November, 1915. 



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American l^ee Journal 



FIG. 2.- 



-ANOTHER VIEW OF THE EXHIBIT AT THE CANADIAN NATIONAL 

 EXPOSITION 



Washington, D. C, and distributed free 

 to all who request it. 



Adequate insulation and plenty of 

 good stores are given as the two prime 

 factors in successful wintering. "The 

 beekeeper should aim to save his bees 

 rather than his stores, and should pro- 

 vide good food for his colonies as lav- 

 ishly as insulation for his hives." 



The above recommendations are ex- 

 cellent. We advise every one to get a 

 copy of this bulletin. 



Bee Meetings Fall in Succession. — 



According to the pre-arranged sched- 

 ule announced in our July issue, most 

 of the bee meetings of the middle States 

 have been so arranged that they fall in 

 succession. This will give an oppor- 

 tunity for some of the beekeepers to 

 attend several meetings at a very nomi- 

 nal cost. Following is a list to date of 

 the meetings as they will occur: 



1. Ontario, Toronto, Nov. 23,24, 25. 



2. Ohio, Akron, Nov. 26, 27. 



3. Illinois, Springfield, Nov. 29. 30. 



4. Kansas, Topeka, Dec. 1, 2. 



5. Missouri. Dec. 3, 4. 



6. Minnesota, University Farm, St. 

 Paul, Dec. 7, 8. 



7. Wisconsin, Madison, Dec. i), 10. 



8. Indiana, Indianapolis State House, 

 Dec. 10, 11. 



9. Iowa, Des Moines, Dec. 13, 14, 1.5. 



10. Michigan, Grand Rapids, Dec. 15, 

 16. 



11. Chicago - Northwestern, Chicago, 

 Dec. 17, 18. 



Illinois Annual Meeting. — The annual 

 meeting of the Illinois State Associa- 

 tion will be held at Springfield, Nov. 

 29 and 30. Owing to the severe illness 



with typhoid of Secretary Stone, the 

 program has been delayed. However 

 a good program has been arranged, 

 and as Illinois is on the circuit with the 

 other meetings, several beekeepers of 

 national prominence will attend. 



Serious Illness from Bee Stings. — 



We have recently passed through an 

 experience unlike anything which I 

 have ever seen in all my beekeeping. 

 Wednesday evening Mrs. Pellett was 

 writing and went into the next room 

 in the dark to get some stationary. 

 While she had her hands in the drawer 



a bee stung her on the neck. We had 

 not been working with the bees during 

 the day and had no idea that they were 

 in the house. 



Within a few minutes her lungs be- 

 gan to fill up like one with pneumonia, 

 and in less than half an hour she 

 seemed to be in a very serious condi- 

 tion. She was gasping for breath and 

 her heart was beating so hard that I 

 could plainly hear it. We tried to tele- 

 phone the doctor, but he was between 

 his office and his home, and we could 

 not reach him immediately. I think I 

 never saw any one sicker than she was 

 for perhaps 30 minutes. After a time 

 she broke out badly, and the action of 

 the heart became less violent. Within 

 an hour she was sitting up again, and 

 although she still felt ver> badly her 

 condition seemed no longer serious, 

 and she could smile faintly at her expe- 

 rience. 



I have had so many stings myself, 

 with no apparent ill effects aside from 

 the slight discomfort, that I had come 

 to think of a beesting as a slight mat- 

 ter. I have heard of serious conse- 

 quences from stings. In fact, there is 

 a man in Atlantic, whose father died 

 under similar circumstances from a 

 sting in the temple. This experience 

 brought forcibly to mind that under 

 certain circumstances a sting is a very 

 serious thing. Now, after two days, 

 Mrs. Pellett is quite herself again, but I 

 would not go through that half hour 

 again with the very apparent danger 

 for a small fortune. Evidently the sting 

 was very near a vital spot. 



I am wondering whether you ever 

 knew of such a case. I am sure I never 

 did, and I hope never to repeat the ex- 

 perience. Frank C. Pellett. 



Atlantic, Iowa, Oct. 1. 



Since the above was written, Mr. 

 Pellett reports that his wife was since 

 stung on the foot without any serious 

 results. It looks as if, in the above 



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