The Keeper of the Bees

​

THE KEEPER OF
THE BEES

BY
GENE
STRATTON-
PORTER

Doubleday, Page and Company logo

DECORATIONS BY
LEE THAYER

ILLUSTRATIONS BY
GORDON GRANT

GARDEN CITY NEW YORK

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

1925

​

COPYRIGHT, 1925,BY
GENE STRATTON-PORTER, INC.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY THE McCALL COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES
AT
THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.

​

TO
LITTLE GENE
WHO GAVE ME THE LITTLE SCOUT

​

CONTENTS.

  1. CHAPTERPAGE
  2. I.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		1
  3. II.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		11
  4. III.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		24
  5. IV.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		56
  6. V.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		68
  7. VI.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		94
  8. VII.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		116
  9. VIII.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		130
  10. IX.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		158
​
  1. X.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		186
  2. XI.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		213
  3. XII.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		236
  4. XIII.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		272
  5. XIV.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		307
  6. XV.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		331
  7. XVI.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		353
  8. XVII.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		372
  9. XVIII.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		401
  10. XIX.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		428
  11. XX.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		446
  12. XXI.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		466
  13. XXII.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		480
  14. XXIII.
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		487

​

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  1. Jamie, doing his best on “Highland Mary,” went slowly the round of the hives
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		Frontispiece
  2. “What else did he blab about me?” said the little scout
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		284
  3. “You little devil! You vile little devil!”
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		412
  4. “Keeper of the bees, are you here?”
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		492


​

THE KEEPER OF THE BEES

This work was published before January 1, 1930, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse

This article is issued from Wikisource. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.