1887 



GLEANINGS IN iJEE CULTURE. 



825 



First, wide frames one tier of sections high. Sec- 

 ond, because it combines more good qualities and 

 fewer poor ones than any other an- ingement— in 

 my opinion. G. >". Uoolittle. 



The T super. 1 think I v.iin secure an equal 

 amount of honey in as good shape with less time 

 and labor than with any other arrangement with 

 which I am familiar. It would not surprise me if it 

 would be rejected in its turn for something better. 



C. C. Miller. 



I am using large numbers of one-story reversible 

 wide-frame supers, and also many tin T nonre- 

 versible surplus cases. The T supers are good and 

 cheaper. At the same price I should prefer the 

 wide-frame super every time; but the difference in 

 cost in constructing 1.500 is quite an item. Revers- 

 ing surplus honey amounts to but little at best. 



James Heddon. 



lam using three different kinds. 1 have but lit- 

 tle, if any, choice between Heddon's broad frame 

 reversible, and Armstrong's T super. 1 like them 

 both, but think both, as well as any other kind, 

 would work better where there is less propolis. I 

 prefer them because the sections are more readilj- 

 removed than from other kinds. 



Dr. a. B. Mason. 



1 use the broad frames. T prefer them because I 

 have got used to them, ami dislike to " fly to other 

 ills 1 know not of." The arrangements which are 

 more popular just now would not, 1 judge, increase 

 my yield of honey. They might decrease the labor 

 somewhat, but probably not enough to pay the ex- 

 pense of changing. R. E. Hasty. 



I use Mr. Heddon's old style of surplus case. I 

 pi-efer it because it is simple, cheap, and strong; 

 takes only one tier of sections, allows of the tiering- 

 up system, and the sections are easily put in place 

 and more easilj' removed . Some call this Moore's 

 case. Mr. Moore's crate was simply a crate, not a 

 case,' it was only a shallow crate in which sections 

 could be placed. It required an outer covering, 

 and could not be tiered up. Let us "give honor," 

 etc. W. Z. Hutchinson. 



QueMion xVo. 14.— Do j'ou know positively, from 

 actual experiment, that you have obtained any 

 real relief from a bee-sting remedy ? 



No. 



Paul L. Viallon. 



No, and I have discarded all the so-called reme- 

 dies. O. O. POPPLETON. 



I do not, and think the oases where others do are 

 very rare. R. Wilkin. 



Yes, from water. It takes off the fever, and if 

 kept on a long time it helps dissolve the poison. 



Dadant & Son. 



No. 1 never did. If a person or child should be 

 badly stung I would put him into a wet-sheet pack. 

 Mrs. hi Harrison. 



1 never use any. If it hurts too bad, groan once 

 or twice and dance a little, then go about your work 

 with a will, and it is soon a thing of the past. 



G. M. DOOLITTLE. 



No. To one unaccustomed to bee-stings, however, 

 I should always advise the application of mud, cold 

 water, or something to col the parts. 



C. C. Miller. 



I do not. Bee-stings never affect me enough to 

 amount to any thing. It is breathing bee-poison 

 that affects me so badly. .Iames Heddon. 



My students are sure that ammonia gives relief. 

 Ice-cold water also allays pain. A strong decoction 

 of cheap tobacco, applied at once, also gives relief, 

 and tobacco is much more wisely used to kill pain 

 than people. A. J. Cook. 



Yes, I do. First, get the sting out as soon as pos- 

 sible, then wet the wound as quickly as you can. 

 Hub the place while it is wet, to get the poison out 

 as much as you can; then wipe the place, after 

 which let it alone. The best remedy is to get the 

 sting out before it has time to work in the poison. 



E. France. 



Yes, 1 do know pc si lively that 1 have obtained re- 

 lief from the use ol tincture -of plantain. Pick the 

 green leaves, put them in a glass or earthen dish, 

 and cover with alcohol. Let it stand a day or two, 

 then drain oft' the tincture, and bottle. Apply this 

 to the wound as soon as possible. I seldom use it 

 unless stung near the eye. W. Z. Hutchinson. 



During a recent visit to friends in New York, one 

 of my brothers, an old man. said that the oil of cin- 

 namon, if applied immediately, would prevent 

 swelling. In his case it proved true. He keeps a 

 few colonies and was stung while 1 was there, on 

 the nostril, and the swelling nearly closed the eye 

 on that side, the oil not being at hand. Being 

 stung at another time on the face, and the oil being 

 applied at once, there was no swelling. 



Dr. a. B. Mason. 



Yes, sir'ee. There are many remedies— in fact, 

 several families of remedies— that afford one real 

 relief. The inflammation of a sting is very much 

 like a fire. It must have air. It gets its air (oxy- 

 gen) from two sources— from the blood, and 

 through the pores of the skin. Any thing that low- 

 ers the circulation of the blood, or that closes the 

 pores of the skin in the vicinity of the sting, affords 

 real relief. The reason remedies so often seem to 

 be worse than useless is very easy to see when once 

 you catch on to it. The oxygen which enables the 

 sting to blaze, more than half of it comes by way of 

 the blood. The blood is driven partly by the mus- 

 cles of the heart, and partly by the little muscles of 

 blood-vessels themselves. Turning the mysterious 

 nerve force of the brain upon any spot causes the 

 little muscles last mentioned to greatly increase 

 their action. The result is, that twice as much 

 blood passes through that spot as before. Your 

 remedy may be all right: but directing your mind 

 to the spot continually is doing twice as much harm 

 as the remedy is doing good. The same thing hap- 

 pens when the house gets aflre. A little water is 

 thrown on (very good, as far as it goes), but doors 

 and windows are opened in every direction, letting 

 in air; and the not result is, that the Are which 

 would have smouldered for hours if let alone, 

 burns the house up in half an hour. Yet water is 

 a i-eal remedy for Arc for all that. Whatever you do 

 lor a sting, you must support it by keeping calm, 

 ami thinking of something else. Apiece of tissue 

 l)aper:{ or t inches s(iuare stuck on the spot with 

 good strong mucilage is one of the best of remedies. 

 Thick honey well daubed on, without the paper, 

 does very well. Of course, the old bee-keeper is 

 usually so well pickled in stings that he needs no 

 remedy. . E. Hastv. 



