A CURIOUS BEEHIVE
A gentleman, who for sundry reasons desires to be nameless (says the “ Bangitikei Advocate”) but upon whose veracity . implicit reliance may be placed, in- ( vested in a packet of melon seeds some six or , eight months back, and planted them in the j usual course in his garden. Owing to a slight ( disappointment to his horticultural aspiralions, caused by their maturity into pumpkins, ( for which he held no particular liking, he J allowed them to remain in the obscurity of f the weeds with which a bounteous season in the fullness of time enveloped them with a £ garland. A few days ago, when clearing the garden and turning up the earth in antioipation of the coming season, he was surprised to eee the objectionable gourds grown to a j gigantic size, and perfectly hollow, with a ( email aperture at the bottom of two of them, j from which members of rival swarms of bees were issuing, apparently in search of blossom* ing plants. A closer investigation disclosed the existence of a small quantity of honey in ; the comb, but probably owing to the odour given off by the decaying vegetable, it was unfit for use.
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1979, 28 June 1880, Page 3
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198A CURIOUS BEEHIVE Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1979, 28 June 1880, Page 3
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