SIDNEY AND ISLANDS REVIEW AND SAANICH GAZETTE, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1922 : —— co . PAGE FIVE

| Boy scouts |! HONEY BEES

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‘increased without increasing the tax upon their strength.
It has been made possible for anyone who understands

the charac‘eristics of his bees to manage them with a :

handsome profit to himself. He can now engage in an VICTORIA AND SIDNEY.
interesting pursuit which will return more than an ample “FL 93 .

compensation for the time devoted to it. YING LINE STAGE

The aims of the Scout movement
are to develop—

1 Character and intelligence. An Interesting Paper Read by Mr. J. Ramsay
2. Health and strength.

3 Skill and handerevt. at a Meeting of the Parent-Teachers’ Dp AILY, EXCEPT SUN D AY
4. Service for others. Association Last Tuesday LEAVE VICTORIA LEAVE SIDNEY
: —— Evening R a R l Rh . 8 AM. aes 9AM.
i Sea chen ude Rural Rhymes fl] 0833 [ooynsy gum | satelate
do my best: Therefore doth heaven divide iP .BE. aoe es
To do my duty to God and The state of man in divers functions, . 4PM. “oe 3PM.
‘ the King, , Setting eandeavor in continual motion; SEEDS tks SONS ; : tuts ae re Pa
( ne, help other people at all To which is fixed an aim or butt; Sweet guring & . o he _ 7 ; ; _ I oo
To obey the Scout law. Obedience; for so work the heney bees; pring has come her days are fair, her SUNDAY ONLY

bluebirds flutter in the air. The noonday sun

—_—_ Creatures that by rule in nature teach ; . LEAVE ViCTORIA HWW WW LEAVE SIDNEY
The Scout Law. The act of order to a peopled kingdom. upon my lid is shining hotter than it did. The 10 A.M. 5 eran < fies ti A.M,
zp ; 1. A Scout’s honor is to be trusted. Shakespeare. blood of some ancestral Gypsy is making me a lit- a Px. Tenia. a ee e PM.
2. A Scout is loyal to Ged and the tle tipsy. Spring tickles me and makes me tee- . FORMATION >
King, and his officers, to his parents, oP oP.M,

ter, let’s change to some more jazzy meter.

a 7 “15 Pp ee

his country, and his employers or Ths 1oney bee has excited the wonder and admiration Spring is the time to sharpen up the steel hoes, —_:

employees. , ; of ancient and modern writers. Virgil, the Latin poet, rub up the rakes and oil up the wheel hoes I FoR UTORRENT PAIN TINT TPES PIO: a CECT, z
3. A Senut’s duty is to be useful . . . . . ioceneeninnsinnmnional

and help others. who lived 70 B. G., describes the habits of the be. with want to garden when I see the neighbors, digging

4. A Scout is a friend to all, and |4n accuracy sufficient to excite the admiration of present

a brother to every other Scout. day readers. But to the average bee-kceper the hive,

5. A Scout is courteous. until comparatively recent date, was a sealed book, and

° G. A Seont ie ® triena 10 aunts, the marvels it contains were known to very few. Vir-

7. A Scout obeys orders of his

parents, Patrol leader or Scout Mas- tues and beauties thus hidden, could make little appeal

ter. without question. to human intelligence. With the invention of the mov-

8. A Scout smiles and whisties un-| able comb hive we have learned to control by gentleness,

der all difficulties. instead of violence, creatures armed with stings, and it

- 9. A Scout is thrifty. - is now no longer necessary to destroy the workers in or.
10. A Scout is clean in thought,| ger to get their rich harvest of honey and wax.

in the dirt, singing at their labors; old blue jeans
and straw hat thatches, loosening the loam in ~
old potato patches. I can kick a spade in spite VICTORUA-ROYAL QAK-HE&7ING-SAANICHTON-SIDNEE
of my bunions, I’ll raise some beets, I'll raise

some onions. 1 can work a hoe in spite of my Federal Stage Line Sche adule

blisters in among the corn and the pole bean

twisters. I'll make a dollar if I make a nickel,
coaxing along a cucumber pickle. Stirring up the
soil is good for rheumatics, good for your liver,

W. W. JONIS-—Private Phone 7526L
Cc. C. GANNER—Privaite Phone 1282

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: word and deed your lights and lymphatics. Even supposing that LEAVE LEAVE
a . If we examine the hive of @ prosperous colony during every crop fails you, still the old garden is good Vien” Except Se ee Sundave Only
. Upon information received, the|the summer we shall find one queen, forty to sixty thou- for what ails you. 7.50-a.m. “9.30 am. . . sidney
Troop has suspended Gordon Bow-|sand workers and two or three hundred drones. The —BOB ADAMS. 12.00 noon _ p.m. ‘Victoria Sidney
cott for three months for conduct! queen is net the sovereign of the hive, as her name would _ 40 am. are nh 10.00 a.m. _ 11.15 a.m.
a meneame tated cout. ting in| iP!Y- She is the mother of the colony. She is obedient Leave Victoria, Saturday only, 2-00 p.m. oe pm.
. - There w ea Troop m n . m. . m,
7 nvaagial rather than commanding; in fact, a colony of bees is a at 25 W.2t toh Dati opm
the Club room at 7 o’clock this even- tT SAN & HISCOCK'S
ing, in uniform. perfect republic, where everything is done for the good REVIEW OF C ALG ARY c y LEAVES FROM DEAN & HISCOCK Phone 440
. V..GODDARD, |of the race. Her movements among her children mark Genes SHOE ERE Brot none Xs

Scout Master. | her out as distinct from other bees. She differs from the MARKET
ee} others in size, color and form; and her body is longer,

i) with wings that seem short in proportion to her length.

Her color, too, is darker, and her body more delicately rs

moulded. Her mission is to propagate, and when honey CATTLE Victoria and Cdne M otor Sta a 7

is ‘coming. in freely, she lays from'two to three thousand CALGARY, May 11.—Wednesday’s beef offerings. at y ge
Under New Management

(From Market Examiner, Calgary)

eges per day. Under natural conditions her life is longer} Calgary yards included a lot of good steers, and one load Vi P t B d R t H 7
| than any of her children, extending to four and five|of as good steers as had been marketed there in years lara ricia ay an es aven

|| years. The queen does no work, except the laying of
eggs, even her food is given to her by the workers who
| wait upon her. She is. armed. with a sting which she uses
only to defend her: home ‘against. ‘an intr uder,

sold at $7.40; ordinary choice heavy stcers, $6.75@T7;
| choice light, $6.50@7;. good, $6 @6. 50; medium, $4. 50 |. |
@ 5.505. common, $3. 50-@ 4. 50. “Choice cows, $5 @5. 155.
=} good, $4. 25. @ 5; _medium, $ $3 25, @4y. ary.

DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY o

Leave Marine Brive, Sidney... ... 2.6. ee 9.00 am. and 1.00 p.m.
- Leave Reésthaven pee es O05 mm. and 08 p.m
Leave T Schoo! Cros S. Road. sds estes =

REFURNISHED a _The pres-

. they, ‘feed ‘her, but t ther lea yy
; ticipate her. wants. ~The. “workers ‘are. the smallest: ‘pees
in the colony, they are the ‘drudges of the hive. Their
il] priet: life ‘is spent in laboring for. the ‘community. So. ex-
acting’ "is the strain put : upon them. that in the full height .
of the honey flow they live only for six weeks. The
wastage of population at this period is enormous, hence
Sdn the marvellous reproductive powers of the queen to keep
cy . up the. population of the hive. Workors that hatch out

in the fall have little work to do, and so live over to the
‘Restaurant ait have Uttle wer

spring to commence the work of the hive noxt season.

er, $2 os ‘stocker ‘heifers, $2. 15@3. 355 “stock cows, a
51@3. . ; .

-HOGS
Calgary market firm, with sales Wednesday, $12.50
@12.75; Thursday's arrivals at $12.50.

SHEEP
Arrivals very scarce at Calgary; choice lambs would
bring $12; ewes, $6@&; wethers, $8@9.

and shipping at very reasonable rates. Prompt and earatul attention »
given to all orders, |

GRAIN

“a " ‘ They have 9 stin which is used for defensive purposes a -
“wlying zn” Tein, y & ne burp Wheat prices have been moving around in a some-|{ SCREEN DOOR SPECIAL, all sizes....... Lovee eee eee es 250
. ; only. The bee has no “desire to use this sting as in so
* Meals at All Hours. what uncertain way, but reports from Winnipeg say
doing 1t sacrifices iis life, The sting i so vonstructed farmers who aro holding the bulk of the wheat in stor ie — —— —
Hot. Dinner, 50c; Afternoon that it is inypossible to extract, thus it remains in the! 8 = °

Tea, 25e¢ tl wound and «auses the death of the insect. All the work mee, apn inp for Meher priccs. ati lis) beei mow")
ing a better tone in export business. Seeding is back- S mith é& C ‘ham ion I td.
ROOMS TO RENT of tho hive is performed by these beese; they not only ’ be 9
Nv, ate us feed and walt upon the queen, but they build the colls ward in some parts of Alberta, but as delay is due to
| | : me and mura. the — collect nr to mink moisture, there is no cause for alarm; last week-end il (The Better Value Store)
¢ ¥ , ’ ”
; Fs ———— | soy, eunrd the hive and attend to {ts ventilation and was estimated 60 per cont of the seeding in weatern pro- 1420 Douglas Street, Next to Hotel Douglas, Near City Hall
@ snitatton ‘ vinces was finished.
93 ; F Fn po orererarsanntnr sb anmitel onpunteanmpsemtérunaamenansnnnaiesnpeasionaniemerpardstetestansugasemtetanerantmpadelunbeimeenttinten th
; ‘“ Beach House The difercnee betweon nectar and honey ts great, PRODUOR searereneemem — — — — —_ —
m  ? tho formoy conalsting of enno sugar, the Intter of grape Duttorfat prices advanced Tucsday Gc, MAKING 8DC- | en mnmanasematstsntmsmerimmmse .
: Mollday Home, Sidney, B.C. ugar, honeo the great food valuo of honey, It is so onsily|citts 38c; firsts, 3he; seconds, 82c; government praders

: \ o
. Bright Sunny Rooms Overlook+ nasimilated by the human body. sett chrehnity Dre Fedied Lhe at Ranikin’s baker
vs ing the Sea, Homo Cooking, Drones avo malo heos, they aro thick, bulky follows} VMeh pornits creamarics to advance pricos on really | a y

. on Tonnts, Boating , ' , , ,| good cream, Not much surplus " cronmory butter in ; .
a ~ Terms Moderate, nena. They bavo no atlnm and ne re pean Galgary yoty Vancouver getting U.S. butter lald down at Second Street, Sidney Telephone 19.
ens — tor thelr Hving upon the workers who give thom pre-| “8? ne me compen wt ine a hoe “pnt an an Se a
im yt . an. Pron. : a weave porting ja necessary; cartons, 86e and 40c. : j ',
| wos om et tsa Sacto | SATURDAY SPECIAL, Lemon an Card Pes, 20
an the goad of tho colony, This is accomplished by tha] F&R8 unchanged, but some talking of lowor pee ox: " eee
workors putting thelr wings out of action by biting them|'"% 27¢; firsts, 280; seconds, 18¢,  Potitags, no 10> | emer neanevtnerer tm crereaetermun ene mma! nt et mente
[at the joints, Thoy are thon dragged to tho ontranca; 2nd, excopt for good soad; cars on track at Calgary, ' 7 og ie
' _|})-and thrown outalde to porish, probably $10@12, and nobody buying, Poultry rq.) omen ee ee
‘ Of All the Ways of celpta vory light, not much expected until flocks are

a : fe ae. . AN boos nro katehod from eggs Inia by the quoen,| r ~~ Te
@ W ashing This 1s the who has the power to dotorming tholy Inind, according to eure. ADVER ISING
Hi 1
i _ Simplest by Far. the nocosasitios of the hive population. At tho first broath WAY

of apring the cluster beging to ahow activity and a num. Trade slackening; prices pald by dealers to ie
|

ib 1, Bundio overything, bor of tho workors guide the queen from cell to coll] shippers, unchanged at $17 @ 23, PAYS
ve 2. Phone for our rapra- where aha deposlta one tiny oge in each coll.  Othora WIDus

nt Rantative, ; cluster around the eggs and fn threo days tho grub ad iden, 4
att 3%. And your washing = ts hatches out. These require to he fed on pollen and wae No Improvemont, greon anlted hides, #6.

The merchant who does not advertise is as far be-
hind the times as the old-time stage coach, He
plods along in the same old way, year after year,
while the more progressive merchant places his
wares before the public and increases his. business
year by year, Persistent advertising hus made
millions for many progressive merchants, who re«> :
cognized the value of advertising from the first
AOU AX Ls as Much aa the food and driak ba quae day they commenced business, ‘The heview. poes

aiutds bn Una ane Herve’ into almost every home in the district and is the

Tha entioeting of coxtly snul-boxes was once a fash a , Tre . , _- oe
ik OF sontly Sou as proper medinm for reaching: the people.
a Pry } Modern bearkceping bas been se improved on olderplonable fad in ingtand., One wealthy HOblOMAN CO Hany ;

. done, tor, or honoy and water, for fiva to eight days, whon the Uns

yi ' ,
WA il ‘ coll In sanled over, Tho timo passed in theao stages Montreal sale on this week will oatabllah prices.
ae 13 Lbs. for $1.00 varlos with the kind of boo; queens take fifteen days,

_— extn Hille Ke workors twenty-one days, and drones twenty-five days. ODD AND INTERESTING,
| an The mudorn hee hive with {ta movable comb hid an-
ablod the bee-kooper to take an Intelligent intorest in] po gee a rabbit bringa M1 luck in the beflaf of Scot-
Win boos, Wa can watch tho queen na nho moves ucross
the comb doposlting ono Uny ose dn each vacant cell, he
GA tae Ube Valls aliens In the Nevulopment wt ute
prood, and witness the broaking of the capping and the
omerging of tha new-born bas,

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