A CURIOUS BEEHIVE.
A gentleman, who, for .sondij-rtMons desires to be nameless (says'theltangitikei , Advocate) bat upon whose veracity im« plieit reliance may be placed, infested in a packet of melon seeds some six or eight months back, and planted them in the «sdal coarse in his garden. ■' Owing to a " slight disappointment to his horticultural aspirations, caused by their maturity into pumpkins, for which he had no particular' liking, he allowed them to remain in the ' obscurity of the weeds with which a bouDteous season in the fulness, of time enveloped them with, cgarliuid.' A few days ago, when cleariuK the garden «nd turning up the earth in anticipation of the coming season, he was surprised to see the objectionable gourds, grown' to '• gigantic size, and perfectly hollowr*ith •. small aperture at the bottom of two of< them, from which members of rival swarms of bees were issuing, apparently in search of blossoming \ plants. '-A; either. iovesti* gation disclosed the existaqce ofasiiftN; quantity of honey in the comb) bat probably owing to the odour given off by. the , decaying vegetable, it. was unfit for usef
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3602, 13 July 1880, Page 2
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184A CURIOUS BEEHIVE. Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3602, 13 July 1880, Page 2
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