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system, and severe piiiu and swelling may ensue. 

 — L. L. Langstrotii. 



2. Cold water. In my own case I have found 

 cold water to be the best remedy for a bee-sting. 

 The poison being very volatile, is quickly dis- 

 solved in it. — Ibid. 



3. Tiie juice of the ripe berry of the common 

 coral honeysuckle {Lonicera cuprifolium) is the 

 best remedy. The berries or the expressed juice 

 may be preserved in a bottle, well closed, and will 

 retain its efficacy more tiian a year. — Andrews. 



4. The milky juice of the white poppy. 



5. Leaves of the plantain crushed and applied 

 to the wound, are a very good substitute when 

 water cannot be obtamed. — L. L. Langstkoth. 



6. Spirits of hartshorn. In cases of severe sting- 

 ing its internal use is also beneficial. — Bevan. 



7. The juice of tobacco. 



8. Catch as speedily as possible another bee, 

 and make it sting on the same spot. — English 

 Apiuriiin. 



9. Bathe the wound in chloroform. 



10. Take a small piece of saleratus, moisten and 

 apply it to tlie part once or twice, and almost im- 

 mediate relief will be experienced. 



11. Take muriatic acid and dissolve saleratus in 

 it, as much as it Avill take up. Apply this, as 

 soon as stung. — G. B. Aveky. 



13. A raw onion cut in halves ; one half applied 

 till it becomes warm ; then change for the other 

 half. 



13. Mud or clay made wet, and changed often. 



14. Soft soap and salt. 



15. Select tiiree species of plants, either trees, 

 shrubs or herbs ; take one leaf from each, and 

 bind them on the wound. 



16. Bathe with a solution of chloride of lime. 



17. Wet a piece of indigo, and rub it on the spot. 

 — Affleck. 



18. Apply aqua potassa. 



19. The great secret after being stung, is to keep 

 the spot cool, and, not rub it at all. — Kidder. 



20. Dr. Latour proposes the following : 1st, pull 

 out the sling ; 2d, foment the place Avith iced 

 water, or else extract of ammonia; 3d, apply an 

 impenetrable coating of collodion, rendered elas- 

 tic by the addition of one-tenth part of castor oil, 

 whereby the production of heat in the living tis- 

 sue is prevented and the inflammation avoided. 



21. Bruise a few leaves of the catmint plant 

 {Nepeta cataria); press out the juice, and apply it 

 to tbe wound. 



22. Dave about three quilts or comfortables 

 spread on a bed. Then wet a sheet in cold water, 

 wring it, and spread it on the former. Wet an- 

 other sheet, and wring out the water so that it 

 will not drip. Spread this on the first sheet. 

 Now strip the patient to the skin, lay him on the 

 wet sheets on his back, and fold them about him ; 

 then fold the quilts around him in the same man- 

 ner ; and jmt wet clothes on ti>e face and fore- 

 liead. Let him lie thus for thirty minutes, and 

 all will be right. — E. Gallup. 



23. A strong solution of sugar of lead. — O. 

 Dyer. 



24. A freshly prepared solution of hydrate of 

 lime (lime water). 



25. First extract the sting, then wash the part 

 with cold water, rubbing it well for half a minute ; 



then rub with a dr;/ toicel for half a minute more. 

 Then apply about 4 teaspoonfuls of spirits of cam- 

 phor, and rub for another hdlf mimite. — M. 

 Smith. 



20. Api)ly kerosene oil to the Avound. — P. R. 

 Russell. 



27. Prepaired chalk made into paste with water 

 or saliva, and applied to the wound. — J. B. Bar- 

 ton. 



2S. Coal oil applied to the wound renders im- 

 mediate releif. — P. Brickley. 



20. For bee-stings use spirituous liquor inter- 

 nally and external]}'. Ammonia is good as a 

 wash. Water is the best of the solvents, and is 

 therefore good. — J. M. Marvin. 



30. Pull out the sting, and pass a needle into 

 the wound till you can press out some blood. It 

 Avill prevent swelling. — J. Kimball. 



31. Extract the sting, and keep the spot moist 

 Avith spittle. 



The editor may perhaps think, by this time, 

 that I should ask pardon lor this intrusion. Per- 

 haps I should. 1 certainly wish him no harm in 

 the perusal. The list may serve as a curiosity, 

 if nothing else. No. 1, snys that the Avound 

 should not be rubbed at all ; Avhile No. 25 regards 

 the rubbing as very essential. In my OAvn case, 

 I found No. 21 proved very satisfactory. 



Henry C. Blinn. 



Shaker Village, N. H. 



[For the Amoi'ican Bee Journal.] 



When does a young qusen commence 



laying drone eggs? 



And, 



Will introducing a young fertile queen 



prevent swarming? 



In the latter part of June, 1805, I concluded to 

 introduce a young fertile Italian queen in a col- 

 ony of black bees, Avhich was strong, but occu- 

 pied a small hive of only about 1300 or 1400 cubic 

 inches. When removing the black queen I no- 

 ticed tliat three fiaiiies, Avliich 1 had previou.sly 

 inserted, Avere nearly filled witli drone combs, 

 containing eggs and larvaj from the black queen. 

 I took away all these drone combs, and intro- 

 duced the young Italian queen, which had com- 

 menced laying tlie day previous. Slie was con- 

 fined in a queen cage, but I liberated her after the 

 lapse of forty-eight hours. Three days later I 

 examined this colony again, to see whether tlie 

 Italian queen wis accepted or not. I found tiie 

 three Irnmes again filled with drone combs, and 

 every cell contained an egg ! I also found tliree 

 queen cells started in the upper part of the hive, 

 but still empty. I made another examination 

 three days later, and found small larvai in the 

 drone cells, and two eggs and one very small 

 larvae in the three queen cells. The bassvvood 

 trees were at this time in blossom, furnishing a 

 very plentiful sup|)ly of honey. On the following 

 day a swarm issued from this hive, and Avas 

 accompanied by the young Italian queen. I 

 feared, of course, that, unobserved by me, the 

 bees had somewhere reared a queen from the 

 brood of the removed black q iceu, but soon 



