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Show CATCHES SWARMING BEES IN HIVE WITH NO CLOVES OR MASK KPOKAVn Wash, Hep. Jl Tha capture of a swarm of 11.000 bees on tho roof of a local buildlns; performed by a man who was barehanded and without a mask was a spectacle wlineesod bora recently. Tho beoa took poeeesaion of an vprtfht scantling on the roof of the building, and successfully ovsded all efforta of tho owner ef tho building to dialodgs them. A local seed company com-pany was appealed to for relief and Oeorgs W. Tork. for many years editor of tho American Boo Journal In Chicago, hastened to the acene, only pausing to grab his hat and a bee hlve. Arrlvlng at the budding, ha walked up to tho swarm, placed the hive entrance en-trance doea to tho baas of the scantling scant-ling on which tho bees had swarmed, and began to strip them off the plank with his bare hands so that they dropped to tho roof. As tha insects fell to tho roof they slowly crawled Into tho open hive. When tho entire swarm had been removed from too scantling In thla way, their captor fastened the entrance with wire netting. He estimated es-timated that he had eeeured all of , the swarm with tha exception of about 109. Tho only Injury bo suffered suf-fered In tho process consisted of two slight attngs. - . |