Feb 7, 1907 



American lee Journal 



wanted to go, children and all, and even called 

 4 dogs along-. 



Well, I had lots of fun, but only one boy 

 stayed to help carry the honey, axe, saw, 

 wash-boiler, and a dozen other articles be- 

 sides a box full of bees— 60 pounds (esti- 

 mated) of capped-over honey. 



I cut a tree and let it fall on a pile of brush 

 to save the jar, then I paid no more attention 

 to the bees. As for stings, they positively 

 cured me of rheumatism. I sawed close to 

 the hole, then split out, kept sawing and 

 splitting out to the comb, smoking the bees 

 up the hollow. Then I removed the comb, 

 putting the young bees and comb in the box, 

 and saving the choice capped-over pieces (and 

 I had seen pieces 3 feet long) to eat. The 

 broken pieces I saved for the bees to com- 

 mence on. 



.Just one week from the time I put these 

 bees in this box they had tilled it nearly full 

 of new comb and laid eggs in nearly every 

 cell. I put them in 4-frame hives, cutting 

 out the comb and putting it in the frames. 



When I went back, 3 weeks after, they had 

 3 more trees, and 1 found 4 trees while hunt- 

 ing squirrels. I put 4 of these queens in a 

 box the size of a suit-case, with a frame of 

 brood and all the bees I could get handy by 

 brushing them off the other frames. I car- 

 ried that box as a grip (I did not pay express) 

 3 days and nights before I got them out in 

 larger space in hives. 



I gave each frime a new hive and spread 

 them by adding frames of foundation as they 

 needed it. I cut the trees in July. There are 

 8 colonies of bees now doing fine. 



When I returned to see the people they 

 called me a " bee-man," and asked me to rob 

 a hive. I took out a frame of nice capped- 

 over honey. To see those Indians reach out 

 for a chunk of that honey did me good. 



Do you think I could learn to be anything 

 of a bee-man * I sold those I carried so far 

 in my band, so I have no bees. 



Wichita, Kan. L. Benson. 



[Yes, there are encouraging signs of a bee- 

 keeper in you. Better get some bees and " do 

 business" with them.— Editob.] 



"Erythema" from Bee-Stings 



Dr. Miller, after giving his answer in Jan. 

 3d issue, says : 



" If any one can help out, such help will be 

 gratefully received." 



"Wisconsin's" wife, without doubt, suf- 

 fered from Erythema. It is a well-known 

 fact among medical men that external irri- 

 tants (like a bee-sting), as well as the inter- 

 nal administration of certain drugs, and 

 sometimes certain articles of food, or fruits, 

 will producei/t a few su.sceptible peojde the con- 

 dition described by "Wisconsin." I know 

 one person who can not eat strawberries 

 without bringing on the atlliction, and yet is 

 otherwise in good health. 



In reply to the query as to whether it will 

 occur again, I wii. say : Yes, it certainly will 

 if the lady is stung again. The attack will 

 last from a few minutes to a few hours, or 

 perhaps 2 or 3 days. 



Yes, there is a remedy, but as it varies with 

 circumstances, I will not give it for publica- 

 tion. The trouble can be prevented by avoid- 

 ing theexoitingcause-the bee-sting, or what- 

 ever it may be. 



No, it is not advisable for " Wisconsin's " 

 wife to try again to work among bees. She 

 should avoid them. F. D. Clum, M. D. 



Cheviot, N Y., Jan. 12. 



Drones Flying Jan. 5 



With the thermometer at 38 in the shade, I 

 saw 4 drones in flight. My boy caught one 

 with his hand in the air, and I picked another 

 off the grass in front of the hive. Doubtless 

 this is no new experience in the history of 

 bee-keeping, but the following facts may be 

 interesting: 



I started my little apiary with one colony 

 in May, 1906. In June I took brood-frames 

 and started 2 other colonies by introducing 



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