Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1886-09-02
LIVELY INSECTS.
A Good-Nstured Man Tells what He
Knows of Bees and Yellow
JaeEefs.

4 Jackets.
"A bee is a very playful and good
natured animal" said a gray-headed
man with a benevolent smile. standing
near the entrance of the bee-hives at
the Zoo. 1.-The only thing you want to
be careful about when you come any
where near q 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 1t If you
try.
I Now, the difference between bee
and a yellow-jacket is just about this:
A yellow-jacket is the most vile and dis
reputable insect ever created. They
suffer from chronic disordered temper.
1t is never safe to pick up yellow
jacket, and nothing makes yellow
jacket more happy. and gives rise to "A
more general feeling of unhappiness on
the part of human susceptibility than To
have some unreflecting person take hold
of him. Ii is then that the little yellow
| jacket soul throbs with fiendish delight,
and misery seizes the unfortunate
victim.
1.-The habits of these insects are pecu-
liar" continued the benevolent man.
"A bee never stings person more than
once. His apparatus has n barbed point,
and when it enters any substance it
stays there. This finishes up the bee
for good. He lives but few minutes
after losing his sting
| There 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 whole
| swarm of bees were to surround 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 a hornet feels ready for
n bowling war-dance, and it all comes
from not understanding one disagree
| able characteristic of them. III man
was sharp a hornet could never sting
| him. The minute man strikes or
| throws n stick at him he instantly re-
| spends by making for him in line as
straight as the range of a 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 go 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
lodging he would never get stung. 1t
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 very interesting combat.
''But of all the spiteful, wicked and
uncompromising insects. save me from
either yellow-jacket or wasp.
| There is no getting away from them,
and when they sting once they sting a
dozen times in different parts of the
body. They keep right mt 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. ~ iiddel.
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