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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 8, 1903. 



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tincture of arnica, which some one advised 

 for taKiufj pain out of stings — has been of 

 great benetit. I atn one of those people that 

 a Bting gives considerable trotible, quite a lot 

 of pain and considerable swelling. Tincture 

 of .irnica gives great relief to me. but I will 

 say that an application of tincture of arnica 

 to the sting, followed by another Immediate 

 application of tincture of myrrh, both applied 

 as soon as possible after being stung, have 

 given me so much relief that in three minutes 

 after being stung I wotild never know from 

 the feeling that I had been stung. Both 

 liquids are very cheap. 



About IS years ago I was stung on the 

 back of the neck on a vein. I reeled and fell 

 to the ground in a very few minutes; they 

 had to make quick work of getting a doctor, 

 as I was commencing to get cold in the legs. 

 The doctor advised a liberal application of 

 whiekey on the inside, and I took two good, 

 stiff glasses of straight whiskey, and an out- 

 ward application of ammonia. I never felt 

 the effects of the whiskey in the way of mak- 

 ing me feel drunk in the least. I have had to 

 use this treatment twice, both times by the 

 advice of different doctors, but I am not an 

 advocate of the use of intoxicating drinks in 

 anj' shape or form, as I consider them a curse 

 to humanity. W. D. Harris. 



Ontario, Canada, Dec. 23. 



Wild Cucumber— Bee-Eseapes. 



On page 755 I notice an article about wild 

 cucumljer as a honey-i^lant. There are two 

 kinds growing here, but one kind the bees do 

 not work on; it has two seeds in a pod, and 

 only blooms two weeks. The other kind the 

 bees work on freely, and it blooms all sum- 

 mer. The seeds grow in a cluster of six or 

 seven, unprotected, only covered with line 

 stickers. Any person wishing to get ac- 

 quainted with them can come here and take 

 a walk through the corn-fields and the river- 

 bottom. They introduce themselves. The 

 honey from them is white and of good flavor. 



I received a Porter bee-escape about six 

 weeks ago. gave it a good trial, and have 

 found it is impossible to gel along without it, 

 after one knows what it is, and how easy it 

 makes the work. I did not use the smoker 

 when I took off the honey, and I did not find 

 one bee in the super. P. H. Harbeck. 



La Salle Co., 111., Nov. 31. 



Report for 1 902, Etc. 



My rejiort for lilOi is not very good. From 

 36 colonies of bees, all in good condition. I 

 got only 1000 pounds of extracted honey. The 

 summer was too cold and rainy. In 1901 I 

 got over 3000 pounds from 29 colonies. 



I am not in favor of the Constitutional 

 Amendment proposed at the Denver conven- 

 tion of the National Bee-Keepers' Association. 

 It seems to me that the question of locality of 

 an officer ought not to be raised. I regard all 

 the bee-keepers of North America as one fam- 

 ily, and it can not make any particular dif- 

 ference in what particular town or State such 

 officer resides. What we are after is men well 

 qualilied to till the offices. I understand that 

 this organization is for the benefit of bee- 

 keepers, and not for office-seekers. I would 

 not like to see such wrangling for office as we 

 have in politics. Fred Bechlt. 



Poweshelk Co., Iowa, Dec. ?. 



Wintering Bees Improve Winter- 

 Time. 



Since Deo. 1 the bees have been confined to 

 the hives. To-day six inches of snow is on 

 the ground, and it is beginning to thaw. We 

 have had zero weather during the last ten 

 days and several nights. To-day the bees 

 coiiki be seen nosing around the entrance in- 

 side, pushing out their dead comrades. This 

 denotes that the hive is warm inside, giving 

 the bees a chance to move their position in 

 the hives in reaching their stores, if necessary. 



This year I had my bees fixed up during 

 the month of September. All surplus ar- 

 rangements were removed from the hives and 



