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The Mule Problem.

     Probably one of the greatest problems of the age is the mule. Although volumes have been written on the mule yet the accident statistics show that he is as little understood as ever. How to mix kindness and firmness in the proper proportions and then apply the concoction successfully to an energetic mule is […]

Ran Auto Into Swarm Of Bees; Was Not Stung.

Although Covered With the Insects He Got Rid of Them by Stratagem. An Uncanny Experience Charles Ross, inspector for the state highway department had an uncanny experience in Lake County a few weeks ago. While driving on Waukegan road he saw a man standing near the edge of the road, looking in the opposite direction. […]

Testing A Bee’s Speed.

An experiment was once made to see how fast a bee could fly. The hive was attached to the roof of a train which attained a speed of 30 miles an hour before the bee was left behind.

Jumps In Lake To Ecape Bees.

Glen Birkett of Belvidere, is singing the “song of the Honey Bees” since his return a day or two ago from Wauconda, Ill., where he has been sojourneying at a small lake. Glen says that he got too inquisitive in examining the architectural beauty of a bee hive which scrutiny the honey bees naturally resented […]

Hunting Wild Honey.

One of the “industries” of Florida is hunting “bee trees” in the swamps. As high as 300 pounds of honey have been found in one hollow tree. The trees are located by the hunters who follow the flight of bees, and the requisites are a keen eyesight and a reliable compass.

Pirate Bees.

Bandit wild bees invade the tame hives near Grays Harbor, Wash., and steal and carry away the honey to their hives in the forest. More than one-third of the domestic honey gathered in this district has been stolen by the robber bees. The wild bees make their homes in hollow trunks and cedar trees, where […]

Michigan’s Bee Wizard.

“Uncle Bill” Murphy, One of the Quaint Characters of the State. One of the quaint characters of Saginaw, Mich., is “Uncle bill” McMurphy, the bee wizard, who has netted a snug little fortune gathering wild honey from the woods of Saginaw county. For upward of forty years this strange old man has roamed the forests […]

Death In the Bee swarm.

Swarming bees settled upon a horse and driver at Troussey [Meuse]. The horse was stung to death and the man may not recover.

Bees Are Useful In War.

History records two instances, according to Whitely Stokes, in which bees have been useful in warfare as weapons against besieging forces. The first is related by Appian of the siege of Themiscyra, in Pontus, by Lucullus in his war against Mithridates. Turrets were brought up, mounds were built and huge mines were made by the […]

Bee Keeper Is Victim Of Misfortunes On Train.

Is Stung By Insects, Loses His Clothes, and Is Forced to Leave Coach in Scanty Attire. Berlin.-An honest Westphalian beekeeper boarded the train one day recently at Papenburg with a hive of prize bees to travel to Meppen, where he intended to exhibit his stock at an agricultural show. Underneath the seat he placed the […]