The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-01

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the tiles just over one of the chamber
windows They held possession k,r sew
cral years. and still held their own
when ] left the cottage. A. they no'eF
swarmed. Il h almost certain there
must have been large collection q
honey. but for some reason or other.
chiefly. no doubt, on account OF the
difficulty Of taking the honey without
injuring the house and exposing the
whole family 10 the attacks u the bees,
J pFoiited IN no way BY their busy
labOrs-
Less than ten years ago when max
ing . call az the old farmhouse. PEN
rhos- Lyonshall. Hercfordshire. my At
tention was directed to colony ofbees
which had made settlement in the up
per part Of one Of the walls Of the house.
suggested the removal Of portion o.
the inner wall. and predicted large
Find" After some time. this advice
was acted on; but the farmer adopted
a plan which | should have strongly
deprecated the plan u destroying
with birthstone the entire bee c0rnmu-
nifty The store II honey was so great
that every available keller and pan in
the house was filed 81 the extent Of
nearly two hundred weight
Two other instances may be cited, IS
reported in the West Surrey Times
One is that Of m extraordinary take"
Of honey from the walls Of the Hautboy
and Fiddle Inn. Ockham. Surrey The
outer walls Of the house are about
three feet in thickness. and at the very
go. ~ -
had established themselves. holding
undisturbed possession for number Of
wears At length the inn-keeper de-
termined TO find out their " whereabouts.
After diligent search under the roof.
piece Of comb was found Descend
ing 10 one Of the upper bedrooms.
chiscl and hammer went 10 work. and
square Of about two feet was opened
in the front wall; here large mass IT
comb was discovered: and after fumi-
eating the bees. about one hundred
and twenty pounds Of honey were 81
cured. Another and still more ex-
traord.nary take" Of honey was
secured at Winters Hall. Bran
ley. Surrey. the seat Of Mr..
George Barrett. Some bees had long
ceiling Of the coach-honsc and the
granary: on effecting an entrance.
about three hundred weight Of honey
was secured
In some countries the honey-bee still
roam~ Al will and uncontrolled; this Il
notably the case in the western parts
Of the United States and Canada The
discovery If their natural hives for the
purpose Of securing the honey is the
calling Of class Of persons known IS
bee-hunters- A writer Of considerable
reputc thus speaks on this subject:
The beautiful forests in which we
were cncampci abonnded in bee-trces.
that j. 10 say. trees in the dccaycd
| trunks Of which wild-bees had estab-
lished their hives II is surprising in
what countless swnrms the bees have
oyer~pread the far West within but a
moderate number of years. The In
dams consider them the harbinger Of
| the white man. As the buffalo is OF the
red man. and SAY that in proportion -
I the bee advances. the Indian and the
buffalo retire Weare always accustomed
I 10 associate the hum Of the beehive
with tine farmhouse and the flower
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sr;a,.- ,'.,l.. ,;.. ~ g s..ns.,..,, s.,;sh
~ h,,-v h.,,n,s - ,,.n. s..J -, III,
that fbs Via ~. = ssi5or 70 ~ HI,
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| frontier. Theybaye been the heralds az
civilization. steadily preceding II. As Il
advanced from the Atlantic border:
and some Of the ancient (earlv) St
I tiers OF the West pretend TO give the
very wear when the honey-bee first
crossed the Mississippi. The Indians.
with surprise. found the molderinc
trees of their forests suddenly teemins
with ambro>ial sweets: and nothing.
am told. can exceed the great relish
| with which they banquet for the frs,
time upon the unboueht Injury Of The
wilderness. At present the honey-bce
swsrm~ n mvriad- II tie noble croy..
ana forests t;,af skirt and inter<.ct the
prairies ana extend along the alIuyia]
bottoms ~ the rivers Il seem- - M
a II these beautiful regions answer III.
erallv 10 the description of the land 81
promiSe. = land flowing with mill And
honey: for fhe rich pssturagc u the
rrajri-s 4 calculated ~ susfain herds
81 cattle a couutle-s a. the sands upon
The seashore. while the flowers with
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