I was wondering ‘which person’ was going to post the ‘just the facts ma-
an’, or something similar as is typical here, because I knew it would be 
coming.  

I highly appreciate that the moderator approved the article.  Perhaps they 
believed it had some entertainment value, as well as recognized that 
beekeeping past, even if satire, bees played a role in shaping our 
future.  Perhaps they approved just for fun, I don’t know but thanks for 
helping me share the article.      

The article was posted for its bee humor, as well as to show the events of 
the time.  The author cleverly attacked politicians,  jurors for 
acquittals of murderers, the riots occurring in Cincinnati, door to door 
salesmen - all things that were current at the time.  And used the 
knowledge at the time OR what was believed about the bee at the time to do 
it.  Much like some here might do, as well as other places, bend facts 
about the bee to advance their own agenda.       

I started up the Historical Honeybee Article Archives for those reading 
the bee articles to interpret as they wish.  And I do ocasionally post one 
to Bee-L.  I did have serious concerns that some person may not appreciate 
history, or poke fun at our ancestors beliefs about bees.  I hoped that 
they would read the articles, not make fun, or critic for errors. That 
would be far too easy to do, having the advantage of 120 years of 
knowledge over the authors of these historic prints.  I am happy to say 
that know one so far as attempted to critic any historic article, and many 
have stated that they enjoy the articles for thier historic aspect.  YES, 
the articles may be in error, they may be in satire, they may be fact, 
they may be in humor, but they are all part of our history to be cherished 
and enjoyed.

At the Historical Honeybee Article Archives, we are now over 230 articles 
posted to the list OR archives.  I will say that this is the first time 
someone has come back from the future to debunk a historic comedic article 
written in the past over 100 years ago, or any historic article posted to 
the HHAA site for that matter.

If you need more work,
I have a copy of a bee article Published in the Cueva de la Araña, Spain 
around 6,000 B.C that needs critiqued, works by Pliny, Paley, Philiscus, 
as well as the comic section from a 1924 New York times that is in serious 
need of debunking. The authors may be dead, but that should not excuse 
their work from being criticized right? ;)

Joe

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