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Word: beese (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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A Tearned apiarist in the state of Washington has discovered a scheme for the delusion of his pets equalled only by that of blindfolding the mule who pumps the water or of putting electric lights in the hen-house. He plans to put his bees, after they have fondly and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BEE WARNED | 1/8/1929 | See Source »

Unfortunately, various people of unwelcome experience with the Skunk family--those gauche Skunks, you know, my dear--have wailed long and loudly about the rights of other citizens to remain sweet-smelling. Farmers complain that skunks dig up bumble bees and not only make them so ill-tempered that they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A REALLY LOUD ISSUE | 1/7/1929 | See Source »

Gadflies. Besides its busy, responsible bees, the House has several gadflies-members who are constantly stirring up trouble, trying to force unpleasant issues. They have little or no influence in the House management and shine only on the floor where their quips get into the newspapers. Foremost of these is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Last of the 70th | 12/3/1928 | See Source »

Only a man of prodigious historic imagination could picture to himself the entity of Slavic evolution. Centuries before the bright miracle of Bethlehem the Slavs were a nation of lithe, swarthy wanderers who cultivated the land northeast of the Carpathians. Fearfully they turned to dark hills for sullen, reverberating commandments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Slav Epic | 11/26/1928 | See Source »

Bees. New Jersey's most industrious insects are bees. They number 30,280 cultured colonies, which gave a net income of $113,250 ($3.74 per colony) last year. It cost $16.52 to keep each bee colony, $9.33 for the bees, the rest for equipment.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Index: Oct. 1, 1928 | 10/1/1928 | See Source »

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