Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 143, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1911 — TEXAN NOT AFRAID OF BEES [ARTICLE]

TEXAN NOT AFRAID OF BEES

Charles Potchenlek Appears to Hav< Unusual Control Over Busy Little Honey Gatherer*. San Antonio, Tex. —Charles Potchenlck, employed by the Maverick apiaries near this city, appears to have uni usual control over bees. He handles them wrlth as much apparent ease a* one would in playing with kittens or a harmless pet. He is used to their ways and appears absolutely oblivious to the fact that they can sting. While working with them he goes bare-armed and bare faced and pays no attention to the insects as they crawl over his exposed hands and arms or pile up in great clumps on his face. Recently he had a picture taken holding a small limb in his teeth on which a swarm had settled. The bees formed a kind of long beard hanging below his waist and his entire face was covered with those that crawled from the limb. Old beekeepers say that his feats in handling bees are th* most remarkable in the world. He claims he has not been stung in two years.