Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-09-18
Bee Hunters Of the
Present and the Past
Methods Used in Attracting the SWarms to
the Trees---Amount of Honey

Returning to the bait, which before
leaving has been changed into smaI |.
box having tight sliding cover, tie
hunter probably ficds a goodly num-
Der of bees within greedily, crowding
each other in the honey comb. .n4
The hunter closes the lid, starts with
the captive to point some distance
beyond the limit of his search, opens
the box and awaits the return Of the
bees to this new location. After the
bees have flown a few times the hunter
may perhaps discover that they are
re turning toward the original station.
Thus assured that the stree is between
the two given points, more thorough
search is prosecuted, usually resulting
in the discovery of the tree. Failing
In this, the box is again moved, this
time to point at right angles to the
former line, thus forming Cross line
and reducing the possible location OF
the tree to the intersection of the lines
or at least very near it.
N any other methods are followed at
different seasons of the year but the
above described is most usually en-
ploy ed.
The amount of honey sometimes
taken from single sworn is astonish-
ing, many bee hunters claiming to
have taken from one hundred and fifty
to two hundred pounds.
About fifty years ago bees were dis
covered in cave in the rocks not far
from where Ableman now stands.
Many swarms made their home in the
cave.
The honey was secured by blasting
away the rock. 1t was estimated that
nearly thousand pounds were secured
and divided among those living in the
vicinity.
In taking the honey IL is advisable
to make as few fast or excitHble
motions as possible; usually as soop
as any of the COMBS are broken the
bees at once busy themselves films
upon the honey and pay hardly any
attention TO those who are despOiling
them of their store. However. nov
and then one will attack fiercely.
This brings to mind a rather anus
ing incident narrated to the writer b
bee hunter who was out with Willie
Mash of Excelsior, noted far and wild
for his skill in the sport
They had cut down a tree, and, afte
about all the honey had been secured
Willie's. companion stopped to pee
down into a part Of the hollow tre'
that had broken off when it fell ant
appeared to have some combs in it. A
bee buzzed angerily out and stung thu
over inquisitive hunter directly over
the eye. In trying to repeiI the al
tack ne made some frantic motions
with his hat. This called down d
dozen or more bees who attacked him
savagely and before peace was restored
the luckless hunter had been stunga
several times.
Willie demonstrated with his frieno
expostuIating that his actions were
exactly the contrary of what they
should have been. Willie Said.
eff a bee comes buzzing around you
making that angry buzzing as they
do when looking for trouble, you
should keep PERFECTLY QUIET,
JUST KEEP PERFECTLY STILL
Just at this point in Willfe's lecture
on how to co nduct oneself when dea'-
ing with an angry bee, one came burizz'
zing up around his head with i deci
dedly angry note in its buzzing.
Willie decided that here was a. splen-
did opportunity to '1llustfate-"J usf'
keep PERFECTLY quiet, perfectly stfll",,
continued Willie while" the Bee
hummed aggressively around him,
keep perfectly qui -, but Willie
never got any further with the lee
ture for the bee had landed iii his ear
and the sounds that Willie made and
the motions were long. long way
from perfectly quiet' or perfectly