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Hint To Bee Fanciers

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Parent Issue
Day
5
Month
June
Year
1874
Copyright
Public Domain
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■A aent oí au üingliBh rural pubhcation relates a case trom his experience which may be useful to other fanciers. Taking po8session oí' new premises, he placed his bee shed where it would be least in the way of his alterations and improveraents. But he soou found he could no longer go among the bees with impunity. They became unaccustomed to soe human beings, "and lelapsed into the condition of savages," Thus it appears that folks who would keep bees must place theia where they will be accustoined to people passing and repassing, while those who hide thera away as croatures unworthy of their confidence " will find them a little difficult to manage." Four siuall children by tho name of Benham, living somö three miles from this village, the oldest a girl of some 10 sunimers, and three little boys, the youngest sonue 4 years old, started one day laBt week to carry dinner to their father who was at work some ways from his residence. Tboy had not proceeded far when thcy discovered a large bird gitting en a stump. Une of the little fellows exolaiined to his sister: "Don't you want a turkoy for dinner?" and picking up a club made toward his game. But the biped, instead of flying away dartod down toward the children. The little chap, who had armed himself with a club, struok at the monster as it approached, and happenod to hit it in such a way as to disable it, when they all joined in beating it to death. It proved to be one of the largest sized American eagles, with monstrous talons, and measured sevon feet from tip to tip of its wings. It is said the bird was large enough to literally bear away tho smallest child, and it is believod that such

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Old News
Michigan Argus