. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. DEVOTED TO SCIENTIFIC BEE-CULTURE AND THE PRODUCTION AND SALE OF PURE HONEY. VOL. XVII. CHICAGO, ILL., FEBRUARY 23, 1881. No. 8. MS SI ydSflffiQ tifr M Mi Published every Wednesday, by THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Editor and Proprietor, 974 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION) WEEKLY—(.52 numbers) $ a year, in advance. Three or Six Months at the same rate. SEMI-MONTHLY-The first and third numbers of each month, at a year, in advance. MONTHLY—The first number of each month, at 50 cents a year, in advance. p?~ Any person sending aCIub
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. DEVOTED TO SCIENTIFIC BEE-CULTURE AND THE PRODUCTION AND SALE OF PURE HONEY. VOL. XVII. CHICAGO, ILL., FEBRUARY 23, 1881. No. 8. MS SI ydSflffiQ tifr M Mi Published every Wednesday, by THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Editor and Proprietor, 974 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION) WEEKLY—(.52 numbers) $ a year, in advance. Three or Six Months at the same rate. SEMI-MONTHLY-The first and third numbers of each month, at a year, in advance. MONTHLY—The first number of each month, at 50 cents a year, in advance. p?~ Any person sending aCIub of six is entitled loan extra copy dike the club) which may be sent to any address desired. Sample copies furnished free. fW Kemit by monev-order, registered letter, ex- press or bant draft on Chicaeo or New York, payable to our order. Such only are at our risk. Checks on local banks cost us 25 cents for collecting. Free of postage in the United States or Canada. Postage to Europe 50 cents extra. Entered at Chicago post office as second class matter. Sting of the Honey Bee. Before we import the stingless bees, or the great bee of Java, Apis dorsata, with its immense stinging power, let us consider the sting of the bees we now have, as set forth in the following arti- cle by Mr. Bledsoe, of Natches, Miss.: The bee sting, in the first place, is not a perfect tube, nor does it work with a telescope motion, strictly speaking. It ^ Bee Sting magnified, showing the barbs. is a complex instrument, being com- posed of three distinct parts, of which the sheath forms one. These three parts join near the edges, and form a tube which, viewed sectionally, has the shape of a triangle, the angles being rounded The sheath near its point is narrow, but grows wider towards its base, where it gradually embraces the remaining parts, thereby keeping them in place in their working. Near each edge of the inner or hollow side of the sheath, runs a ridge which fits a corresponding groove in each of
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