. Bulletin. Natural history; Science. HP-. divination whose prophecies always came true. It is of the honeybee and the white clover, which was also introduced by the Europeans, that Hiawatha sings when describing the conning of the conqueror: Wheresoe'er they move, before them Swarms the stinging fly, the Ahmo, Swarms the bee, the honey-maker; Wheresoe'er they tread, beneath them Springs a flower unknown among us. Springs the White Man's Foot in blossom. Finding a swarm of bees warned the Indian that his people would soon have to move westward again. Irving remarked on the countless swarms of
. Bulletin. Natural history; Science. HP-. divination whose prophecies always came true. It is of the honeybee and the white clover, which was also introduced by the Europeans, that Hiawatha sings when describing the conning of the conqueror: Wheresoe'er they move, before them Swarms the stinging fly, the Ahmo, Swarms the bee, the honey-maker; Wheresoe'er they tread, beneath them Springs a flower unknown among us. Springs the White Man's Foot in blossom. Finding a swarm of bees warned the Indian that his people would soon have to move westward again. Irving remarked on the countless swarms of bees that overspread the West in "but a moderate number of years" and reported that "the Indians consider [the bees] the harbingers of the white man, as the buffalo is of the red man, and say that in proportion as the bee advances, the Indian and the buffalo ; The advance was all too rapid. Although the date of the first arrival of the honeybee in the United States is doubtful, the date of its introduction into the Far West is better known. It did not find its way by degrees as the line of frontier settlements advanced across the continent, but was carried there with great painstaking. It is said that attempts had been made early in the nineteenth century to import bees into California from Mexico but that none sun/ived the overland trip. There are even tales of pioneers "herding" bees across the Great Plains. A. J. Gridley of Michigan is actually supposed to have done this in 1858 or 1860, starting overland with four hives placed in the rear end of a wagon. Every day he halted in the afternoon, released the bees to work the rest of the day, and at night reclosed the hives. Thus day by day he moved slowly along, herding the bees, until he arrived in California with all four hives in good condition. Assuming that Mr. Gridley did get his bees safely to California he found that others had already preceded him. W. A. Buckley, of Newburgh, New Yo
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