The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24
GOSSIP FOR HOME PEOPLE
INCIDENTS
AND OPINIONS

walked away In better humor. Now what
was that? Was in inssinct7 Every bee
man must say il was whether ne believes
il OF not"
..Whers Is my aueen9 Where is she7'
Dr.. Jones walked around the hive look
ing for her.
Here Is sort OF coronation Jam on
this side said the Doctor She is
somewhere In this crowd. Yes, here she
is-here where all those bees have their
heads turned one way. Watch their ser
vile adulations- Do you know what they
are doing now2 or course you don Z
Well they are AL breaking their foot
necks hoping 20 be the first to place
honey on her tongue"
Just then a bee came into the hive
came IN a straight line from Henry
schweiter's orchard. or. maybe. from
way down on Ike Deans farm
Watch bim." said DIR. Jones. keep
your eye on him He has Just came home
from work and has two loads % pollen.
See thena-one lead on each leg Hen
cut Up some didos when he unloads that
POLLEN"
Only the young bees gather pollen The
older ones get the honey The older ones
lay down their loads when they enter
the hive and inside workers distribute
It among the various cells. The young
bees upon entering the hive 50 straight
TO the anal destination with their bur
dens and dispose of them IN an incom-
prehenSively rapid manner After the bee
recently mentioned laid down his burden
ne went heller SHELTER to where the queen
bee was paid hts respects 20 her and then
cut some capers. such as a tired horse
would do. upon being embarrassed. after
a days wo-k.
They all do that" said Or. Jones.
but they seem to be lazy today and are
less inclined 10 give up a little comedy
than usual"
DIT. Jones knows all about the tricks
OF the bees and IL is interesting 20 hear
him on the subject.
The politicians among these bees. he
said. are foxy. can't pack out the poll
ticisns. but suppose they are over there
somewhere near her majesty. That would
be like them You are aware that her
majesty, although she shines big IN the
Five. is a creature OF circumstances. This
queen for instance. was nothing three
weeks ago. The egg which produced her
was laid exactly on the 18th OF last
month. and here she is already a ruler q
her people-pretty quick work. isn't IL.
IL took three days 20 hatch her out Of
the egg She was like any other larvae
for six days The politicians Of the hive
decided that the Identical little grub
should be a queen and sealed the grub
nine days. At the end OF that time the
larvae was a queen. because the other
bees fed her for one. She broke through
the seal and came out a fun nedged mon
arch I Witnessed her first appearance
and she acted as gracefully as r she
had been ruling FOR three years See her
sting hook? Hard 10 see at first but
you'll get onto Il. She can sting worse
than any bee in that hive. but she doesn' 4
She never uses that sting hook on com
mon bees-she uses il only on royalty.
II any other queen gets gay and becomes
her rival she goes after her They fight
u a finish and one Of them Is always
dead when the fight IS over Queen bees
VII not sting you or me. We are be-
meath them They kill only their rivals
and their husbands.
DR.. Jones says that the honey comb is
the most perfect architecture ever de-
vised. Within the past three or four
years the Yankee genius has accomplish
ed much towards making a perfect honey
comb. but it IL impossible 10 seal the cells
as the bees do. Bees are profitable. Dr.
Jones made 500 exactly last year from
exactly 800 worth OF bees. The expense
was less than y. He says that all the
honey in tire combs IL genuine and al
ways Will be. because II Is impossible to
duplicate combs. even without solid cells.
Ter the market price Of the genuine honey
ccmbs