Millard County Chronicle | 1912-05-30 | Page 1 | Flight of a Honey Bee.

flight of a Honey Be. George K. Demuth, now with the 'tilted States department of agricul- s jre. but unjll recently at the bead f the apiary department in the office . f the state entomologist, tells In the irthcomlng annual reisirt of the tJ plary department, of proof he has of le great sp'd attained by honey ' r-es In their flight. Mr. Demuth waa a lipping some bceg from Terre Haute i Indlina polls In a special traction , ir, when a few of the beea escaped J om the boxes In which tbey were be-g be-g transported "When the bees escaped." snld Mr. 8 cuiiit h. "I watched their (.-fiHvlor A id was surprised to find they 4il no p, flculty In flying out at the open car or and flying ahead of the moving " r The c ar wa going at the rate of '" or 4i tulles an hour. In my opln- " n. the flight of a honey bee must ceed the speed of the aven ge rail- 8 y train " ()