Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1880 — Attacked by Bees. [ARTICLE]

Attacked by Bees.

On Thursday afternoon last William 8. Walker, Esq., residing near this town, started for his farm, near Swann Creek, and on the way stopped at Mrs. Dr. Ricaud’a,near St. Paul’s Church. On resuming his journey, in turning he drove his horses’ heads into a bee nest on the hanging limb of a tree, and in a moment the animals were covered with the voracious insects and plunging in the most desperate manner. With the assistance of Mr. C. G. Ricaud, however, he managed in a few minutes to free them from the carriage, in the meantime calling for water. This was promptly responded to, and the application of a few buckets dampened the ardor of the devouring insects. The horses were then taken to the pump and thoroughly drenched, but the bees did not cease to hover around them for some time.. While detaching the hones Mr. Walker was stung in many places on the face and neck, and had frequently to wipe pff the bees with his hand. Mr. Walker undertook to resume his. journey soon afterward, but the horses were so tremulous with pain and fright that even the approach of a fly would cause them to shudder, and he put them in the stable and drove home at night. If a bees nest had to be encountered on the journey it is fortunate for Mr. Walker that the attack was made at that place, for without water the bees could not have been conquered. We congratulate our friend on his fortunate escape from more serious injury. It was only last fall a year that Mr. Walter Cosden lost two valuable horses and narrowly escaped with his own life from an attack of bees in the same section of tne county. —Kent Ofd.) Newt. ' "