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and redness. This depends upon the 

 fine hairs, which produce the same effect 

 when they float around in the air. Many 

 ladies who visited the caterpillar room 

 of the naturalist Reaumer (the apiarist), 

 had a breaking out on the neck. 



Formic acid, according to the United 

 States Dispensatory, diluted with an 

 equal measure of water, is an excellent 

 application to paralyzed limbs, exciting 

 the circulation of the blood and produc- 

 ing exunt erythemathous redness, with 

 a prickly sensation as if stung with bees 

 or nettles. 



Formate of ammonia has a specific 

 tendency to the nervous centers, and is 

 contraindicated in cases of any active 

 irritation or inflammation of the nervous 

 centers or about them. Those who han- 

 dle bees should understand whether or 

 not they are afflicted with chronic head 

 or heart trouble, because such persons 

 cannot safely expose themselves to any 

 large doses of sting virus with im- 

 punity. But in cases of paralyzed limbs, 

 or paralysis not complicated with head 

 or heart disease, stinging may prove 

 beneficial. 



In conclusion, I mention that formic 

 acid gets its name from the ant (formica), 

 because it was first found in the ant. If 

 it had been found first in the bee, or in 

 the nettle, it would have some other 

 name. If an ant runs over a piece of 

 blue paper, it will leave a red mark. Put 

 a stick in an ant-hill, and they will 

 squirt strong formic acid on it. 



Prof. August Vogel, of Munich, wrote 

 on the subject of formic acid more than 

 a decade ago. 



Richford, N. Y. 



Points on Removing Honey from 

 ll»e Hives, and Marketing. 



Besides knowing how to manage bees, 

 hives, and treat the honey, the bee- 

 keeper must know how to get the most 

 profit from his bees. It is one thing to 

 produce a crop of honey, but quite 

 another thing to sell it. The progres- 

 sive bee-keeper of to-day must be posted 

 in regard to the markets and manner of 

 putting his honey on the market, as well 

 as the more modern methods of produc- 

 ing it, if he would make bee-keeping as 

 profitable as it should be. 



There are two things that tend to, 

 and do, depress the honey market, 

 which can and should be avoided. First, 

 the great bulk of honey that is put on 

 the market in poor shape. We must 



have our honey put up in small sections, 

 and in the most attractive style. 



In order to have it thus, it is impor- 

 tant to attend to it properly just as soon 

 as the harvest is over, and get at least a 

 part of it on the early market, as it 

 always commands a better price than 

 later in the season. Take the honey 

 from the hives as soon as the main white 

 honey season is over, and place it in a 

 warm room with the temperature at 95° 

 or 100°, and it will ripen just as well as 

 if left in the hive. If left in the hive 

 until late in the season, the bees begin 

 to prepare for winter by filling every 

 crevice and opening with propolis. The 

 sections become travel-stained, and the 

 honey gets dark, and no amount of work 

 will make it as attractive as it otherwise 

 would have been if taken from the hive 

 as soon as the harvest was over. 



The sections should be thoroughly 

 cleaned, and labeled or stamped with 

 the producer's name on them, and crated 

 in neat crates with glass fronts, so it 

 will present a nice appearance. Such a 

 crate of honey is bound to sell at a good 

 price. 



Second, the lack of knowledge in re- 

 gard to the price in the different mar- 

 kets. The latter is more prevalent 

 among farmers and small producers. 

 Many farmers will go to market and 

 take just about what the merchant 

 chooses to give them, when with a rea- 

 sonable knowledge of the markets and 

 demand, they could in many cases get 

 much more for their goods. This not only 

 does them an injury, but all the rest of 

 the people who are engaged in the same 

 occupation. 



Always sell it in the home market if 

 possible. It is risky to ship. Honey is 

 an excellent article to retail. The re- 

 tailers will not pay as much as they will 

 to commission nouses, besides freight, 

 drayage, and the risk in shipping. If 

 you have honey to sell, watch these 

 points. — Field and Farm. 



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