Show The Oriole and the Bee Birds their heads being small are usually regarded as stupid but an amateur naturalist pointed out the other day a proof that the Baltimore oriole at least Is very intelligent Take the orioles habitat in the summer he said and all around it you will find the decapitated bodies of bees The oriole Is fond of honey and he has discovered dis-covered somehow that the bee carries cov1rec honey in a sac Accordingly he rushes clown on the Insect snips off its head removes Its vlscani and then swallows the honey that IB now laid bare This shows intelligence on the orioles part but I have not yet described de-scribed the thing which shows the birds reasoning power most strongly I Is only the stinglesa male white headed bees that the oriole slays Tlie stinging bees he leaves alone wisely Philadelphia Record |