Her students accomplished the light work, but could not do heavy digging.

She managed to secure the occasional services of a farm hand, but with most able-bodied men at the war the problem of trenching or of making an asparagus bed was almost impossible to solve.
At the end of the orchard, against a south hedge of thick holly, stood the hives.

Bee-keeping was one of the most successful ventures of the holding.

Last autumn had shown a splendid yield of honey, and this year, judging by the activity of the bees, an equal harvest might be expected.
There was continuous humming among the apple blossoms, and every minute pollen-laden workers were hurrying home with their spoils.

Miss Heald lifted the lid of one of the hives, to show Winona the comb within.