The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-10-06

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tn right nor to tn left, not if he meet.
a bulljine an a train o. cars. W'er
we git that, II tn hain't no sign o. tn
bee tree bein' nigh we'll line 'em again
If it's nigh, wen know it by hearin
an seem, the workers goin' by us
comm an goin' tol'able thick. Then
we'll know th't the tree they'm film
fer we hain't fur away"
1t was no easy matter to reach the
landmark pointed out by the hunter.
for the brush was thick. and the way
was stony and miry by turns. The
veteran kept up constant run OF talk,
and among the things 1 heard and kept
from being jolted out OF me was:
I'VE mowt a noticed that We never
see honey bee a workin' on red
clover; an now th't We think O. it.,
mebby it'll strike We ez bein' ruther
funny, fer tn hain't nothin' th't grows
th't holds more honey, an the best
kind at that, thin the red clover.
Well, now th't yev thort it funny
th't honey bees don't git the honey
outen red clover, o. course, yev asst
yerself. Well! why don't theyp All!
there We be! Ye can't answer YER
self, kin yer. Course not Then
I'll tell yer. The honey bee don't work
the red clover for the simple reason
th't he don't know how. That's a fact.
Smart ez honey bees is, an there hain't
nothin' in the insec' line th't comes ez
nigh ez they do to bein' smarter thin
human bein's, less it's ants-they'vc
sucked an sucked an sucked all
round the red clover ever since bees
an red clover was born, an they hain't
learnt yit tn one little trick that opens
all them sweets to 'em th't red clover
holds way down in its bosom. Yet
the humble bee knows how to git
1t, an he gifts it, an il there was
only enough o wat he makes durin'
tn season, he'd soon knock tn
honey bee higher'n kite, fer red
clover honey have to be the best
tn market affords. An it's simple
trick too. th't lets the humble bee in |
ter tn monopoly o. red clover. Them
leetle holler tubes th'tmakes the clover |
head, an at the bottom o. witch tn
honey Is stored, is too deep for either
IN honey bee or tn humble bee to sink
MS sucker down inter, SOS they kin
xetch the sweet l don't know wat
'ver put 1t inter tn humble bees head
Or wen it was done, but some time or
'ther arter tryin' ter git his nose in the
honey, he knowed was way down in
hit red clover, an not hittin' on a way.
le has jest set down an conferred his
rain over it. BY an by tn idee hit him,
n 1t mus o. nigh knocked him often
he stump he was settin' on. l kin
limos see th't oil bumbler q jumpin' ND
n down an jist hollerin' for joy w en-
h idee hit him. An wat dye think
was? just to tap the clover tubes at
ne bottom, an, there the honey lay
nth nothin' to do but be sucked out.
IN from th't day to this the humble ,
ee has been borin' leetle hole in the I
ottom OF them nectar cells an Robin |
hem o. all they'm with, an the honey {
ee hain't never tumbled to tn trick.
m here we be at the big pine. Sump- g
/ o tug, want itP" "
RUN TO EARTH 4
1t had been tug and no mistake, IL
ut well worth the time and toll. The '
90 hunter stopped, and telling me be t
niet, stood In a listening attitude for a a
mute or more. Presently bee b
lzzed by us like shot, in the direc- {
on we had come, and some time after v
lother one went by. n
1--WE hain't nigh the tree yit," said h
o. bee hunter, IAN we'll line 'em +,
,in." =,
He took a small tin box from his Il
'cket. In the box was a piece of W
NIB honey. This the woodman placed Ia
a stone on the ground and lighting b
match. held the blaze at one corner A
the honey. A sweet smelling smoke
me from the burning stuff and rose
'wly in the air. The honey ceased A
rning when the match was burned
{.
''There!" said the hunter, 9TH bees tr
mt be long gettin' sniff o. th't, We m
bet, anil come here to load up. &C
zen we'll foller on their heels agin an m
'uess tree them" al
Sure enough! 1t was not long before oil
IT one bee, then another, and then pr
other settled down on the honey. pa
hen one had taken its load it rose
ward and away it went homeward in ca
curse as straight as an arrow. tn
We've got 'em nowr exclaimed the di
lighted hunter, and he was of. He tn
shed through the brush and over Ia
stones and through the mire, re- I'M
'dless OF every thing. l stumbled its
ng after him, and when, after an all
If of such travelling, was about to wi
9 up, the bee hunter suddenly no
pped. of
Sb-h-h-h " said ha bold;po ~ -. elf