The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-12-13
A TALK ABOUT BEES.
(BY A MEMBER OF CLASS A. }

(BY MEMBER OF CLASS A.
Some fellow that thinks he knows all about the /
subject, has given it out cold to the world that
it is only the female bee that stings. Idenounce
the assertion as libel on the sex, and one that
he should have been ashamed to make, and
BESIDES how does he know?
What interest is it to any of us to know
whether it's a male or female bee that comes
along sometime when we are not looking, and
brings us wipe alongside the jaw that makes
us think we are under the wreck OF a freight
train, or have got tangled up with Kansas
cyclone. Instead of caring anything about the
sex of the beast we only aim to relieve our feel
ings with expressive language; which is not al
ways fitted for use in a drawing room.
When you look into the pleasant. honest face
of a bee, you would hardly think that the south
end of him was so hot that you can't hold 1t IN
YOUR hand While bee as a rule is peaceably
disposed, l never knew or heard of one VINO de-
cliyied scrap if it came his way. One peculiar
ity about the bee is, that they are never TOO
Young to bite. There was once bee, too young
to be put to work, but (who having) listened in
tently to the stories told by his elders of the
numerous times they had raised cain with the
human race, became possessed with an inordinate
QoSlT0 10 40 SOHCIIllllS AOAiioA he'OAO !" 'AAs N
himself, so, one balmy Sunday morning he took
his way over hill and dale uhtil at last he spied
| camp meeting conducted by some brethren OF
the Afro American race. With the remark,
"that's my mutton" he descended into their
midst, and in just twenty seconds there were
sixteen men and dog breaking out of that as
sembly in seventeen different directions, looking
for cover and making remarks that are positively
prohibited by the decalOgue, that is. all but the
dog. and he looked as though he envied his two
legged companions the gift of speech.
That bee decidedly objects to any intrusion
on his rights, once had a sad and convincing
proof I passiOnately fond OF flowers,
roses especially and dearly love to inhale the
fragrance that comes from that particular
flower; well, one day was passing garden
where roses were blooming in prOfuSion. num-
bers of them being close to the front fence, L
thought to indulge myself with good snlH OF
their enhancing OdOr and for that purpose,
placed my nose in contact with splendid spec
linen, also in contact with an Ornery bee that
had taken up temporary abode therein. he
$ resented the intrusion by kicking me with full
$ force right on the end of my nasal prOtuberance.
, In about minute, you would have thought that
some one had fastened gourd in the middle OF
v nv countenance by the small end. didn't say
ANYTHING: couldn't, am no linquist. and COM
r mon, ordinary, commercial English. wouldn't
t have done the subject justice. But distinctly
remember wondering whether it was electricity
or dynamite that killed me; (and for more than
!. a week thereafter, l had to climb up on chair
whenever / wanted to look over my nOse.)
A bee sharp, has lately discovered that alto
gether too much credit has been given TO Dees
for their supposed industry. He claims thai
10 thew do not work more than three or four hour:
o. a day, and go loafing around the balance OF INT
It time making life miserable and burden to eacl
,e and every other living thing. This can readily
believe, from the fact that you will so fire
v. uuently find the miserable whelps in the mos
h. unexpected places, and far removed from pom
where flowers are wont to bloom. rememDe
ay once going with friend to fish, when we arrive
of at our destination, we looked up cool, snad
H. snot from which to cast our lines, and my frien
de being rather on the pOrtly order, sat down; wei
H. for one of his build and temperament. he mad
at a remarkably quick move IN coming to an ul
MS right position again-he came up as they say
..all standing" with the remark that he had
he almighty poor opinion of any blooming idiot thu
would scatter tacks around place where homes
folks went to fish. But little investigate
as showed that it wasn't tacks that allied him, bl
er the crushed and lfeless remains of little bus
MS bee revealed the scource of his discomfort. Tn
M Grafton that he delivered over the mangled r
mains was unique in composition, and flown
or with adiectiyes but will not bear reproduction
and noticed that he did the rest of his flshlI
ay for the day standing up. If any OF you ever thI
of getting up n scrap with bee. my advice
ne. YOU is to first arm yourself with squlrt-gt
loaded with ammonia, then if he don't get IN
nn Sullivan rush on you and knock you out IN ii
first round, you may stand some chance OF &c
no ting the gate receipts. am glad that it HI
been discovered what lazy sneak this boast'
les. busy bee really is; think it would afford me
3D. told satisfaction to hold up to scorn and ridicu
as that old cOuplet.
,p, "How doth the little busy bee
20 Improve each shining hour"
' , vberewith nv teacher used to spur me on
a.a ACQUIRE knowledge How would enjoy thu
o.' discontinue when 1 should be able to say
o a them. behold your boosted example of industr
NO. he is nothing more than lazy little glutton W
dy. lying w 800 .,ast,,, ,oro thon he moo,
beside LAYING the foundation for first cls
orc dyspeptic among his human fellow lnnaDltal
tho of this earthly abode.
- have lost all respect for the bee except
49, his prowess as scrapper, and that isn't to
pre- sno0l Q" "' anu 80 .., 49,. 49, hoh,
ned 10 ihdho i" VI ca" ioA '@''. 49,, 49,, +
ring Tree "nen sec ono VI VIZ oi,t ana w
age making for me, wearing his war paint and "
EN- hloOd n his eve I shall always be SCuQlOu
was po'o w '' VI " = 80. 900;
ton from policy have no desire to run up agal
was ANYTHING that will do me up so quick that 1t
,red y 20, ho;r o,,r, There is lots to he s.
not Haho NY ""i 49, ~, - o~,o,,, +i,,,
resi-; about oees' put nave useu up en t snt,