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my family

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starring tommy rettig as jeff miller

jan clayton as his mother ellen

george cleveland as gramps

and of course

how's the project coming you have it all

planned out won't work

oh no

why not

cost too much just to get the stuff we

need to

start i don't think we ought to give it

up

let me check your figures maybe it's in

the audition so i'll check it over and

over

ooh

that is a lot of money over 25 dollars i

vote we give it up

now let me see where we can cut down

we need the hive and the smoker and the

foundation stuff but you know

gramps can build a hive

and i can help out with the gloves and

the veils

now do you have to buy these

where else would we get them

one of them

i just pokey where he got his bees

wild bees a bee tree that's

right and then that brings it down to

11.25

oh jeepers that's still a lot of money

we spent all our money at the carnival

last week

wait a minute mr johnson at the feed

store is offering a 15 price for the

best exhibit

mom could you loan us the money then

we'll pay you back out of the prize and

out of the honey we sell

well

is that where you two boys wanted who

says we're gonna win what if we don't

well then you'll just have to pay me

back out of your allowances

junk is 25 cents a week and mine

did 25 cents 25 and 25 equal 50. now 50

and 50 and 50 and 50 and 50. that makes

22 and a half weeks porky

no candy or ice cream or pop for 22

and a half weeks

well every businessman has to take some

risks porky yeah but does he have to

starve too

well we'll just have to win

come on porky time's a waste

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miss mark are you sure your figures are

right two and a half

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we've got nine of them now

that ought to be enough what does the

book say

doesn't say how many just says some

can be here

no

why are we whispering

i don't know

let's look at em

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we gotta wait until we fill themselves

with the syrup i would have finished

that little bit a long time ago

let's loose them over at the field so we

can follow them how far do they fly luke

says one to two miles oh is that all

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we're not a beast before we're halfway

there

we can find some slow bees that didn't

fly so fast

you ready girls

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where is it girl

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this is it all right bees uh huh lassie

you're the best b-dog in the whole

county

well we got us some wild bees i'll mark

it

let's run back and see if mom's back

from town with our stuff we have to run

back too

come on girl

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you better move quickly before it gets

too dark for us to see what we're doing

yes you get the smoker porky put the

hive over here on the ground near the

tree

how do you know so much about bees miss

miller

i don't i've been reading your

beekeeping book but i don't want the

beans to know that i get it act

confident huh exactly

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how much mom you don't need much

smoke scares them and they fill

themselves up with honey and then they

don't sting i don't have to be scared to

fill myself up with honey

the buzzing stuff

okay party

not confident huh

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and so we tied the brood comb into the

frame and left the hive out there

overnight so the other bees would fill

it up we got about a gallon of honey and

about two pounds of wax we don't know if

we got the queen or not but that doesn't

really make any difference because the

workers will make a new one

now don't you two boys set your heart

and win no prize you've got pretty stiff

competition at that show we're gonna

have a good hive grams yeah but you've

got a one story hive some of these

fellas have been raising bees for years

and they got three and four tiered hypes

we just gotta win

ain't no such word is gonna

we don't will a lot of money well jeff

if you're going to be a farmer you've

got to get used to that

who can that be must be jim teal he's

bringing something from town for me oh

hello hi jim come on in

you already disturbed your suppertime

sit down have cup coffee with us oh

thank you i got to be getting on home

george here's those tools you asked me

to bring from town

thanks jim good night can i say jim i

see you got a set of birds foot clover

in that north field of yours that's

right i'm not sure that i've done the

right thing well if you get a center

good seed it's it's a good cash crap

and if i don't well if you and jeff can

have a crying spell together that's

right

good night

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don't gobble your food my darling

i got away the hives before i go to

school you fuss around with them bees

too much and they walk out on you and

find a new home

well they will

i know

this is such a funny picture

whole procession of indignant little

bees walking down the dusty road with

their little suitcases of pollen in

their hands

oh mom please don't have hands

huh we haven't got much time before

school

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what's the matter

what happened mom something's been

getting at the hive look how the comb's

damaged look at all the dead bees

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yep looks like a marauder of some sort

oh naturally and all that money

what is it gramps what do you think

could have done it i don't know

porky tonight you and me are gonna pitch

a puppet and sleep out here

oh no you're not well mom the show's

tomorrow we gotta do something to

protect the hive yeah but who's gonna

protect us

porky's right jeff

honey attracts bears and one could have

come down out of the hills

porky can stay overnight if his mother

says he can but you'll both sleep inside

but the bees will take care of the calm

we'll think of something now you boys

run off school let me have that jeff

okay

come on lassie

bad life bye mom

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that'll be enough porky

i haven't been getting here without

making an awful racket

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jeff

how do i get out i don't know figure it

out

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quiet girl

it's only porky

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oh

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come on

turn on the lights

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stay where you are don't move

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oh no

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come on out last

poor old girl

well that's that let's get back in the

house

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what's the matter now

there's nothing wrong with the hive well

whatever it was

lassie must scared it off come out in

the house get cold out here

you boys better get some sleep you have

to get up early in the morning for the

show okay mom come on lassie

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they're all like this every frame i

looked if there's a raccoon you can see

the tracks all over they're too darn

smart

it's just a shame boys a mean shame

like he tried to warn us well that was

my fault i made the entrance to the hive

too big i should have used half inch

cleats

we can't take the hive to the show now

there's no use and even gone at all

now we don't even have a shot at the

prize

oh well

i always did want to go on a diet

but not much

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taking it awfully hard

well i don't blame him

say what are you gonna do about that

money they oh yeah what's it come to

minus the wild honey and the wax it's

still about seven dollars oh you're

gonna take it out of their house

i don't want to do it that's the

arrangement they made

well look i got a surprise for the boys

i built a new hive that i'm going to get

them to put on top of the one they got

and that'll make them a tooth here

that's nice

hello jenny

george miller

bring jim teal for me will you please

hello jim

george george miller

about that bird's foot clover you're

worried about yeah you know i got an

idea

come on

what's the matter girl

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sure a lot of things there but there's

enough of them to get us out of debt oh

sure there is

what are we waiting for let's go

i see you stay here and watch them

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swarm goodness you haven't been nearly

scared to death where is it can we get

it sure we can it's in the woods oh i

might have known these like to swarm

with other bees now go on the bottom get

that other hive jeff what other hives i

don't ask them any questions we've got

to get that swarm before jim t gets here

and porky you helped me with the ladder

come on

i'll get the bales and the gloves

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what are you waiting for get going get

going i'm gone

there's not that much of a hurry that

shows how much you know if they're

swarming here they probably won't fly

away mr miller that doesn't interest me

is tim teal what's he gonna do with it

well you wait to see now see if you can

get the queen i'll try

if you get the queen bee in the hive the

rest of the hive will power well if he

doesn't dad will take a frame from the

old colony and put it in this hive

and then they'll develop a new queen i

know that but it's better to have the

queen right

now take it easy jeff take it easy now

don't disturb him too much

that's the boy

come on that's it

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all right right over there now right up

that's good

we should be able to pay you back sooner

now mom with the two eyes i mean oh

don't worry about it jeff

he's right to worry but you don't have

to worry as much as you think you do

what do you mean grams

yeah jim teal now now you boys get this

step foot away then come in the house

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what's gym teal good to do with it so i

don't know

what's going to keep that raccoon from

getting in this beehive oh we'll put up

a big barricade

better enough most of the bees can get

in

oh no not again

right on the same spot we'd better get

him in the house quick

start come on

come on

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in the world happened to pokey

oh no don't tell me

come on pokey come on over to dr ellen

oh you boys sit down at the table but

still had some business to discuss with

you

with us that's right come on over here

and sit down

i hear you boys got a couple of hives of

bees uh-huh well i can use them both you

can't

set them out that field where i got the

bird's foot planted i calculate with 30

40 000 bees helping the pollination i

get me a pretty good secret the best you

ever saw no comments from the gallery

dad that's right george now i'm dealing

with the boys not with you well lucky

thing you're not

now

these don't make as much honey when

they're put out to help seed so i'll

rent the hive from you

i would say

three dollars per hive a month sound to

you

wait a minute

wow good old bees

okay with you jeff it sure is mr teal

the deal and it suits me fine

i don't know which one of your boys to

think

well maybe you'd better thank lassie she

found the beast for us both times yeah

so long as we're shaking hands may as

well shake with all the partners

last is that deal all right with you

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so

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you