I don't know
whether it's true or not. Some folks spray 'em with water, and that
usually fetches 'em."
Meanwhile Russ came out with the camera and began taking pictures of
the odd scene. First he got pictures of Ruth, Alice and the teacher
applying mud to the stings of the children.
"Well, we'll get a good film out of it, after all," said Mr. Pertell.
"And we can do the school room scene over again after the excitement
calms down."
Then Russ began taking pictures of the men making a noise to try and
induce the bees to settle. The men themselves seemed to enjoy being
filmed. They wore veils of mosquito netting, draped over their
broad-brimmed hats, for they approached close to the bees, which were
now flying low.
"I'd like to get a near view of these bees," said Russ, "but I don't
fancy getting too close. It's no fun to be stung eight or ten times."
"I'll lend you my hat," offered one of the men and, thus protected,
Russ moved his camera closer and got a fine view of the swarm of
honey-making insects as they alighted on the low branch of an apple
tree.
"Git the hive, now, sir!" called another of the men, and while the
hive was brought up, to receive the bunch of bees when they should be
knocked into it, with their queen, about whom they were clustered,
Russ got a fine film of that.
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