Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 202, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1910 — Railway Station Besieged by Bees. [ARTICLE]

Railway Station Besieged by Bees.

Six hives of bees dispatched from Guilford to “Malden, near Kingston-on-Thames. were productive o fan exciting incident at Surbitlon station. The train did not stop at Malden, and an attempt was made to take the bees out of the van at Surbiton. But one of the hives fell to pieces and the porters had to beat a retreat.- The train could not wait, and the van was taken on to Waterloo, hut subsequently was returned to Surbiton. Once again the porters entered the van and succeeded in dragging the hives on to the platform. The bees from the broken hive, however, immediately besieged the station, causing waiting passengers to scatter in all directions. Several members of the station staff were stung, and finally lighted pieces of oily waste were applied to the hive.