Russell and Carol - hayle and hearty

Bees.—Repeated swarms of bees have for
the last twenty years been known to occupy a
disused chimney, attached to the premises held
by Messrs. Hughes, grocers and drapers, Cross-
Street, Oswestry.   Mr. Samuel Vaughan, brick-
layer, for the first time, entered the treasure-
house on Wednesday, by taking upwards of six
feet in height of brickwork out, and nearly one
foot in breadth, the whole of which was in pos-
session of these industrious workmen, whose
dwelling (the honeycomb) was about 14 inches
thick inside the chimney.   This filled, we are
informed, four pails and two buckets, and will
weigh about 2cwt.   The brickwork is made up
again, and an aperture left for the bees to recom-
mence their work.—Shrewsbury Chronicle.