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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAU 



Gathered Honey-Dew. 



My report for this year is not a good 

 one. My bees did not swarm, and worse 

 than that, gathered no honey. They 

 gathered some honey-dew, which I fear 

 will kill most of the bees in this locality 

 next winter. I never saw such stuff in 

 my life. It was black, stiff and stringy, 

 and has a rank, strong taste. I would 

 much rather the bees had not gathered 

 it at all, so they could have stored some 

 sugar syrup. I shall sow Alfalfa next 

 spring, so the bees can gather honey in 

 dry seasons. I have 20 colonies at pres- 

 ent. Fred Biesemeier. 



Sterling, Nebr , Oct 28. 



Laying Workers. 



The prevailing opinion seems to be 

 that laying workers are ordinary work- 

 ers that take it into their heads to per- 

 petuate a colony, and may appear at 

 any time in any queenless colony, laying 

 at will. I have had considerable experi- 

 ence with laying workers, and have 

 never known them to appear except 

 when they had larvae only far advanced 

 at the time they became queenless, or 

 had such larvae given them any time 

 after. So I conclude they are the result 

 of the bees trying to rear queens from 

 larvaj which are too far advanced. 



Ft. Lupton, Colo. I. W. Beckwith. 



Our Boctors Hists. 



By F. L. PEIRO. M. D. 



McVicker's Building, Chicago, III. 



Coash»«— Cause and Cure. 



This is the time of year coughs develop. 

 The reason is found in the sudden changes 

 of temperature, the inclemency of the 

 weather, and the neglect of precautions to 

 protect ourselves from these and other 

 causes that conspire to this end. There are 

 various degrees of coughs— some trivial, 

 others serious; but even the least trouble- 

 some may, if neglected, become serious 

 enough. The better way is always to care 

 for, and cure, a cough whenever possible, 

 and usually it is not difficult. 



The principal factor in the cure of a 

 cough is quiet, in a comfortably warm 

 room, simple diet, and some soothing 

 remedy. For a usual cough not attended 

 with serious pain in the throat or chest, in 

 young or adults, a mixture of nice ex- 



tracted honey and a strong tea made of 

 elderberries, half and half, boiled together 

 for an hour, makes a very pleasant and 

 effective syrup. A teaspoonful should be 

 given every hour. For more severe coughs, 

 those in which great scraping of the throat 

 exists, with soreness of the lungs, a glassful 

 of strong boneset tea with as much pure 

 honey, boiled as before mentioned, and 

 given as often, generally results in com- 

 plete cure. If a dose of No. 11 from the 

 Home Remedy Case (see page 610) is taken, 

 three or four times per day, all the better. 



Then there is that harsh, croupy cough 

 of children, frequently e xperienced during 

 these latter months of the year. A little 

 exposure to the cold rains or sleet on their 

 way to or from school ushers in those 

 symptoms that every mother, on a farm, 

 has witnessed, and never without more or 

 less alarm. The child has had supper, com- 

 plains of feeling chilly and drowsy, is put 

 to bed — often between two cold sheets — 

 (the worst beginning that can be made!) 

 and after a fitful nap or two it wakes with 

 a barking cough, a tightness in the throat 

 and chest, a choking sensation that impels 

 the child to sit up for more comfortable 

 position. The pulse is too quick by 20 to 40 

 beats ; the respiration is more rapid than 

 usual; the speech is in gasps, and the child 

 looks at objects it wants, rather than ask 

 for them. It will, in this way, instinctively 

 call for water, or more clothing. Its eyes 

 are now wide open and staring — sleep has 

 completely departed. 



If you have one of the Home Remedy 

 Cases, give the prescribed dose of No. 1, 

 every half hour or less, and No. 13 every 

 two hours. Also make a syrup of a pint of 

 honey to a teaspoonful of Jamaica ginger. 

 Shake well, and give a teaspoonful every 

 half hour until the child is fully relieved, 

 and gone to sleep. In this way a few doses 

 of these Remedies save to child and mother 

 much suffering and anxiety. 



I know of nothing more dangerous than 

 a bad cough that is not cared tor. There is 

 never knowing what results may follow, 

 from pneumonia to consumption. A dis- 

 position that the less informed may have 

 to make light of these facts, in no wise 

 diminishes the force of consequences. The 

 vcise will act promptly, and les.sen all risks. 



There are other forms of coughs— the 

 more seriously advanced and chronic, 

 which are usually symptoms of some es- 

 tablished disease of the throat or lungs, 

 which we cannot dwell upon here, much as 

 I would like to do, because of the great 

 need, but such cfses must have the utmost 

 consideration of your family physician or 

 specialist in this branch of practice. 



