Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
From the Rural Precincts

will harden much quicker than 9th.
ers. Honey heated a long time and
kept in a warm place will keep its
liquid form a long time.
You ask about a bee turning into
a queen. This is never done. Work.
er bees are dwarfed females and both
workers and queens come from work.
er egg and not drone eggs. Queens
lay two kinds of eggs. In three days
after a worker egg is laid it matches
into a larvae. While this larvae is
from n to three days old and the
bees want to produce a queen from
it they will build a long, large cell
over it and feed it abundantly with
what is called royal jelly. 1t will de-
velop into a larger bee and emerge
from the cell sever days sooner than
a worker bee.
When a hive get q%ueenless and re-
main queen1ess for a long time a
worker, or more than one, will start
to lay and their eggs hatch, but ali
hatch into drones and the colony will
die out in time.
The workers never mate with a
drone or male bee. Sometimes a
queen will not mate with a drone and
will then lay only drone eggs and is
worthless. This is a queer freak of
nature among bees. They can lay
eggs and they will hatch, ever though
they nave never mated, but they will
all hatch male o. drone bees. A young
queen mates in the air. Immediately
after the mating her consort dies. She
never mates but once, but after that
lays two kinds OF eggs.
"A worker bee has a father and a
l ~ nf h ~ L - ~, No. a 10 l-E.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Purcell and Miss
Martha Frentz were in the city Wed
nesday. Miss Martha is spending a
short time as the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Purcell and family. She has an
a%udlphone now and will endeayor to
learn to speak. We surely hope she
will accomplish this. We believe it
will not be overly difficult, will only
require patience and persistent effort.
Miss Martha is quite well educated,
having attended an institute in the
east. We accompanied these folks
to the city in their auto and enjoyed
the ride, cold as was the wind and
rough the roads. Mr.. George Stevens
was also in with his car, as was Mr..
Tigner and Richard. YES" said Mr.
Tigner, we're all well excepting some
hard colds" Mr.. Patrick Burke was
also in the live city Wednesday,. as
was Mr.. James Reddy. II only go to
Watertown when | have to in the win
ter time" said- Mr.. Reddy. ITS a
long, cold drive for me. sold a horse
this time and had to deliver"
Saw GU esteemed friend, Tom
Croft, while in the city. Tom looks
we'll indeed. He ai,ghted froro the
side of u car Che rode on the side
from UP town to his home) like a
youngster.
Shook hands With Rev. G. L Buh-
ner. We spoke Of bis winning A, The
chicken show. "Yes," said he. II
won several prizes, more than The
paper stated. They give me credit
for Two prizes Issssss4TecT''
feN~Mr. Tigner spolse oe All invitation
to go to Suinv California. the I'M
perial valley. we behave il was. TO
attend a reunion OF his family or at
least ~hisbrotheis. of whom there are
still several. Too poor this year.,
said H. c.
w met Mr. Pin Leonard, who lives
north Of Watertown, president of the
Farmers Elevator company Of the
live city. Mr.. Leonard is a live wire.
business farmer. He likes Rhode Is.
land Red poultry and thinks that he
yellow capped 1--WE think it isl North.
western Dent corn the best corn for
this section.
Mr.8and Mrs. West and children. of
near Estelline, have moved onto the
81. D. Rice farm west of the J. J.. Pur-
cell home and will operate the farm
for MI. Rice: Mr.. Oquist will remain
until about the first OF March.
me-. n Mrs. Joshua Purcell were
in the city Saturday.
Miss Ella David is a well girl again.
and able to resume her studies at
school. We are glad to learn of this.
Or. Dickenson Wheelock Is IN tho,
burg at this time, a guest at the store
We gladly note that Mrs. Is. ID. Vince.
lock is getting along in splendid shane
Mr.. Everett WIeelock, Sir, is home
from his visit at Waseau. Wiss. a
brother OF the Messrs. Wheelock re-:
sides Mt this place
The Misses Matte Donnelly and
Alma Ogg were guests Kit the Joe pur-
cell home Saturday night and Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Purcell called
upon Mr. and Mrs. West, now located
at the Rice farm, md MA. Is. Ouuist
Misc Anna Palm returned to her
home at Lake Norden the last Of the
week.
Mrs Joshua Purcell received d let
ter last week from her brother. Nor
ris. d in Minneapolis, He is work
Ing la the radiator factory and get
ting along first rate and lis Keeping
well. Mr.. Burk 5wrofa III a recent let.
ter Of seeing Ronald Deaa but that hel
did MotNseee him nfs because thew
were8Rtwork. Morris is planning II
come home IN the spring fora visit
and them to go west somewhere III
Mountains, perhaps.
Waregret II learn the sickness
on.gM i6s s.Haalth MaIciser Hope Bhel
will quickly recover
Alg0SStD hear thai Fred Sassel
taken quite ,a sud-
denly 6fck the lars ~eek. nj
seenaHSthat Fred IL having al attack
0fS fl1eE 9I1ppe and top. q that
erN6hed recently she Ice be
caimc A%%dacftur saHssu;nln0n.