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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 1 



" THE WITCHERY OF KODAKERY " AND THE 

 ITCHERY OF BEE-STINGERY. 



As our readers are aware, picture-taking- 

 has been one of my pastimes; but of late 

 years it has come to be a part of my regu- 

 lar business and work. I never go out on 



THE EFFECT OF A BEE-STING NEAR ONE EYE 



bee-keeping tours without having one or 

 more kodaks loaded ready for any subject 

 that may take my fancy; and even at home 

 I keep one or two instruments all prepared 

 ready for any special thing that may arise; 

 for we never know what the bees will do or 

 what we shall have on hand at any partic- 

 ular moment. 



A few days ago Mr. Phillips, our head 

 apiarist, came into the office and remarked 

 that one of our bee keeping students had 

 got stung on the eye, and j-uggested I had 

 better go down and "kodak" him. I did 

 so, of course obtaining his consent. On an- 

 other occasion the same student received a 

 sting on the lip, and again the kodak was 

 brought to play. The two pictures are re- 

 produced before you. 



The young man in question is learning 

 the business, and so far he has found that 

 the ways of a bee keeper are not all hon- 

 eyed sweetness. Hari work, hot sun, and 

 now and then a sting, with a swollen face, 

 are a part of his '* experience." So far he 

 has been " initiated " in the manner shown 

 in the pictures a number of times; but he 

 hopes ere long- to get along without the 

 swelling. 



Perhaps some may question the propriety 

 of putting in a picture showing the distort- 

 ed features of a person suffering from an 

 accident or bee-sting. I obtained the free 

 consent of the young man to use the pictures 



because I wished to illustrate the effect of 

 stings, as some of our readers, and proba- 

 bly a good many of them, do not know how 

 badly a face may be swollen from just one 

 sting. These pictures are reproduced, not 

 because they are the worst cases of swell- 

 ing we have had, but because 

 they are an average among those 

 who are just getting inoculated 

 with the poison; for it is well 

 known that, after one has been 

 stung a certain number of times, 

 he becomes to a great extent 

 immune to bee-stings. While 

 the pain is just as acute, the 

 swelling and consequent fever 

 do not appear — at least to only 

 a very moderate extent. 



A few days after these pictures 

 were taken, Mr. Phillips said 

 he had a fine nice swarm hang- 

 ing from one of the grapevines, 

 and remarked that it would 

 make a pretty picture. Two 

 years ago I offered a prize for 

 the best picture of a young lady 

 holding a swarm of bees. De- 

 siring to see what I could do in 

 this line myself, by dint of coax- 

 ing I got one of the young wo- 

 men in our office to put on a 

 bee-veil and bee-gloves, and take 

 her position before the swarm, 

 as if about to hive it. She did 

 so. The kodak clicked, and the 

 result is before you. A compan- 

 ion picture to this has been sent 

 to one of our magazine writers, 

 and it is possible it will appear in due 

 time. 



EFFECT OF ONE BEE-STING ON THE LIP. 



We have other interesting subjects which 

 we will present from time to time, of actual 

 scenes taken in the yard while the work 

 was in progress. These particular pic- 



