The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-14
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E6 Hoover's Bees on the Rampage
Awful Exsitement In BingvIIIe
While It asted-Ths Bees
HoIed up In a Tree
Several Stuns

Eb Hoover's bees has swarmed again
and are at present at large somewhere
in the vicinity. Eb. HoovAr's bees has
always been more or less OF a menace
TO this neighborhood. and since this
last swarm there has been considerable
talk Of getting out a injunckshion re-
straining Eb against keeping bees.
Last Tuesday morning Eb noticed
that one butt OF bees was some rest
less. but he didn't attach any partickler
Importance to II at tie time. AS Eb
says. a bee is more OF less OF a rest
less critter at all times, so Eb tux a
chew OF tobacker and sauntered down
10 Hen Weathersby's store. where he
got into a argument with Brad Slo-
comb as 10 whether or not the earth
is round. Brad claimed It was fat but
Brad allowed II was square like block
OF wood, only some larger. While they
was argying Mrs. Hoover come running
down Main ST. hollering 70 Eb to for
goodness sakes come home immeJit be-
ing as one OF the bee hives was swarm
ing up awful Eb he struck out for
home. follored by a large crowd Of our
we'll knowed citizens. including their
wives and Children. BY the time Eb's
residence was reached there was a large
attendance present.
Jest as the mob reached the Hoover
home the swarm OF bees riz straight Up
in the air and started to fly over Bing-
vile, Everybody present followed. with
Eb Hoover. owner OF the bees. and Seth
Dewberry. our heroick town constubble.
leading the crowd The possy climbed
over fences and tramped up vegetable
gardens IN their mad efforts to keep
up with the bees and the wimmen and
Children, not being able to do same
was left some distance in the rear.
After the bees had flew about a quar-
ter OF a mile they begin 70 sag down,
and blamed If they did7't go and light
on red wool undershirt hanging on
the clothesline in the backyard Of Glenn
Perkins house. Mrs Perkins had her
wash out yet. being as It ra!ned Mon
day and the clothes didn't dry. The
red undershirt which they lit on be-
longed to Glen. AMI we persume the
bees selected IL to swarm on because
IT was Of SIGH a giddy hue Glenn said
afterwards that he would tarnashion
sight rusher have the bees swarm on
that shirt when It was on the clothes
line than when It was on him. We per-
sumo Glenn is right about this.
Well, as soon as the bees had lit the
crowd stood of at some distance and Of
fered sujjestshions as to how to ketch
the bees. Constable Dewberry sujjested
for Eb TO walk right UP to where the
bees was hanging from the red shirt and
pick out the queen bee and take her back
home when the other bees would all fol-
Ter after. Eb said somehow or other ne
hated to think OF prodding around among
that swarm hunting for the queen for
fear he couldn't find her He said II he
should find her and take her along he had
no doubt that the other bees would FOL
Ter fast enough. but that was something
he desired to avoid If possible. Eb told
Seth to go ahead and pick out the queen
II he fc,t that way about It, but Seth
said it wouldn't look well for hissen to
do It being as he was a stranger to the
bees and not so well acquainted with
them es Eh was