HESCH HISTORY: An early "photo-micrograph"

This branch of the Austrian Hesch family is descended from Johann Hesch and his wife Marya (Schlinz) Hesch, who came to America from Oberschlagles, Bohemia with three sons: Paul, Mathias, and Anton. +++Johann & Marya settled in Buffalo County, Wisconsin but moved to Pierz, Mn in about 1885. .+++Mathias settled in Waumandee, Wisconsin and moved to Pierz in 1911. +++Anton never married but farmed with his dad in Agram Township, where he died in 1911.+++And Paul, my great grandfather, settled five miles away, in Buckman, Minnesota. He died there in 1900.

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Monday, November 8, 2010

An early "photo-micrograph"

Does anybody know if the phenomena described here is just a strangely-worded description of something that actually happens with honeybees....or is it total hogwash? Maybe honeybees really do fold their wings tightly when they're inside the hive. I don't know. Obviously, the writer in 1914 thought it looked like the bee was "unhooking" and "re-hooking" his wings, like when you take your shoes off at the door and put em back on when you leave. Hm!