PUGNACIOUS BEES.
POLLEN OF THE SMOKE PLANT. Wanganui, January 13. Quite an epidemic of a peculiar form of "rhus" poisoning is at present going the round' in Wanganui. In eases that have received medical treatment this poisoning has always followed a sting from a. bee, in several instances the part stung swelling very quickly, and causing a good deal of pain. The inference drawn as to the cause is that, at this time of the year, the rhus lotmus (smoke plant) is in flower, and, the tree being very .poisonous, the bees, in collecting their pollen, gather a certain amount of the poison, which makes them very vicious, and accounts for their unnatural energy in attacking people. The shrub that is the cause of all the trouble is a well known and very popular ornamental tree.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 170, 17 January 1912, Page 2
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136PUGNACIOUS BEES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 170, 17 January 1912, Page 2
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