Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-04-19

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wzter q the creek the w1ods are fall
q bees no~ And Ehey 01ght % have
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AL thAE I want pa 10 90 Is C climb
TIE trees and caf the bees down and
then I Eill Do al ut the Gghftng and
take tEe huaey o1t-
So The next mxuEng rode up 70
Id Bzrtis cabin and fo1nd hin ready
C start Aboat three O'Clock in the
asEernonn We rode Up . long open
ridge thai reached 10 the Summit Gs
ne n0untain. passing oEer The spot
Esere Sesto Berryazso Afterwards saw
the DseFIL, aad czmped az 4 col spring
1ezr the head q : lsng rzEinc- Altar
we had zxed our camp ! went up On
TIE summit 70 i0ok fer bees and soon
found Ewo big s~arns Of them Early
TIE next norning se went up there
and soon climbed the tree and eut
q the big limb that the bees we're In.
As il waE . stroCg sxzrn thoaght
that se would get all the honey that
ne wanted righf there.
They were the big yellos Italian
bees and EOald fght 10 more than
flea Well when Bart cut The limb
open there was not . spoonf1Io Of honey
In it. We then went TO the nexs tree
and found the szae result Disgust
ed with our lock we went back 70
canp and saddlsd Cur h0rses and
started down 10 the sodz spring about
four miles doEn the creek I have
seen many soda springs, % the pains
and in California, but that spring was
The strongtxt md pGrest natural sgia
water that ! ever drank. It was q
very bot day and il was about noon
when we carnped At the spring. After
We got our dinner went short dis
tanee beiow the camp, where the bees
we're watering and soon got the course
Iof three or four different swarms- /
soon found two trees not more than
$50 yards from camp, and when We
had cut these down We found that
they were the same big lazy Italians
and hadn't a drop Of honey stored
up.
We then returned to our camp and
rested until about four O'Clock, when
| told Bart that 1 would follow the
c0ruse Of the bees that went over the
high ridge east Of our camp, and Bart
said that be would go up the creek
and meet me around the bend on the
other side Of the high ridge.
| Il Is = well known fact that bee
will always fly on q straight line TO his
hive unless he has to cross over a
steep hill. and then be is likely, after
be crosses the ridge, TO swerve either
to the right or left.
| | followed the straight course 10 ths
top Of the high ridge and then wenl
and crossed the deep ravive, that
Bart was 70 follow up. and wen N
into a fine boby Of timber but not 1
sign Of bee could ind. then turn
ed back and went down about two
hundred yards on the side OF the ridge
To where single white oak tree stood
ia dense thicket Of poison oak bushes
The first limb Of the tree was about
30 feet from the ground and on ths
other side Of it was woodPecker's
hole. 1 watched the hole awhile and
saw bees coming out Of IL and
Others going into it. They looked 81
small that mistook them 70 be yei
Iov-jackets, 80 l called 10 Bart to come
up and tell me what they we're.
After be had watched them a fex
minutes he said: @They are not yel-
Ios- jackets. they are little black Mis-
souri bees and they will fight like
hell" so the first limb Of the tree
szs about 20 feet from the ground and
IS / could not climb the tres, i thought