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American Hee Jonrnal 



a large box that has a board off near 

 the ground. This gives the bees such 

 a decidedly different impression in 

 leaving the hive that there is little 

 trouble from their returning to the old 

 stand." 



No doubt any Iowa bee-keeper can 

 obtain the bulletin free by addressing 

 Agricultural College, Ames, Iowa. 



Death from Bee-Sting Scientifically 

 Explained. — While gathering mush- 

 rooms at Kirdford, Sussex, lingland, 

 where he was spending his vacation, 

 William Mortimer Rhind was stung on 

 the forehead by a bee, and in half an 

 hour he was dead. 



The medical verdict is that death was 

 the result of a shock, Mr. Rhind, ever 

 since he was a lad, having had an ab- 

 normal dread of bees. He was severely 

 stung by one whcm at school. 



A well-known physician, and an au- 

 thority on nerve troubles, says the ver- 

 dict was most probably correct. 



" To men and women of a highly sen- 

 sitive temperament, and with a pre- 

 disposition to fear certain specific dan- 

 gers," he said, "the effect of shock is 

 often attended by serious and, in some 

 cases, fatal consequences. Some lose 

 their reason, and I have known women 

 under certain conditions to give birth 

 to children who bore on their bodies 

 marks of the very thing that produced 

 the shock. 



"As in the case of the unfortunate 

 man who died from the shock caused 

 by the sting of a bee— for which he 

 felt a strong aversion — I know of one 

 of the most distinguished generals in 

 his Majesty's army — a household word, 

 in fact — who hates cats, and trembles 

 when one springs on iiis knee. Others 

 cannot endure the sight of blood, and 

 it is an established fact that soldiers 

 have been literally frightened to death 

 by their first vision of the carnage of 

 battle. 



" Then the sting of a bee is pecu- 

 liarly penetratingand irritating. From 

 slender, horny barbs poison is dis- 

 charged which is said to be composed 

 of mischievous and pungent acids. 



"The sting itself consists of a sharp- 

 pointed tubular instrument, and I can 

 easily understand that when it sud- 

 denly pierced the man's forehead the 

 effect on a weak heart would be col- 

 lapse." — l-.xchange. 



Iowa State Fair Premiums for 1913. 



— Incorrect information has been 

 going the rounds of the Iowa press 

 concerning the premiums to bees and 

 bee-products at the coming State Fair. 

 Class No. 110, which represents this 

 industry, offers $411 in premiums; 66 

 prizes are offered on 22 different en- 

 tries. Twenty dollars is given as first 

 premium for best display of comb 

 honey, not less than 300 pounds. The 



same amount is offered for best 100 

 pounds of extracted honey. The larg- 

 est and most attractive exhibit in this 

 department is given $25 as first pre- 

 mium ; second, $15; third, $10. 



A . well prepared exhibitor could 

 easily carry away $150 if he took the 

 greater proportion of the first prizes. 

 It is worth trying for. 



An Aged Bee-Keeper.^" Judging from 

 the great number of bee-keepers who, 

 like Dzierzon, Langstroth and Chas. 

 Dadant, have lived to an advanced age, 

 one may believe that the practice of 

 bee-culture prolongs life. We now 

 hear from Sailly- La-Bourse, in Artois, 

 of a bee-keeper 102 years old. Father 

 Saileux, they say, still occupies himself 

 with his hecs."—/'.lftcollore for June. 



Honey Imitations. — In the " Abeille 

 de I'Aisne " already mentioned, we read 

 a protest against the French law, which 

 permits manufacturers of syrups and 

 sweets to offer mixtures containing 

 only a small proportion of honey under 

 the name of " miels de fantaisie " (fancy 

 honeys). They say, and they are right, 

 that nothing should go under the name 

 of honey which is not a substance pro- 

 duced by honey-bees through thetrans- 



' I Extended a Friendly Hand and They Reciprocated Cordially.' 



