PUGNACIOUS BEES.
»- - POLLEN OF THE SMOKE PLAST. (By Tclezrapli— Special CorrcsrnndenU Wanganui, January 13. . Quite an epidemic of a peculiar form of "rhus" poisoning is at present froinjj the round in Wanganui. In caws ilia.tr have received medical treatment this poisoning lias always followed a sting I'rom a bee, iu several instances the part stunt; swelling very quickly, and causing a. good deal of pain. The inference drawn as to the cause is that, at thiß timo of the year, the rhus lotnnis (smoke plant) is in (lower, and, the tree being very poisonous, the bees, in collecting their pollen, gather a certain amount of tho poison, which makes them very vicious, and accounts for their unnatural energy in attacking people. The shrub that is the cause, of oil the trouble is a wellknown and very popular ornamental treo.
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Dominion, Issue 1337, 15 January 1912, Page 4
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139PUGNACIOUS BEES. Dominion, Issue 1337, 15 January 1912, Page 4
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