. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. .144 THE BlUTISH BEE JOUENAL. [April 29, 1915. Thursday night. I mentioned this to the doctor. " What had I been eating? Honey?" No. Green peas, fish, ham, beef, beer and whisky, all these had to be knocked off and many more good things, and still the same outbreaks occurred. At ! last, on a Sunday, of all good days, I was pronounced cured. The following day an order came in for some honey which was on the hives. This was taken off in the afternoon, and the same night the eczema started as bad as ever. At last I had discovered th
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. .144 THE BlUTISH BEE JOUENAL. [April 29, 1915. Thursday night. I mentioned this to the doctor. " What had I been eating? Honey?" No. Green peas, fish, ham, beef, beer and whisky, all these had to be knocked off and many more good things, and still the same outbreaks occurred. At ! last, on a Sunday, of all good days, I was pronounced cured. The following day an order came in for some honey which was on the hives. This was taken off in the afternoon, and the same night the eczema started as bad as ever. At last I had discovered the cause. On Mondays the honey was taken from the hives, Thursdays the sections, tfec, were cleaned and honey extracted, and after each operation my malady started afresh. I mentioned this to Mr. AV. Dixon, the Leeds bee expert, who replied that he had never heard of a similar case. I may just mention that the Primula obconica affects me in the same way, also, in a lesser degree, the Dutch hyacinths. I am a healthy man, subject to rheumatism, which bee stinging has not yet cured, but, curious to relate, when the eczema was " on " the rheumatism was " off," but I know which Avas easier to bear.—A. Gaevey, The Nurseries, Holme, York. [It has been knoAvn that some constitu- tions are more or less affected by eating honey or coming in contact with the odour of the hive. AVe have heard of cases of nettle-rash or erysipelas being produced in this way. Mr. Heddon suffered terribly from what was called " bee disease " and which produced in him bronchial catarrh and asthma with violent irritation of the eyelids every time he opened a hive, until he gave up attending to bees himself. Eczema is a catarrhal affection of the skin and may be induced in the same way. —Eds.] Bee Shows to Come. A nominal charge of 2s. 6d. is made for notices {not exceeding 7 lines) in this column, 10 lines charged 3s. up to 15 lines 5s., which covers cost of insertion from
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