HURRICANE OF BEES
"A stinging storm of bees" is the phenomenon reported by "Captain Koss and the crew of the American -liner President Adams, on a recent trip" 1 through the Mediterranean. ;. "' "It was a calm afternoon," reports Captain Ross, "when a point or so off the beam I saw a black.spot. Thinking We were in for a hurricane, I or| dered everything battened. The spot spread , arid a buzz arose like several aeroplane motors. Through my glasses' I could see the ( air teeming,with beesi At the impact of the bee storm the good ship fairly reeled. When the queen bee settled on the liner's aerial with a few million of her loyal retainers that equipment collapsed, preventing an'S.O.S. had one been;^^necessary.'' f Mike M'Graw, rbefbre -winning hjs had some dealing with bees. So Mike, A.8., was sent "along with ah oil smudge to clear the wires arid " reV pel boarders.?' , As a result Mike was under the doctor's care for three days. , None of-the boarders was. capttired. J
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1576, 16 February 1927, Page 2
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169HURRICANE OF BEES Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1576, 16 February 1927, Page 2
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