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Show WONDERFUL FEATS WITH BEES. His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, who manifested so much interest in the honey recently exhibited at the Kilburn Show, has been presented with an American beehive. To Mr. Hoge who explained the method of operating the hive, the Prince expressed an opinion that the stories recorded of Mr. Wildman's command over bees must to a great extent have been mythical; but Mr. Hoge assured his Royal Highness that he could demonstrate to him that they were quite correct and unexaggerated, and, acting upon his assertion, he fumbled about for a little while with the swarm of live bees which he had with him, when they began to cluster about his right hand, assuming the shape and appearance of a huge bunch of grapes. He then worked among the bees with his left hand, and at the word of command they began to shift and settle upon it. Then, placing a tube made of wire gauze between his teeth, the bees began to accumulate about his face and hang like a long beard from his chin. He then coaxed the bees back into the hive. Mr. Thurber, the great honey merchant, says that the secret of Mr. Hoge's, and also of Mr. Wildman's control over their bees lies in securing the queen bee, which in Mr. Hoge's case was confined in a wire tube, which all the bees followed from one place to another.-London Post. |