. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1893. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. % J\)t Apiary $ HINTS TO AMATEUR BEE-KEEPERS.— more than $2. LTAIN appliances are requisite in the man- cement of bees, if modern methods are to e followed. For the amateur, with his two or three stocks, these are neither numerous or costly. A veil, a pair of gloves and a smoker will suffice, if comb honey only be taken. For taking liquid honey an extractor is indispensable, but this may very well be dispensed with for a while. It will pay, however, to procure one, if as many as half a dozen colonies be kept. T
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1893. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. % J\)t Apiary $ HINTS TO AMATEUR BEE-KEEPERS.— more than $2. LTAIN appliances are requisite in the man- cement of bees, if modern methods are to e followed. For the amateur, with his two or three stocks, these are neither numerous or costly. A veil, a pair of gloves and a smoker will suffice, if comb honey only be taken. For taking liquid honey an extractor is indispensable, but this may very well be dispensed with for a while. It will pay, however, to procure one, if as many as half a dozen colonies be kept. The veil, smoker and gloves need not cost Smokers may be had from any supply dealer, at from 50c. to $2 each, and cannot well be dispensed with. Some bee-keepers affect to laugh at the idea of using either gloves or veil, but it will be well for the beginner to use both, till confidence is established, and the dread and the effects of stings in a measure pass away. The fear of being stung, and the pain and swelling that follow, deter many people from keeping bees; but these are only temporary, and soon cease to be regarded with apprehension. Indeed most old bee-keepers prefer a bee sting to a mosquito bite, the latter causing them more inconvenience than the former. Some of your readers may consider this an extravagant statement, but it is nevertheless true. It is true in my own case, and true in the case of most bee-keepers who have manipulated bees for any length of time. The pain of the sting is as acute in the one case as it is in the other, but in both cases this passes away in a few minutes. With the veteran no appreciable after-consequences result—with the beginner, how- ever, swelling usually follows, and frequently continues two or three days. In time the secondary effects gradually diminish, till the system becomes indifferent to the poison. Inoculation has then produced its full effect. Bee poison is as much a remedy against its own effects as the virus of the cow
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