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Bhts AS WAR’S MESSENGERS !tNew Idea With Others Proves That Military Authorities Are VeryMuch on the Alert. *News that will be of interest to all | army men has been received. The Hague has discovered a secret long cherished in the war department—the use of bees as messengers.Xo longer will the aide-de-camp spur his staggering horse through shot and shell to carry the message | to the front. Instead, he will don his ! gloves and mask. and. going to the portable beehive back of headquarters, seize one of the faithful little : insects and send the well-trained | messenger through the air. j Whoever po*:esses a receiving lt;Kit-I fit can read the secrets of the wire*| less: one can cut the wires of the ordinary telegraph, and the pigeon does not always escape the bullet. There*; fore, other means have been sought.I In America the general stuff dreams ! of using as a dispatch bearer—the ’ bee!The bee, like the carrier pigeon,: guided by its marvelous instinct, re-\ turns to the hive from wherever he ; may be liberated. Tiny dispatches, i which can be deciphered with the ; magnifying glass, can be attached to ' its breast.4But something better still has been found. Bj an ingenious process, the wings of the tiny insect are sensi-j tized and by means of microscopic j photography the message is imprint-i ed, thus doing away with all extra I weight.I V. -The secret is out, but all is not lost. Holland has not discovered the won-j derful process by which to dispose of ! the fireflies that an up-to-date enemy ! would send to ruin the sensitized , wings of the trained bees.| The details, of course, cannot be ; divulged. Suffice it to say that as \ soon as an enemy's firefly reachesiI the dark hive, where the bees are | waiting to have their wings photo-j smnphed, its presence is made known | by the action of the metal selenium, ; which is sensitive to light, and the alarm is given to trained dragon! the intruder.
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Topeka Journal
Topeka, Indiana, US
Thu, Jul 23, 1914
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