Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-29
BUSY BEES IN A HOTEL.
A Drummer's Lively Experience in a South
west Georgia Hotel.
Savannah Nc

savannah news.
FtDid you ever see bees making honey
in a hotel?'' The question was put by
travelling man who had just returned
from a six weeks trip through the south
ern portion of the state.
81 wouldn t have believed, ;" he con-
tinued, ''that people and bees could live
together, but have seen it with my own
eyes, and [ am convinced that they can.
Last week, as [ was making my return
trip to Savannah, [ stopped over at Ogle-
thorpe, and l spent the night in that in
dustrious little. town at the Drum
mers' home, the only hotel there. 1t
is kept by Judge Willis, the largest mer-
chant and one of the wealthiest men in
southwest Georgia. [ was sitting out on
the front porch just after supper, smok-
ing q cigar, and I kept hearing a rum
bling noise, ASST water were pouring off
some place. TheEs0und came and went
at intervals, and sometimes [ could hear
it distinct enough to almost tell, [
thought, what it was. From the arte-
sian well, situated in the Center of the
town, runs a small stream. 1t runs
down q hill over rocks and pebbles,
making a rumblIng noise like that of a
brook, and forms branch further down
the hill, and the ripping Of the little
stream is heard at the business houses.
81 got up and walked down to the
south end of the porch, imagining that l
could smell the sweet fragrance Of the
violets and honeysuckles on the branch,
when a bug, as I supposed, whizzed by
my head. l threw my hand up TO my
head when something lighted on it. l
WASH t frightened, but skittish of bugs.
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with my left hand and struck it. It did
not fall dead to the floor as [ expected.
Its sting was in my hand, and the poor
thing could not get loose. The sensation
was unnerving, and with an energetic use
of my cap got rid of it, 1t was bee.
smelled him and his scent was
abroad. 1 leaned up against column to
get breath after the experience and Jared
the post considerably. [ stopped down
to pick up my cap, and when [ straight
ened up 1 ran my head into "a bee nest.
There were more bees than / ever felt
before. They pitched on my face and
head, and as fast as one would sting he
gave place tb the next one, who gave me
q whack. [ ran into the room, and in
some way they got the bees of off me.
remained over in Oglethorpe two days
that was longer than 1 expected to stay
but wanted to stay until my fondness |
for the place 'swaged down to its natu-
raj size.
''Two days afterward, few hours be- !
fore was going to leave, 1 thought [ |
would take last look at the 'fated |
spot. I found the column against which |
l leaned, and the first thing that at |
tracted my attention was the rumbling |
noise that I heard two nights before. |
Looking at the top of the post l saw a |
bunch OF bees that would have filed my |
hat. They were going u and out of
crack in the post, just as they |
go in and out of gum. They |
were making honey. l had made |
a discovery. l made known what [ |
had seen to the proprietor of the house.
He investigated it and found that the
which is about ten feet high and
eight inches il diameter, was full of
honey up to within two feet Of the top.
After calculating awhile we found that
the column contained over two hundred
pounds of honey. It was find of be-
tween eighty and one hundred dollars.
Nobody had ever seen the bees before,
and, Notwithstanding the rumbIing
noise had attracted the attention