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bees settle on a high tree, this plan will not answer. I have 

 used it fifteen feet from the ground by placing two ladders and 

 laying a board between them and placing the hive on the 

 board. Some plan can be devised to get at them at any 

 reasonable height, and will be found much better than sawing 

 off limbs of valuable trees. 



Persons who handle bees should have some protection for 

 the face, in case of accidents ; and besides, it gives the opera- 

 tor confidence. Langstroth's bee-hat is the best we have seen. 

 To make it, take a piece of wire cloth, one foot wide and two 

 and one half feet long (just fine enough to keep out bees ;) 

 sew the ends together ; sew in one end of the cylinder a piece 

 of cloth or leather for a crown ; around the other end, sew a 

 piece of cloth a foot wide, for a cape ; when it is used, let the 

 lower edge rest on the shoulders, tuck the cape inside the coat 

 or jacket, and your face will be safe among any quantity of 

 bees. Perhaps some people will prefer to wear gloves ; if so, 

 rubber gloves answer a good purpose. But we prefer to handle 

 them with bare hands. Sometimes, by accidentally squeezing 

 a bee, we get a sting, but, for our consolation, it is generally 

 believed " that the more we are stung the less we shall feel 

 it." Some people are not poisoned at all by a sting. A friend 

 of ours, who has kept bees, tells us stinging has no effect on 

 him, causing no swelling and no inconvenience. The best 

 remedy we know for the sting of a bee is the do-nothing 

 policy. We have tried many remedies, and have come to the 

 conclusion that it is the best to let it alone. After extracting 

 the sting, perhaps pouring a little cold water on the part stung 

 might be a benefit ; but the slightest friction or rubbing on 

 the part will cause inflammation and swelling. 



We hope hereafter to see statements from the twenty or 

 thirty competitors for gratuities, which Avill give us facts and 

 the experience of bee-keepers from all parts of the county. 

 This will awaken an interest in the subject, and we shall be 

 progressing on to the " good time coming," when every 

 farmer will keep bees, and his better-half will know how to 



