BEE STORIES.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1141, 28 August 1883, Page 3

BEE STORIES.

Dti bees injure fruit? We have long tried to believe that they do not, but the following august authority travelling the rounds of (lie Press, is 'conclusive evidence :—We onco told Mr Frederick Wilhclm Weokendeinffeshaferpoiißky, a wholesouled Dutchman of our acquaintance, lhat bees dirt not injure fruit at all, when he pitched in and said he knew better, and gave the best argument we ever heard, that be'3 do injure fruit, in the following words :—' Vounce a long vile ago, ven I first to dis country gome, I vent into vuy abble orchard to glime a bear dree to kit some beaches to magn mine vrow a blumbudding rait, and ven I kits i,way up on the tob bermost limbs, a hole lot of pees, pees vot gome for honey getting—dwo, dree, five thousond of 'em gome ven I was on de highermost pranches, und tey schting me all over so pad as never vas, und right pefore mine vace too, und I not know vere I am, so I vail town from the loweimost limbs vay so high up, rnit one leg on both sides of de bricket vence, und like to stove my outsides in. Vat you say, hey ! pees no steals de fruit, ven I ketch 'em at it V We do no like to gainsay or resist such positive, convincing facts. We think the entire question may now rest without a quibblo on this presentation of the case ; it is so pure in language, thought and style, that it should be accepted as a model.—American t3ee Journal. A little boy quietly watched a bee crawling on his hand, till it stopped and stung him, when he sobbed: 'I didn't mind its walking about, but when it sat down it hurt awful.'