey, more room will be required by the swarm in the hive. This may at first be given by putting fresh frames fitted with foundation into the stock-box. When the stock-box is quite filled with frames and bees, and still more room is required, it will be time to think of putting on the surplus honey-chamber, or super.

There are two kinds of super, the rack of sections, and the box of shallow frames.