The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-01-09
DO BEES STING EACH OTHER,


DO BEES STING EACH OTHER2
In conversation, the other day, with neiph.
Dor, on the subject OF bees and their instincts he
seemed to think that remark we made. viz
that "oees dld not sting each other," was incor
rect. Not having had much experience in bee.
0togy. we could not bring any proof. from onr
own observation, except that OF negative kind
and that was, our never having seen them do n
W are induced to appeal to those who are unora
familiar with the habits and customs of bees 10
enlighten us upon the subject
In looking over some documents RELATING N
this interesting insect, we find that Mrs Griffith
lady OF "Chartieshope," New JERSEY. who
pfteen or sixteen years ago, published some good
things on bees, states the same thing. and brnos
her own observ ations in proof OF the assertion. o
In letter to DIR. Thatcher OF Plymouth, Mass
she says, some other fact must Mention which
rs, bees do not sting each other. Their mode Of
warfare s TO gnaw or bite each other under m.
wings. This they do, either when engaged IN
regular battle in the air, which sometimes occurs
or when they act the defensive, at the doors
OF their hives. never saw one bee sting anoth.
er, but | have known them to thrust out their
sungs when in the agones of death by smother.
ing; their sting, thus thrown out in madness
will sometimes lodge in the body of another bee
but am sure that they do not inflict wounds
with their sting.
BY knawing their enemy under the wing thew
disable him from fighting and from entering the
hive. They destroy all the drones in this wav.
have seen two or three bees at a time kI.aw;no
under the wings Of one drone; hundreds ot
drones may be seen crawling on the ground. un.
able to ny; OF course they soon perish.''
Ii seems, therefore, If the above observations
are correct, that the stings with which the bees
are armeda are not designed for offensive operations
with those OF their size, but to repel the agres.
sloAs of larger and more sensitive animals on
which, either singly or in numbers, they can
lnnlct wounds so keen and painful as to make
them retreat This is done by the injection If =
poisonous or acrid liquor; or at any rate it is so
asserted by those who have examined the strnc.
lure OF these stings, by good microscopes It's
seli-evldent that there must be some such oner
alton. Tor the mere pushing into the skin OF 40
small an instrument, would not bring about sncb
severe pain and inflammation. Unjust probably
De 'ald down as fixed fact, that bees do not
sting each other. Their mode of warfare then
ls-teeth for bees and stings for man.
New MEXICO The Washington corresnon.
dent OF the N. Y. Express gives an outline Of
Report agreed upon by the committee on Terri.
tories in relation to New Mexico.
The boundaries therein defined commencing a.
the point in latitude az North, nearest the a..
kansas river, thence following the course Of the
southern branch OF the said river Arkansas mill
II intersects the degree OF longitude 100 West
from London, and % from Washington. thence
running by line due South to the South branch
OF Ked River, theuce.by direct line to the Rio
Grande, at the point where the Southern bound
are oil New Mexico intersects the same. thence
Westerly along the Southern boundary Of Nav
mexico the South West corner thereof. tbeoca
northwestwardly along the Western boundary or
New Mexicoto the North West corner thereof.
thence by direct line to the place OF BEGINNING
me other provisions OF the bill are simiIar ~
the California bill, reported from the same Com.
mittee, two weeks since. ~
Inc above boundaries secure 10 Texa. an ~
country on the Southern portion OF the Rio Crands
u az me mouth Of the River. 1t leaves unnamed
ana underlined, and undisposed of all this bither.
70 disputed portion Of country, but in the general
suPposi'lon that It will 20 TO Texas.
WONDERFUL Escape AsMr Sabin 81 sa,.,n
street, was riding In selegh with ladv. he
morse r, became manageable, and in passing from
Hanoverinto Blackstone street, upsetthe veh,cla
Mr o., was landed in the street, but the laiv a. ~
thrown over the dasher and upon the thills i'm
medlateiy behind the horse, with her head haaa
ing over and exposed to hundred fatal collis;oss
In the hayward course of the runaway besat ID
After riding some distance in this extremelv nar.
ious situation, the horse fortunately cleared from
the thllls and she was suddenly lett upon the snow
being only slightly bruised. 6saH 31sT@
Boston Chronotype.
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