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The motto of the second Earl Beatty of the North Sea and of Brooksby is Non vi sed arte (Not by force but by art). His arms include a beehive beset by nine bees volant, his crest a demilion gules holding in the dexter paw a crescent or. Last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD ABROAD: Bee Volant | 11/10/1958 | See Source »

Honeybees, for all their storied sweetness, are second to rattlesnakes as a menace to life in the U.S., the University of Pittsburgh's Dr. Henry M. Parrish reported last week. He traced 55 deaths in five years to rattlesnake bites, and 52 to allergic or anaphylactic (shock) reactions in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Venomous Bee | 9/8/1958 | See Source »

Birds & Bees. Last year Americans nibbled away $2,860,000 worth of Iranian and Russian sturgeon caviar, $1,000,000 worth of pâté de foie gras. Besides these two favorite standbys, last week's show brought out a cornucopia of new items. Chicago's Reese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: Let Them Eat Pat | 9/8/1958 | See Source »

Insectarian. In Philadelphia, a burglar broke into a market, took 72 cans of assorted fried ants, baby bees, fried butterflies, smoked octopus, fried worms, smoked frogs' legs, roast caterpillars.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 28, 1958 | 7/28/1958 | See Source »

Wahoo was not noted for learning half a century ago, but its less-than-perfect school system did not slow or discourage Beadle's active mind. He made his own lunch, generally jelly sandwiches (he still hates jelly sandwiches) and walked the three-mile round trip to school. When...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Secret of Life | 7/14/1958 | See Source »

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