. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. November. 1914. 371 American Hea Journal A Travers Les Ages," by a Belgian api- arist, Jules De Soignies, I8(lli: .l,i;mf/i, in Latin, means both an army on Its way and a swarm of bees. The facts quoted below justify this assimi- lation. According to Appian, the Themis- cyrans, besieged by Lucullus, turned upon the enemy not only bears and other ferocious beasts, but also swarms of bees. During the siege of Massa, the be- sieged having thrown their hives of bees in the breaches, the crusaders were assailed by this new kind of ene- mies which anno
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. November. 1914. 371 American Hea Journal A Travers Les Ages," by a Belgian api- arist, Jules De Soignies, I8(lli: .l,i;mf/i, in Latin, means both an army on Its way and a swarm of bees. The facts quoted below justify this assimi- lation. According to Appian, the Themis- cyrans, besieged by Lucullus, turned upon the enemy not only bears and other ferocious beasts, but also swarms of bees. During the siege of Massa, the be- sieged having thrown their hives of bees in the breaches, the crusaders were assailed by this new kind of ene- mies which annoyed them very much. .•Vmurat the First, Sultan of Turkey (XIV century), experienced a similar annoyance. While besieging the city of Alba, Hungary, he found the pas- sage defended by hives of bees placed upon the ruins. The janissaries, the bravest militia of the Ottoman empire, refused to clear the obstacle. It is reported that in 1498, a band of knaves took possession of Avesnes (northern France), and penetrated into the church where the inhabitants were attending public worship. But all at once they stopped and fled in disorder. A painting was made of this event, representing the Holy Vir- gin driving away the enemy with the help of a swarm of bees. Hence, came the hive of bees on the coat of arms of Avesnes. It was also at that time that the name " Avesnes flies " was given to depict the quick, flighty, stinging spirit .of the ladies of this little northern city. We read in Osorio, a Portuguese writer of the XVI century, that in , the inhabitants, reduced to extremity, threw over their walls hives of bees and succeeded in driving away Barriga, general of tlie army of King Emmanuel. Montaigne wrote that while the Por- tuguese were besieging the city of Tamly, in tlie territory of Xiatine, the inhabitants carried hives of bees, of which they had a wealth, and drove the bees so rudely against the enemy that they abandoned the enterprise. In 1758, in the war of
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