The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1895-01-24
no RES CLOVER HONEY.
Hocans. the Isoney PEE poesp.s KnoT Hsa
10 f.et efe SIatetiai se,e ~.

20 f!~t sfe Nate<isi s,e ~.
.t,ly.lm we meyer an, =, cloreP
honey fs,r,.iieo: sail the ,lAatcr. Well.
FOR the simple ,renson thu, there IS
never any red clover honey made W
honey bees. There 10 no blossom 80
rich in stores OF sweetness RS the red
clover blossoms, ss every schoolncy
whose privilege tits tosplack and sucls
their nectar well knows: Bsit the
honey bee never collects those sweets
for IT'S use, because il. cannot. The
corolla tube or the red clover is SO
deep and small that the, bee cannot
reach. the honey stored at the base OF
the tube. The bee knows this, and II
yen will think a moment you will re-
member that You never saw honey
bee, either Wild Or hive-dweller, on
clover blossom.
These wise and busy insects do not
waste their time In efforts to obtain
sweets that are beyond their reach.
|I,us sthe numbering bumblebee leyies
tribute on every red clover patch in his
Ibaiiiwick. As smart as the honey bce
lais..sas has vet to learn q trick that is az
old as the hills to Its big and more
stupid-seeming coasin. When the
l!bumhlebec lights on head OF red
clover he puactures = hole In the base
OF the cors,lla and. thrustinS in his
probo>cis. sucks out the scctar 1T
used 10 i've asayorite but cruel pastime
among the boys at The rural districts
to capture e},e buu>blebee pull,it apart.
and take ont it's. honey bag--a trans
parent sack ~ Zig as n snnfl 'rsa. flied
|. with; the most delicate of honey. the
honey Of the red clnver-and cat the
s sweet rnorhrl, or. rather, Let it burs: in
the r,outl, and spill its drop OF incom-
parable. nectar, Any one who has
thus robbed the buinblehee Ut It's life
and it's hoard OF sweets will never for
.etshe delicious quality Of the honey
thus obtained. Unfortunately. this
big. clumsy bee is not much ut honey
maker. You might rob scnrc of.bnrn'
blebcc nests and not getL quarter OF a
pound Of Honey; and. bcaiacs, these
nests are few ind far between. Con-
.scoucntly we will have to wait until
the hive beses~l,.ar,isc drill iatn~~ths
lSblosSom TO get the nectar before we
can have rcd clover honey forn.lr buck
wheat cakes and wu flies. N. !. sun.
WILD ANIMALS LESS RARE.
The Show ItnsInrss Is:lx Cliaiicc sIhc~ the
days OF Sailing Vessels.
In ,ttsp lar
in wild l,erstS.'t he competitions I'm rare.
animals is not 81 is"rnii as it wnS nncc
uport = fms. III former a'.'y. l'.' .iias
h,d.fn scn.I MI. tlir w::v I" l.iha~i 20
intcrcup. ship. with animals on hoard.
n;,l the nlcn would ham: abort there
in all wca,hcrs in open boats. some.
times for twelve t,r fourteen days. No
animals ar.irarc rowadays in the same
sense that tl,ey used to be. Steamers
arc arriving cvcry day from MI parts.
and the iti,,is,rat an animal or any log
ciyu product becomes rare. it. hc comes
worth the while tf >nn,c scamanto take
the trouble To- bring itsover. II WAS
different in the days Ut the sailing
ships, whcl: so long IL p"ri"l as six
months wouii lapse after one came in
before it cor,t We expected that another
would arrive from the SINE country.
70 n correspondent. u cn:s>!l'> STAR
day .Iourna! Mr.. ,ia;oracl as ;e.n 's':-
in" so,nc -! the SECRETS OF his strange
trade. His father. III, says. once l~r%hs
mummy which wa>cSami:ic'! - Mr.
l:artl,.,, aud Frank h'c.':a / ~ wHs
discovered .:,at, thor" Wa Il ra;;l:n%
kso1,,,l :u-..dr it. un;t Hr. "':~lard
.va.,c.i ~ 1lr'n it. rs "a. ':!.'p'icn
's:,,.s, il, did. usc.' tr haze tle.r Trey
urr> wrapped M an! cnm.!mcl with
thc,,. 10 pull the mummy /" pieces
however. wnnl! ruin il. an! perhaps II
would la iot,nl th-t. there wiz no treas.
nre' ut all. Tiny Mi t;ircr agreed t., 70
.ha,..s in the venture, and to risk the
destruction When the mummy Was
,,@ucd Il contained rot!,in.: more wall
a.llc t',nn drn' up pieces ~ The ihte-
-i.,r. Among ilr. Jamr;ch'> customers
IL the prince Of Wales, who has l"nEht
II, FROM him. hut hi. principal IRA &c
:; with z"nlo.:cH Gardens and ,nenag-
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