f EAR OF STIN6S. 



Ifi ol W. A. Selzer. Jenkinslown. yesterday, 

 "^id New Jersey societies. Dem<«istrations 

 ran bee raiser sal in the midst ol a buzzing 

 %i be done without harm to the operator. 



lis hands indicated trouble, 

 en handling the so-called 



docile Caucasian bee, which 



d not to sting under any 



ces. 

 n-Hunting Contest. 



[. Twining, a veteran agri- 

 Logan, sat in the midst of 



a buzzing swarm, and, after a few 

 minutes' effort, picked out the queen 

 of the colony, just to show that such 

 things can be done without the smoke 

 pot. 



This demonstra,tion was repeated in 

 part in the queen-hunting contest, in 

 which Prof. H. A. Surface, of Harris- 

 burg; W. W. Case, of New Jersey, and 

 L. W. Boyden, of Philadelphia, acted 

 as judges. There were four contestants. 

 Each took his position before the hive, 

 and at the clap of the hand thousands 

 oi bees were liberated, and the con- 

 testants started on the bee hunt. 



Out of the swarming mass John 

 R. TulJ, of this city, ai d W. H. Peck, 

 of Perryville, Md., landed their catch 

 in fifty seconds. F. A. Lockhart, of 

 Lage George, N. Y., consumed nearly 

 three minutes in -his hunt, and W. H. 

 Wolf, of the Bermuda Islands, finished 

 a half minute before. 



Without veil, gloves and rery little 

 smoke, Harold Hornor, of this city, 

 gave a demonstration of hiving an ar- 



