Davis County Clipper | 1909-07-16 | Page 7 | Bees and Sparrows Fight for Tree

bees and sparrows fight for tree A fight between a half dozen eng lish sparrows and ft a swarm of boos bees for or the possession of an old t tree ree on the lawn of the serrill house main alain street was witnessed by a number of interested spectators says a philadelphia correspondent the colony of bees swarmed around the tree and discovering a hole bole about 40 feet from the tha ground flew in the first of the army which filled the air like a miniature cloud had hardly entered the hole before the sparrows came out ruffling their neck feathers and chat chattering terina with anger there were six sparrows living in tho the tree and for five minutes they put pu up it a gallant fight for the possession posse salon of their home borne but the bees were too much for them and after a time they slowly drew off fighting to the last