Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1915 — Walls of Mobile House Are Interlined With Honey [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Walls of Mobile House Are Interlined With Honey

MOBILE, AT,a.—This city has a real, sure-enough honey residence. It is at the corner of Kentucky and Marine streets, and carpenters say that the walls are practically interlined with honey.

Several weeks ago the flooring in the attic of the building, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Gray, began to show unmistakable signs of rotting, although it was far from the ground. Before the floor was taken up, honey began to appear through the boards and despite efforts to mop the sticky staff up, it continued' to appear. The owner wad notified and after being told about the honey she recalled that snout five years ago while she was living in the house she had ft

large flower garden in the yard And that it attracted a colony of bees to the place. When the flowers were removed the bees Also disappeared. The honeymakers had discovered an abandoned water spout and through this they gained access to the walls and beneath the Weatherboarding they proceeded to make pound after pound of honey. . . A carpenter waa summoned and on the orders of the owner he cut a hole in the side of the house and attempted to smoko the bees out For bis trouble be was Stung several times. Between twenty-five and thirty pounds of honey was found near the hole and this was removed, but is believed that several hundred pounds must be In other parts of the walls. The carpenters are of the opinion that a dozen or more colonies of boss inhabit the Gray home. ; *?•