Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1895 — Beehive in a Courthouse Dome. [ARTICLE]

Beehive in a Courthouse Dome.

Since the dial on the south side of the court house was blown out by the late storm workmen engaged in repairing the damage have made the discovery that the large ball just above the dome and beneath the eagle is inhabited by bees, and that their storage of honey is immense. For several years past it has been claimed that bees occupied that ornamental portion of Alachua’s Capitol, but it was generally regarded as an unfounded claim. Late investigation, however, leaves no room to doubt that both the bees and honey are there. It is calculated by those who are presumed to be competent to judfie that the ball contains not less than 100 pounds of honey. The bees have selected a home where they are not likely to be seriously disturbed—certainly not to the extent of being robbed. There is probably not another hive of bees in the Slate provided with a home 250 feet above the level of the sea.—Gainesville (Fla.) Sun.