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

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and tho Red Glover.
When the buckwheat was In II
fullest blossom one summer-and buck
wheat is one of the staples of the high
stony farms of Northern Pennsylvani
Il noticed that the snowy bloom wa
at times almost brown with bees bus,
In collecting the honey, unsurpassed Ii
In flavor, for no flower yields NOR,
abundantly than the tiny buckwhea
blossom. One day 1t struck me that IL
my daily tramps for weeks in all di
rections l had not seen single bee
hive in any yard or orchard anywhere
within ten miles. Who. then, l thought
can all these bees belong to? Who are
they working for, and what distances
must they be travelling between apiary
and rifing placer l put the question
to an old resident from "the Knob
country" and he enlightened me.
Then bees" he said, don't belong
to nobody, an they think they hain't
workin' fer nobody but theirselfs, but
I'm a thinkin' th't some of 'em is apt to
be mistaken. Ez fer how fur do they
travel, some of 'em travels a mild.
some of 'em two mild and mebby three
or four mild. They'm wild bees, an
though this land hain't e'zac'ly flowin'
with milk, it kin turn out plenty o.
Wild honey an to spare"
"Yes," continued the native. 9Th,
hain't no doubt but some o. them bees
has been buzzin' home all summer
long with wrong idee ez well ez with
honey, fer they've been thinkin' th't
they was heapin' up a hundred pound or
500 pancake kiverin' all for theirselfs.
Std O. packin' it all away, nice an
snug, fer Teller bout my inches. I've
got one fine Of bee tree lined a'ready.
follered the leetle hot-tailed fellers In
ez they was workin' on the willer
blossoms fust thing in the spring. Now,
I'm gointer take a line fer another tree
from some o. these brown-winged fell
lers on the buckwhit. TIL run one in
tmorror, an ify'd like to see the modoc
operandy o how it's done, come over
an 60 long"
Nothing could have suited me better
and l was on hand next morning.
Couldn't had a bullier day.- said
the bee hunter. 9TH hain't a bit o. |
haze, an it looks to me ez If could |
keep bee in my eye for mile this
mornin'-that is, not bee, e'zacIv.
but the sight o. one. Let's look round |
a bit an pick out a good un. Here's a
a nice. big, brown Teller, workin' in
the corner o. the buckwhit, all alone
by hisself. He's greedy cuss. He's
loaded down to the guards now. but
ne hates to give up, an keeps on a
suckin'. TIL hain't nothin' th't bee
likes to hold on to so much ez he does
70 patch o buckwheat, less it's white
clover or Eastwood. Dye see how
thick his legs is kivered with waller.
Waxy sort O. STUFF Ye think that's
the honey, don't YEP thort so. Ev'rv
yreeny does. That hain't the honey
no more'n it's q las years birds nes'.
Z
The honey is stored away in the in
ices neck. some're, an wen he gets
home he'll soon have it MIXED out'n
lim. Bees don't eat honey. They eat bee
bread, an th't yaller stuff is cargo O,
nee bread ev'ry one o. these leetle
'haps Tugs home with him. Thew
'ut hof on. This fellow is gittin'
eady to pull out. He's sucked till he
ant get no more inter him, an he's
'oin home to unload. Keep yer eve
N him. II he raises right up straight
n the air an starts away without Z
eemin' to look for his bearin's the t
rec ne lives in is nigh. But if he gets .
p kinder hesitatin' like, an don't c
'niEz OF to wunst, mebby we'll have
Two or three mild chase. Therel
les gittin' up! What! Don't know Z
ow she heads. hayP Good ways from
ome' sonny! He's OF! Keep your eve d
n him."
: ne pee hunter shaded his eyes with b
Is nand and gazed in the direction the "
30 had gone. The honey-laden toiler Il
as out OF my sight in a second. but h
Re practiced eye of the hunter seemed
follow 1t for a long distance. for IL I,
as some time before he took his hand
ON his eyes and looked away. .,
II thort so. said he; it's over in the q
8 swamp whar that bee lives. ..wen
we good tramp, an well have to Of
le him, or some o. his brother'n, W
INST or twice more fore we run it in O.
trea- Leastways think SO. Wen r
ader trot long lords yon big pine OF
. ii " bin go The top q. straight Il