Show Bees as Dispatchers An experiment has been made in England which has resulted in proving that bees fly faster than carrier pigeons in fact that a little insignificant looking hot i footed bee can beat tho handsomest pigeon home in five I cases out of six This being the case the future fu-ture must witness the supplanting of carrier pigeons by carrier bees The latter have much to recommend them for this purpose A carrier bee will bo hard to hit A marksman marks-man that would bring down a pigeon v uld utterly fail to hit a bee Then there notljig in a pigeons tail to inspire the respect of a foe There is in a bees The rude hand of the trifler that would try to stop the carrier bee in his errand would Ins withdrawn suddenly sud-denly and rubbed vehemently With the aid of microphotography the carrying of long messages by a bee would bo a matter presenting no obstacles A column of reading read-ing matter could be fastened to its thighs and a long dispatch affixed to one of its feet Clearly tho bee has an important place to fill in tho wars of the future |