Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-12-26
r,om N, R..hinr,on Spectator.
REE DUEIISTS.

-za.--a BEE DUELiSIO.
Man has arroeated to himself superb
0rity of intellectual endowments, which
elevate him high above all other classes
Of created in,elIigences. How far The
claim is warranted, depends iE a great
degree, on our knowledge Of the eCono-
my--dOmestic as well as polilcal-Of the
inferior animals Of creation. Acts are
sometimes performed by this exalted
creature, exhibitieg less intellectually
than is displayed by the worm we tread
upon Personal accountability Tor
offence or insult is held right and
proper, as a conservative principle
in society, calculated TO preserve dig
uity and honor, where none have ex>
listed, and probably never will. Good re-
suits may have been anticipated from
this cut throat code Of honor, but none
have been realized. One human being
after another has been hurried into an
awful and mysterious eternity.-widoWs
and orphans have had cause to regret
that blood stained honor demanded so
great sacrifice al his honoTless shrine
but evil, and that continually, bas iCl~
lowed. Man, however, is not the only
creature assuming to possess dignity and
honor! The wise, frugal and industrious
bee--that culls the sweet from every
fower--has high and chlvalrOus sense
OfhOnori, and besitates not 10 challenge
to mart al combat the fellow who dares
TO look saucily at him, or who brushes a
gainst his aristocratic coat, as may be
seen by psrusng The annexed paragraph,
from small but interesting volume pub
lisbed by the Harpers, entitled 'Natural
HiS.ory Of lnsecls.' And after reading
this may we not say with Knowles, ,"Man +,
that is above them all, doth ape them
ah!'
'On those fine spring DAYS in which the
SUMS beautiful and warm, 6uels NAV Often
be seen 10 take place between two in
habitantS of the same hive. In seme
eases, The quarrel appears TO have begun
within, and the comba tants may be seen
coming out Of the gates eager for
blows Sometimes bee peaceably set
tied on the outside of the hive, or walk
ing about it, is Tudely jostled by another,
and then the attack commences, each
SndeAvOTing to obtain the best and m osl
advantageous position, they turn, pi-
route, throttle each other, and such is
their bitter earnestness, that Reamur ha.
been enabled 10 come near enough to OBJ
serve them with lens without a separa
ton. After rolling aboutn the dust
the victor, watching the time when its en-
smy unCovers his body by elonGatiDg il
II the attempt TO sting, thrusts its Tea
pOH between the scales, and the next in
Stant its antagonist stretches out its quiV'
Oring wings, and expires.
A bee cannot be killed so suddenly, y,exce?
BY crushing, as by the sting Of another bee
Sometimes the stronger insect produces
the death of the vanquished by squeezing
It's Chest. After this feat has beed done, the
victorious bee constantly remains, says
ROSumur, near his victim, standing on bis
four front legs, and rubbing tho two post
sriOr ones together. Sometimes the enemy
is killed in the hive: then the victor al
ways carries the corpse out Of the city,
end leaves it.. These combats Sre strictly
duOlS. net more than two being concerned
ia them, and this is even the case when
armies OF bees meet in combat"