Show BEES STOP professional apiarist Is quickly put to flight well D erected stream of water finally D sledges little stingers from their shelter in spout of standpipe at tank spokane wash while swarming bees are credited with do ng all sorts of unusual things probably this la the first time that a queen and her re dinue and subjects completely tied up a steam railroad it happened at twin falls idaho the other day tin dishpans whistles and other recognized lures tailed to dislodge the swarm which had settled in the spout of the standpipe at the water tank where a long train of freight cars stood on the main line without sufficient water in the boiler of the big mogul to pull out the driver and coal heaver did excellent work in trying to reach the pipe but the bees gave them short shift and the men refused to make a second at tempt H A swab a local expert in bee matters bore down upon the scene to capture the swarm he was armed with a nail keg and two long sticks he sent his helper to coax the bees into the keg but in less than six sec ands the assistant had a score of ac live bees up his sleeves and he made a dash toward the railway station swab also remembered he had an am business engagement else where the foreman and members of the section crew were next routed and when the engineer appealed to agent sullivan that wortha declared it was a matter for the maintenance of way department fhe conductor of the stalled train suggested sending tor the sheriff while the stoker insisted upon calling out the fire brigade the brakeman on the front end offered no solution as he was nursing a dozen or more knobs of the size of mature hickory nuts on face hands and body finally a bystander prescribed the water cure adding it that drive cm away nothing will A well directed stream from a garden hose seemed to have a quieting effect and the pipe was lowered to the intake on the tender and the tank filled with bees and water while replacing the pipe the fire man was attacked by a few stragglers and to protect himself from further onslaught he tied a red bandana hand kerchief around his head after rais ing the spout he tucked the chandker chief into his pocket and accepted the congratulations of the onlookers upon his escape but while mopping his face a vagrant bee winged its way out of the folds of the bandana and ecung him on the lip after the excitement with the bees two small boys climbed to the roof of the water tank and with bare hands captured the queen placing hr in the bottom of the keg into which the bees quickly swarmed swab bought the swarm presenting the boys 1 25 and the incident closed |