Show exonerating the kingbird the department of agriculture has granted a certificate of good character to the kingbird sometimes known in the rural districts as the bee martin 3 i species of fly catcher which inhabits nearly every pait of sf the united states T the he kingbird has been under indictment in many sections as a destro destroyer er of f bees bers and a foe too of apiarists experts now declare that it kills only the drones and the useless apes and Is therefore a boon to the bee ralser raiser BL besides ldes that it preys on many harmful incent apfl 1 protects farmers rs chicken vanis from depredations of crows ald chicken ell icken hawks which it savagely sa attacks |