1891 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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directed to bees, and he now has about thh-tA^ ing that it was only necessary to get the poison 

 colonies, which he thinks is about enough for into the circulation. Our neighbor swite,hear- 



a man to care for who is obliged to get around 

 to all of his work upon crutches. 



Mr. F. has had his ups and downs in the bee- 

 business, having the usual yields and the usual 

 successes and losses in wintering, and. on the 

 whole, for the number of colonies and the dis- 

 advantages under which he labors, he has been 

 quite successful. His colonies are run for ex- 

 tracted honey, and. with the exception of a few 

 in chaff hives, they are wintered in the cellar. 

 Though Mr. Finch has manipulated bees for 

 several years, and has been stung an immense 

 number of tiine.s, his rheumatism shows no sign 



ine of this remarkable cure, sent to the Ram- 

 bler for bees in midwinter. Remonstrances 



.JOHN I. FlXC'il AND HIS APIAKY. 



•of abatement. He had heard so much about 

 the cure of rheumatism by the sting remedy 

 that he has been careful to watch the effect. 

 A few stings have no effect, except the usual 

 smarting and pain; but a large number, in his 

 case, caused nausea, which is not an uncommon 

 feeling with those having no rheumatism. Mr. 

 F. said that the sting of a single white-faced 

 hornet is more effective than a dozen bpc-stings, 

 and he attributed it to the depth to which it is 

 plunged, and thinks that Apis dorsaUi. oi' some 

 bee with a sting that would penetrate half an 



APPLICATIOX OF BEE-STING. 



against disturbing the bees at this time were 

 of no avail: and seeing it was a case of life 

 or death, the bees were procured and placed 

 in a cage, and directions given to applv one at 

 a time upon retii'ing. As usual, directions were 

 not followed, and the whole dozen were let 

 loose at once. Fi-om accounts i-eceived from 

 the family next day, I make the following 

 sketch; and if not literallv true, it must ap- 

 proach it. fi-om the nature of the elements em- 

 ployed. The next day she sent for Warner's 

 iSafe Cure. 



Another case reported is where a lady who 

 was afflicted with rheumatism in the foot. She 

 had read .Ino. Nebel ifc Son's advertisement in 

 relation to their rheumatism bees. and. having 

 nothing els(^ to think about, a neighboring bee'^ 

 keeper was sent for. and anxious inquiries were 

 made about the qualities of the Nebel bees over 

 others for the cure of rheumatism. The neighbor 

 argued that his bees were just as powerful as 

 Nebel's: '"And," said he, '-a sting is a sting 

 whether in Mexico or Canada, or on High Hill 

 Mo.; and to i)rove it I will run over and get a 

 few bees and cure your rheumatism."' 



The bees were produced; and the patient, 

 being nervous at the approach of the test, tim- 

 idly asked the neighbor whether the sting of a 

 bee hurt much. 



"Oh, no!" said he jocosely; "just a little 

 smart, and all is over. Just keep calm. My 

 bees are just as good as Nebel's." 



The application was made, and the result, as 

 the sketch will show, was highly satisfactory 

 to all parties concerned, and has hot ceased to 

 be the talk of the entire neighborhood, even 

 unto this day. 



BEE-STINGS AND RHEUMATISM; THEIK AP- 

 PLICATION AT BED-TIME. 



inch into the flesh would possibly effect a cure. 

 A bee-sting, he thought, might cure a local 

 rheumatic pain, but his case was over too much 

 surface to be thus affected. 



After studying Bro. Finch's case, several 

 others came to mind. A friend was greatly 

 troubled with local rheumatism under the 

 shoulder-blade; but after keeping bees a few 

 years the rheumatism disappeared entirely; 

 and, though the stings were never applied di- 

 rectly to the spot, he sang the praises of bee- 

 stings at all times and on all occasions, clalm- 



I am happy to see, however, that Bros. Nebel 

 have dropped the rheumatic attachment to 

 their advertisement this spring, and it is fortu- 



