An unusual freak of the weather saved the lives of thousands of honey bees in the vicinity of Pactola and Silver City, S.D. Due to the summer's drought, the bees had been unable to store honey. Then came a day of intense heat, followed by frost. The next morning the leaves of ash, box elder, elm and even needles of pine trees, dripped with syrup. There was wild excitement among the bees. Working feverishly, they loaded their bodies with the sweet substance. In two days their hiyes were as loaded as if they had laboured all summer. The wrist watch D. M. Finchley, junior, of London, owns has a strange' affinity with his nervous system. It stopped as he entered a dentist's office to have a tooth filled, and began running again as he.*eparted.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 10, 13 January 1931, Page 8
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