The beekeeper opens the lower part of the hive and peers in.
A beekeeper, seeing the bee collect pollen from flowers and carry it to the hive, says that it exists to gather honey.
Instead of moving upstairs, and in spite of letting her Signor do her favors, she marries the local beekeeper.
The beekeeper opens the upper part of the hive and examines the super.
Results like the above compared with those of the skeppist beekeeper of former days, who was well pleased with an average of 20 to 25 lb per hive, may be regarded as wonderful, but they are matters of fact.