Word: bees
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After a good deal of family argument, little Pablo was marched off by his mother to Barcelona, to study at the Municipal School of Music. In those days, cellists were held in no high esteem. "Ordinarily, I had as soon hear a bee buzzing in a stone jug," wrote George Bernard Shaw in 1894. It was Casals' destiny to change all that, and he began early. At that time, student cellists were taught to bow with their arms close to their sides, even holding a book under their armpits as a method of instruction. Casals tried bowing more freely...
...Austrian who did most of his research at the University of Munich, Karl von Frisch established after decades of observation that bees communicate with each other through a complicated, highly articulate language of dance. He found, for instance, that a bee returning from a source of honey near the hive will perform a "round" dance, but if the source is more than about 160 ft. away, he will "waggle" instead. When the scout bee steps forward during the waggling dance, it points the way to the source. Having written the classic book on the subject, The Dancing Bees, Von Frisch...
...home-run jag, could not play in the fifth game because he slammed into an outfield wall making a crucial catch in game four. Kranepool performed on cue by getting a single that brought in two runs. Homemade banners in the stands said it all: YOU GOTTA BEE-LEEVE...
...trouble is, said Conte, that the claims from various beekeepers were paid without first checking to see if the dead bees expired from "pesticides, old age, arthritis or too much high living." He singled out one apiary in Mayhew, Miss., that he labeled "the queen bee of all recipients in 1972, waxing the taxpayers for $457,000." A spokesman for the apiary admitted that it is hard to tell just how bees die, adding, "The least little thing kills them." But Congressmen have tender hearts. Despite Conte's complaints, the program has been extended another four years...
...Excuse me," she told the alumnae. "I really must leave. I have a swarming bee hive to tend to." To which one of the women replied, "Oh my, what are the students protesting...