. Biggle bee book [microform] : a swarm of facts on practical bee-keeping, carefully hived. Bees. THE STINC. ( IN THIS IMCirKK) IS FEAKH UDNDKKH MAIJIC hives that are to be examined, and beginning at one end go down the line smoking ten or fifteen hives in succession: and by the time the last one has been smoked the first one will be ready to be opened, and all the rest in their order. I always use a veil but work with bare hands, as I don't mind an occasional sting on them; where- as one on the face might be very painful and might close the eyes and compel
. Biggle bee book [microform] : a swarm of facts on practical bee-keeping, carefully hived. Bees. THE STINC. ( IN THIS IMCirKK) IS FEAKH UDNDKKH MAIJIC hives that are to be examined, and beginning at one end go down the line smoking ten or fifteen hives in succession: and by the time the last one has been smoked the first one will be ready to be opened, and all the rest in their order. I always use a veil but work with bare hands, as I don't mind an occasional sting on them; where- as one on the face might be very painful and might close the eyes and compel me to stop work for a while. BEE STINGS. REMEDIES 77 /: 'V- ^ i If. however, you do get stung, don't be foolish enough to try to pull the sting out with the fingers, for in doing so you will be certain to force more poison into the wound. The proper way is to take a knife blade and push it out; and if you will then take the smoker and puff" a lot of hot smoke on the place, until it gets so hot as to be almost unbearable, you will find that the hot smoke will act as a counter-irritant and in most cases take away the pain and prevent swelling. This is a little trick 1 learned by experience, so paste it in your hat. If we must get stung we may all take satisfaction in the knowledge that the poison of the bee sting is an invaluable remedy for rheumatism, as the formic acid of the bee off- sets the uric acid of the disease. It has been known for many centur- ies that, general- ly speaking, bee- keepers are im- mune from this affliction, due, no doubt, to the agency of the bee sting; and there are a number of reputable preparations on the market made from the stings of the honey-bees, for the cure of rheumatism. While there have been rare instances where the sting of a single bee has produced death, yet in the majority of cases the pain is but for a few minutes and the inconvenience slight. In any case, an ounce of prevention is w^orth a pound of STINT, ! HF.' V,V. CA
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