The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1894-02-08
HUNTING WILD BEES.
Tho Ingenious Method of Q CON-
necticu. Man.
Tracking the Insects to Their Trees with
tho Aid OF Loaf Sugar How IL
r. Done Bees with
Jag"

Becman, one of the most famous bee
hunters of the state, writes Connecti-
cut correspondent of the New York
sun. Mr.. Beeman takes TO the bust
ness by instinct, and so far this season
has found nine bee trees and scoopcd
In hundred pounds of wild honey,
and wild honey, IL must be remem-
bered, has a flavor peculiarly its own,
which cannot be duplicated In those
connections of glucose and flavoring
extracts manufactured to order. Mr.
Beeman has his own method of finding
bee trees, and he does not reveal them
TO every Tom, Dick and Harry who
asks him. Bee trees are not so numer-
Gus in Connecticut that there are
enough TO go round, SO those few who
possess the peculiar nature or instinct
which picks out such a hive are keep
ing their knowledge to themselves.
There is one method which the Itch
field county bee hunter uses In certain
cases which he has no objection TO be-
ing known. When he leaves home for
an expedition he takes along with him
several Jumps of loaf sugar Arriving
in the woods he moistens two or three
Jumps and places them on the stump
of an old tree or on n rock, and sits
down TO smoke his pipe and wait. De-
velopmcnts come rapidly. A busy bee
fiies over the spot, scents the sugar,
takes n few sips, and flies away
Pretty soon ii returns, accompanied
by other bees, and these go and bring
more, until finally quite swarm will
be lowering over that sugar. Mr.. Bee
man gets in his work now. Cautious
ly he catches one OF the bees, and with
his sharp penlSnife he Sits both wings
This doesn't harm the bee, and makes
II distinctive. Keeping his eye on this
bee he takes out his watch and notes
the time when IL flies away and the
time when 1t comes back again, also
the direction which IL takes. From
long experience the hunter knows Just
how long IL will take bee laden with
honey to fly certain distance and dis
charge its load of sweets, and how
long it requires to return without its
load. by making his calculations he
knows Just about how far the big tree
Is. Following the direction of the bees
flight to the distance he has calculated,
it doesn't take long. with careful
watching, to find the tree. As a rule
this system works perfectly, though
circumstances may make the location of
the tree somewhat tedious and labori-
times results fatally to insects as well
as individuals. Mrs. Theodore Hyde
was making sweet pickle" pears few
days ago, and sweet Pickle, especially
after 1t is spiced, has o very penetrat-
ing as well as seductive odor. Mrs.
Hyde left the Jar OF pickle in her
kitchen, with the window open, for
little while, until she had time to run
into neighbor's and swap receipts for
making pickles On her return she
was greatly put out, not TO say alarmed,
to find that he'd ness Pickle had at
tracted swarm, % bees, and her
kitchen was In o. ,lsion of the in
sects, which knew how to defend chem
selves when attacked. She awaited
J the return OF her husband at dinner
time to know what 60 do. He quietly
picked up the jar and set it
out on the lawn, where, dur
ing the afternoon, the bees continued
to imhibe the Intoxicating coneoction
until over half the swarm were in a
state of inebriety.
The jar remained out of doors all
night. The next morning the two
quarts of pickle were entirely gone,
while in the jar were two quarts OF
dead bees which had persisted from
cold while too drunk TO fly home. II
was the most destructive jag in loss OF
life ever known in that region of the
state a Plucky Roy Soldier. ia-.-.Ll
In the recollections of "a Man OF
Letters Under the Empire and the
Restoration" u story is told OF French
poet, Marquis dc Saint-Marc, which
would do credit to some of the military
heroes of history. When Saint Mare
was fifteen years old he was ensign OF
troop of cavalry in the French army
and took part in the battle of Fonte
noy. The FIRST charge Of the English
columns scattered and overthrow tho
first line of Saint-Marc's regiment and
the boy, seated on his horse and un-
harmed, was left alone, "In- that ter.
rible moment" he said, speaking Of II
afterward, 81 remembered nothing ex.
cept that had been told not TO finch
and always to hold my standard up
right. l did that with all my strength.
Then the second line rushed forward.
Before quite understood IL | was sur
rounded with friends, who wrapped me
up in my flag and carried me TO Louis
Nv, who embraced me and made me q