Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-03-31
and beat the bushes violently with their

and beat the bushes violently Win tneH
fore paws. "a
Bears are very fond of thugs and in
sects of all kinds. They know just
where to find them every time, and
know that their fayorite insects make
their homes under the stones during the
winter months. The brutes conse-
quently select spots where the ground
is covered with stones. and with their
paws turn them up TO get at the bugs.
Yellowjackets and hornets are favOrite
morsels with the black bear. If bruin
sees a yellowjacket or hornet in the
woods he is wild until he finds the in
sect's home. He tears madly through
the woods until his unerring scent leads
him to the spot. Then he settles down
to business. When bear finds yell
lOwjacket's nest it takes but a few
swoops of his fore paws to turn it
wrong side out. A yellOwjackets' nest
is generally built in the ground, just
under the surface. As soon as their
rest is touched, the bees swarm about
in clouds and cover the bear until he il
as yellow as a sunflOwer. He pays no
attention to their assaults, though an
attack of yellowjackets on any other
animal would result in death. The
bear merely shuts his eyes and grins as
he deyours nest and all. He attacks
honey-bees the same way. and scoops
the honey out with his paws and ticks
them OFF until the nest is despOiled
completely.
Old Jerry Greening, the hunter,
saws that on one occasion he shot
bear and was going TO drag the carcass
home, when he discovered the bear had
Just been robbing a yellowiackets'
nest and was still covered with the
fiery insects. IF that bar he'd only
been wounded I'd waltzed right in
an fixed i'm" said Jerry. "but a
couple O. them cussed little hot-tailed
critters came after me an l skipped,
an didn't dare go after tibet bar for
two days" .ts.r....
Hornets build their nests high up in
the branches Of trees, or fasten them to
the rocks But as cute as these insects
are the bear is more than their match.
A bear discovers a hornets nest Tar out
on a limb beyond his reach. He climbs
the tree, BREAKS the longest branch he
can get, and, holding it in his fore
paws, hits the nest until it drops to the
ground Sometimes he dances or
stamps on the limo till the nest is
shaken of. Should the nest be on a
rock the bear goes up to the top of the
ledge above it, where he gathers stones
and sticks and rolls them down the side
of the rock till one hits the nest and
sends it tumbiing to the ground below.
The. hornets appear to know what has
caused their ruin, and all remain in the
fallen nest till the bear appears, when
they attack him. 'lt
"A hornet sting" SAYS Jerry Green
ing ais bout s strong's whack from
sledge-hammer. an one hornet IL
knock bull down; but their bite won't
raise lump bigger buckshot on a
b ar. an the shaggy critter thinks its
fun. He'll stan on his him legs and
square off with his fore paws, Jest as eff
he were a boxin' with somebody, only
he's durn keerful t keep his eyes shet.
Then he II Law down an roll over 'em
Jest ez il he didn't keer cent fer 'em.
Once't seed she bar knock hor-
nets nest bigger'n half-bushel basket
Off a rock. an pick it up an tuck it
under her arm ap' walk off with il, ez
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