| 1924 - 486 pages
...wherever he found them, he had no apprehensions from their stings but would seize them nudi.t nianibua and at once disarm them of their weapons and suck their bodies for the sake of their honey bags. ... He was very injurious to men that kept bees for he would slide into their bee gardens... | |
| Eva Crane - 1999 - 714 pages
...his prey wherever he found them: he had no apprehensions from their stings, but would seize them, ... disarm them of their weapons, and suck their bodies for the sake of their honeybags.' Referring to Wisconsin in the USA during the late 1850s, Muir recalled that native Americans 'had long... | |
| 1889 - 540 pages
...other kinds he used to seize with his unprotected hands, without any apprehension from their stings, and at once disarm them of their weapons, and suck...fill his bosom between his shirt and his skin with these captives. As he ran about, he used to make a humming noise with his lips resembling the buzzing... | |
| 1812 - 570 pages
...manibus, and at once disarm them of their weapons, and sack their bodies for the sake of their honey bags. Sometimes he would fill his bosom between his shirt...sometimes would confine them in bottles. He was a very mernps apiaster, or bee-bird, for he would slide into the bee-gardens, andt sitting down before the... | |
| Mrs. Warren - 654 pages
...sting, but would with his bare hands seize them, and at once disarm them of their weapons, and search their bodies for the sake of their honey-bags. Sometimes...bosom, between his shirt and his skin, with a number of captive bees, and sometimes .would confine them in bottles. " He was a very bee-bird, and mischievous... | |
| Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...prey wherever he found them : he had no apprehensions from their stings, but would seize them nudis manibus, and at once disarm them of their weapons, and suck their bodies for the sake of honey-bags. Sometimes he would fill his bosom between his shirt and his skin with a number of these... | |
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