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methods been used, this could never 

 have happened. 



But that Crawford county bee-keeper's 

 explanation w^on't go down with me. 

 No, sir ! honey-laden bees returning to 

 their hives will not attack animals, no 

 matter how hard the wind blows, or how 

 low they fly. As well might one claim 

 that it was the honest, industrious, 

 sober workingmen, who were busy at 

 work in the shops, who did the burning, 

 looting, beating and killing during the 

 late strike I 



Bee-keepers cannot be too careful how 

 they handle their bees during a drouth, 

 and dearth of honey. Once get an api- 

 ary on the rampage, stinging persons 

 and animals, and it is no easy matter to 

 get them quieted down again. Like the 

 strike, such condition is much easier to 

 avert than to cure after it has once 

 broken out. C. H. Dibbern. 



Milan, 111. 



A Terrible Fall. 



On July 3, 1893, while trying to get 

 a swarm of bees out of a tree, the limbs 

 broke, throwing me on my back, and I 

 fell 20 feet, alighting on my right shoul- 

 der, putting it out of place, and nearly 

 breaking my neck. It put me to bed 

 for nearly 3 months, permanently crip- 

 pling me for life. I am still under the 

 doctor's care, with a stiff neck. But I 

 am now up and around with only 10 

 colonies out of 70 when I fell. 



Hiram J. Ward. 



Farmington, Kans., Aug. 1. 



Newsy Letter from Susie. 



J. guess you think I have forgotten 

 you, but I was busy going to school, and 

 saw Charlie Sanford's letter in the Bee 

 Journal, of August 2nd. It set me 

 to thinking that I had better write, too, 

 to let him know that at least one girl is 

 interested in bees. Papa thinks he is a 

 great bee-man, but I can't blame him, 

 for I do like to hear about bees. I am a 

 little afraid of them. 



I have three brothers that farm 80 

 acres of corn and 60 acres of oats, and 

 papa takes care of his bees. My oldest 

 brother, Charlie, is 18, and graduated 

 from the Lanark high school last spring. 

 Robbie is aged IT, and John is 15. I 

 have a baby brother just three weeks 

 old, which mamma thinks she will call 

 Atchley, because papa talks so much 

 about Jennie Atchley ! Well, this is all 

 of our family. I have no sister. 



We have 7 new colonies of bees. The 



season has been very dry, and not very 

 good for bees, but papa has taken off 

 175 pounds of honey, and expects to 

 take off as much more in a few days. 

 So he thinks he is doing well for this 

 year. 



I hope to hear from more boys and 

 Sirls. ■ Susie Weed. 



Lanark, 111., Aug. 7. 



Bee-Sting Remedies. 



1st. Salt and baking powder, or saler- 

 atus, equal parts, dissolved in water, a 

 strong solution. This remedy is simple 

 but effective, and all bee-keepers prob- 

 ably have it on hand at all times. 



2nd. Two or three folds of flannel 

 dipped in hot lard, and bound on the 

 part stung, will immediately relieve the 

 pain, and stop the swelling occasioned 

 by the sting. 



3rd. The common onion, if applied tO' 

 the wound, will immediately relieve the; 

 pain, if changed every few minutes. 



4th. If the foregoing remedies should! 

 not be at hand, make a thin mortar of.' 

 clay-earth and apply. 



Now these remedies are simple, but 

 effective. I should be pleased to have^ 

 bee-keepers, upon trying them, report, 

 in the Bee Journal. N. C. Feakins. 



New Richmond, Wis. 



Very Dry — Basswood Honey, Etc.. 



The honey season for this sectioru of 

 country seems apparently closed, unHess 

 we have sufficient rain soon to start up 

 vegetation anew. Not having had any 

 rain since two months ago, everything 

 in the line of honey-producing plants is 

 dried up. The pastures and meadows 

 are as if scorched by fire. The forest 

 trees begin to wither and dry up, for we 

 have not even dew during the night. 



Our bees are carrying in some pollen 

 during the morning hours, but no honey, 

 for robbing, wherever there is a chance, 

 seems to be in order. 



I have lived in this section of country 

 for over 30 years, and I never saw a 

 season so dry as this. The honey har- 

 vest is a total failure here, except in lo- 

 calities where basswood is in abundance. 

 Those bee-keepers whose bees had access 

 to basswood, realized a fair crop of good 

 white honey ; but where contrariwise — 

 those whose bees were not in reach of 

 basswood — will have to feed for winter. 



It is a good plan for bee-keepers tO' 

 not wholly depend upon nectar sweets. 

 for their living, for a little side-business. 



