West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-09-03
..ouWELY INSECTS.
A Good-Naturcd Man Tells what Tie
Knows of Bees aud Yellow

"A bee is a very playful and good
naturcd animal. said a gray-headed
man with benevolent smile. standing
near the entrance of the bec-hives at
the 100 The only thing YOU want to
be careful about when YOU come any
where near bee is never TO hit him.
That is, you must never attempt TO hit
him, for the chances are just about nine
out Of ten that you Gavin do it if YOU
Try. ~. -.
Now, the difference between bee
and a yellow jacket is Just about this:
yellow jacket is the most vile and dis
reputable insect ever created. They
suffer from a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS temper
IL is never safe 10 pick up "A yellow
jacket, and nothing makes a yellow
jacket more happy, and gives rise to a
more general feeling of unhappincss on
the part of human susceptibility than to
have some unreilccting person take hold
of him. 1t is then that the little yellow
jacket soul throbs with iendish delight.
and misery seizes the unfortunate
victim.
The habits of these insects are pecu-
liar continued the benevolent man.
"A bee never stings person more than
once. His apparatus has a barbcd point,
and when it enters any substance it
stays there. This finishes up the bee
for good. He lives hut a few minutes
after losing his sting.
There ne6d never be any fear of an
attack from bees, said the lecturer,
"unless You begin the attack by striking
at them. Then they respond with saw
age impulse. | should say if whole
swarm of bees were to surround a man
and sting him the effect would be fatal.
The Venom Of the honey bee is very
painful. But when treated kindly they
are harmless. This shows their intelli-
gence. They become accustomed to
persons in the habit of attending them.
"Do you know said the man. that
hornet is the most singular animal,
and the most unpleasant one to fight
with that people ever knew? A person
who is stung by n hornet feels ready for
a bowling war-danee and ii. all comes
from not understanding one disagree
able characteristic of them. If man
was sharp a hornet could never sting
him. The minute a man strikes or
throws a stick at him he instantly re-
spends by making for him in line as
straight as the riamge of .theodolite.
1890 ~ E''' 'hNiN 'hN IL tiiO
man saw him coming and only had sense
enough to dodge him the hornet
wouldn't get there. And what is more
peculiar, the hornet would 30 straight
back to the identical point hc started
from and make another sally for his vic
tim. But just as often as the man kept
lodging, he would never get stung. Ii
only requires a man with nerve enough
to stand his ground and agility enough
TO dodge quicker, than the hornet can
fly to make it "A very interesting combat.
But of all the spiteful, wicked and
incorporating insects, save me from
either yellowjacket or wasp.
There is no getting away from them,
and when they sting once they sting a
dozen times I'M different parts of the
body. They keep right at it, and man
may try to hit them with stick or his
hat all day and miss them every time
Wasps make their nests i'm the ceiling
of room or the roof of a barn. Hornets
are generally found in clumps of fruit
trees, shrubbery, or fences. Phjiadci-
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