The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-04
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A Good-Naturcd Man Tells what He
Knows OF bees and Yellow
Jackets.


"a bee is n very playful and good
natured ANIMAL" said gray-headed
man with a benevolent smile, standing
near the entrance of the bee-hives at
the Zoo. "The only thing you want TO
be careful about when you come any
where near n 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 cawn't do it II you
try.
Nov, the difference between a bee
and u yelow-iacket is Just about this:
A yellow-jacket Is the most vile and dis
reputable insect ever created. They
suffer from chronic dsordered temper.
1t is never safe to pick up yellow
jacket, and nothing makes n yellow
jacket more happy, and gives rise to
more general feeling of unhappiness on
the part of human susceptibility than to
have some unrellectingp person take hold
of him. 1t is then that the little yellow
| Jackets soul throbs with iiendish delight,
and misery scizes the unfortunate
victim.
"Thc habits of these insects are pecu
liar" continued the benevolent man.
! "a bee never stings person more than
once. His apparatus has barbed point,
and when it enters any substance it
stays there. This finishes up the bee
for good. He lives but n few minutes
after losing his sting"
| "Thcre need 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 a whole
swarm of bees were to surround q 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 knewP A person
who is stung by q hornet feels ready for
a bowling war-dance, and it all comes
from not understanding one Disagree
able characteristic of them. If Il man
was sharp a hornet could never sting
him. The minute man strikes or
throws stick at him he instantly re-
spends by making for him in line as
straight as the range of 4 theodolite.
And he always gets there. But if the
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 90 straight
back to the identical point he started
from and make another sally for his vic
tim. But just as often as the man kept
dodgng he would never get stung. 1t
only requires man with nerve enough
to stand his ground and agility enough
to dodge quicker than the hornet can
fly to make it very interesting combat.
"But of all the spiteful, wicked and
uncompromising insects, save me from
either II yellow-jacket or a wasp.
There is no getting away from them,
and when they sting once they sting Il
dozen times in 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 in the ceiling
of room or the roof of barn. Hornets
are generally found in clumps of fruit,
trees. shrubbery, or fences. ."-Phiiadet-
phia Press.