Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-11-06
STRENUOUS STINGERs.
The Wasp Has More Real Executive
Ability Than Any Other Singing

Ability Than Any Other Singing
Insect.
IT read in one Of the magazines re-
Gently something about the sting Of the
bee," said a citizen, land was remind
ed Of an experience had with friend
sometime ago while in the country. He
was ploughing over behind a small
clump of hills, and they were well
wooded almost down to the fence line.
It was in a section which Is noted for
making wildcat whisky, and this fact
threw me off the track, as will appear
hereafter. I was approaching my
friend from the hillside. was riding.
Suddenly 7 thought he glanced at
me, and at the time he rushed around
hurriedly to the singletree, unlocked
the trace chains, threw them across
the horses back, and the animal struck
out on a dead run down the turning
row which split the ravine. My friend
followed, and 1t was race for who laid
the last rail, as they say in the country.
I could see through it all in minute.
My friend had been making moonshine
whisky, and he thought I was a United
States marshal. I split my sides laugh
ing over the thought Of the thing, and
then struck out down the ravine after
him. travelled some distance before
catching sight Of my friend and his
horse. Finally found them close to
branch, and my friend was stopping
down occasionally, picking up some
thing and smearing 1t on his hands,
face and neck.
"'Hallo, BILL I said smilingly, I
guess you thought I was a United
States marshall United States h.!
he said, almost uncivilly; I ploughed
up hornets nest and sure enough he
had, end both the men and the horse
were as knotty as hickory limb as the
result Of It all. The bee may be good
stinger; but the hornet Is the f1eetest
thing on wings when 1t comes to using
the stinger with swiftness and effect.
"That reminds me of the curious
methods Of bees and things Of that sort
in stinging," the narrator continued.
"Take the honey bee, for instance.
Now, the honey bee is what you might
call a lazy, clumsy, docile sort OF stin-
ger. Really, the bee is awkward when
compared with other insects. The
humble bee is a trife more vigorous.
and there Is a deal more Of what one
may call action in its movements. 1t Is
striking sort Of sting, and have seen
children almost knocked down by these
heavier members of the bee family. 1t
is mean sting to handle, too, and does
not yield so quickly to treatment. The
hornet and the yellow jacket sting on
the wing, as 1t were. They do their
work quickly. but thoroughly. and they
generally leave record behind them
that they would have no cause to feel
ashamed of If they had this element in
their makeup.
But there Is my old friend, the wasp.
want to speak Of him. He Is the
prince Of stingers. You may not forget
him so quickly when he stings you.
He leaves a sort of waspy taste In your
mouth, and it is anything but pleasant,
and it is a taste you will remember
even after the years have gone by. The
wasp is a lingering sort Of a fellow.
He lovingly and caressingly stings,
perches for a while on ones neck,
may say, and then huns about his bus
mess. But really, when the wasp lin
gers longer than other insects while
stinging, he also shows anger, and Is
probably the most spiteful member in
the list of stinging insects. Or
leans Times-Democrat.