Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-09
BEE MAN REPORTED AGAIN
Kcuai Indians Amazed at the Industry
 of the Insects

Kcnai Indians Amazed at the Industry
 of the Insects
 Nur. return, from the progress, O. rh. bee man to rhc interior float tc Seward through devious channels. it appear, now that Bee Man Warren G.u Ioga.. h., bees at Egnai fora short time and that their industry nearly uuu.gseU .uc native, with amazcmcut.
 I-I~ uu. Cur habit of the native, To work fast or long at a time and when they saw line, of ba4ng insects hm- r..u. a.ro,, lot, between the hive, anu rna willow, from which they cN- uu.ua nectar the whole Indian colony from uI-growu gentlemen and ladies Go ,uau-onv infants sal and watched ,H. phenomenon with mwayering per- ,.,reucr. Watching those bees was che hardest work the natives ever did fu their lives. They had never seen honey bees before.
 Thi, story was given to George Sex tom by Deputy Marshal Ryan of Kenai who was in Seward 80 few days ago. He confessed also that he learned as much about bees as the Indians for he had never seen that kind of birds be- fore. When he first saw them buzzing about he thought they were moose flies and began knocking them on the head with a stick. Pretty soon Mr. Warren noticed his antics and came running to inquire:
 What you doin' there?'
 Killing these moose lies" said Ryan. "Thcy'rc around pretty early this year"
 Moose flies hell. Them's honey bees, said the. proprietor of the stock. Then he led Ryan over to the hives and showed him enough to satis- fy 30 Mis,ourian. The natives soon be- gan to take notice and they did noth- ing else until the bee man gathered up hi, bee stand, like the Arab and silently stole away.
 Ed Johns. one of the Blakeiy party of railroad engineers. reports that Warren and his bees were in Tyoonok last Tuesday when the engineers left. Warren announced that he was bound .or ,he Nentua.
 Prank Watson says Wwren'S ari- val i, auxiou,,y awaited by the s3mrdough, who knew him in 'gS. In that wear Warren turned up from no- where. apparently, lost, strayed or stolen. for he knew not where he was at and the boy, had to load him on a boat and send him outside. They thought then that he had rotating machinery in his occiput but since they have heard that he k a bee fan cicr they incline to the belief that he had his stock in his head when he wandered aimlessly into their camp.
 When Warren left Seward it was his announced intention to invade the Yentna valley and set his bees up in business among the nectared fora abounding in that fruitful land. He intended to take up a homestead and cultivate thereon a vine and fig tree ! for his own shelter and repose, and to ! exchange the honey accumulated by ! his bees for the gold nuggets extracted ] by the miners from the creeks. The outcome is anxiously awaited by a ! large circle of curious persons. ! Bee Man Morrell Warren has stirred up hornets nest of gossip and re miniscences by invading Central Alas ka with his flock. Now comes Col Reveu and states that in 1898 the 1 Glenn expedition, of which the colone was a member. encountered NIr. War ren on the Susitna and lowed hin around for while. He had no bees then and very little raiment eXcep his whiskers. He was also very hun cry when he was discovered by tho . Glenn party.
 Omer Patten sees disaster ahead fol 1 Warren'S bees if they go too far north ! He calls attention to the fact that the bees work from sunrise to sunset which will compel them to labor over time anywhere in Alaska in the sum mer. If they should go a degree O
 two above the Arctic circle they vii find one day several weeks long.