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Queries t Replies. 



Handlin; 



B Bees ivith Yeil and 

 Gloves. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 



Qnerjr 580 — Is it desirable to use a veil or 

 (?lovee, when handliDK bees ?— Kentucky. 



Veil, yes; gloves, no.— G. M. Doo- 



LITTLE. 



A veil almost always, but gloves 

 never.— James IIeddon. 



Yes, a veil, but no gloves.— J. P. H. 

 Brown. 



A veil, but no gloves.— C. C. Miller. 



Yes, a veil, but not gloves.— R. L. 

 Taylor. 



I use a veil, but no gloves. — J. M. 

 Hambaugh. 



If the bees are disposed to sting, yes. 

 It not, no.— M. Mahin. 



Yes, a veil, when necessary to pre- 

 vent stings. Gloves never, say I.— A. 

 J. Cook. 



A veil, yes ; but not gloves, unless 

 you cut off the finger tips. — Dadant & 

 Son. 



A veil is very desirable at times. I 

 never handle bees with gloves.— H. D. 

 Cutting. 



I prefer to. You cannot always or 

 sometimes tell how bees are going to 

 act.— Mrs. L. Harrison. 



Sometimes it is best to use both, and 

 " Kentucky " is not much of a bee- 

 keepers if he cannot tell icheit.—A. B. 

 Mason. 



Sometimes it is well to use a veil, 

 but gloves of any kind are useless.— C. 



H. DiBBERN. 



It will depend wholly upon the in- 

 dividual, and on the bees. There have 

 been times with myself, where both 

 were absolutely necessary.— J. E. Pond. 



It is desirable to have a veil ready for 

 use, and to use it when you feel like it. 

 Gloves are seldom needed. Bees usually 

 strike "above the belt." Singe the 

 long hairs off the back of the hands, 

 and do not jerk back if abeedaitsat 

 the hand. Keep your nerves steady 

 And— hohlyour breath /—Eugene Secor 



There are times that bees can be 

 handled with impunity without a veil, 

 but after one gets stung on the bridge 

 of the nose, or other tender spots on 

 the face, he will always think of hav- 

 ing a veil when handling bees. Gloves 

 are a nuisance, and not desirable.— P. 

 L. Viallon. 



It is very desirable to me on some 

 occasions. I do not often wear gloves, 

 but I would use them oftener it I 

 could get gloves that would not be in 

 the way of nimble fingering. A bee- 

 veil is among the essential devices in 

 apiary work. I frequently hear people 

 say that they have no use for a veil or 

 gloves. It is evident that such people 

 know but little about handling bees. 

 When taking honey, tiering-up, etc., 

 during the honey flow, I rarely ever 

 use a veil ; but I frequently go through 

 hybrid colonies to remove queen-cells 



and such-like operations, and I know 

 that 1 have met with cases where an 

 unprotected person would get a sting 

 in every square inch of his hide.— G. 

 W. Demakee. 



I use a veil, but no gloves. I am not 

 often stung, but the chance of a sting 

 in the eye, or a bee in the ear, causes 

 me to wear a veil. — J. M. Shuck. 



When honey is coming in, there is 

 but little reason for wearing a veil, but 

 a good smoker should always be at 

 hand, for use in case of an emergency- 

 an accident, for instance. Gloves are 

 of use, to protect the hands, when the 

 finger tips are cut off. in times when 

 the bees are cross, or there is a dearth 

 of honey.— The Editor. 



Bee-^tiiig Remedies. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 



Query 581 — Are the so-called bee-stinjr 

 remedies of any value for curing bee-stings f 

 Iowa. 



I think not.— R. L. Taylor. 

 They are of very little value.— J. P. 

 H. Brown. 



I think not.— J. M. Hambaugh. 

 None that I have used, and I have 

 tried many.— James Heddon. 



Yes, a little. I think that ammonia 

 is the best. — A. J. Cook. 



We tried them, and think nothing of 

 any of them, except cold water.— Da- 

 dant & Son. 



Some of them are. The oils of cin- 

 namon and cloves have been of real 

 value to us this season.— A. B. Mason. 



Very little, if any. The best remedy 

 I have found is saliva from my own 

 mouth.— M. Mahin. 



I do not know from experience, but 

 my faith in them is not very strong.— 

 C. C. Miller. 



From experience and reading on the 

 subject, I am of the opinion that no 

 remedy of value has as yet been found. 

 -J. E. Pond. 



Simple pure ammonia is the best of 

 anything I have used, but of late years 

 I have not used anything.— H. D. 

 Cutting. 



Not any that I have ever tried. If a 

 person belonging to my family were 

 stung badly, I should put them in a wet 

 sheet pack. If an animal, in like man- 

 ner.— Mrs. L. Harrison. 



I never use any. Years ago, when I 

 first commenced, tew suffered more 

 from stings than I did. Now they 

 affect me but liitle more than an insect 

 bite.— G. M. Doolittle. 



They have proven worthless so far as 

 I have experimented with them. It is 

 proper to say, however, that a bee-sting 

 amounts to very little with me, anyway. 

 — G. W. Demaree. 



They will aleviate the pain and lessen 

 the swelling on persons not used to 

 stings. The professional bee-keeper 

 has little use for them.— C.H.Dibb,ern. 



I have not tried everything, but 

 nothing that I ever did try did any 

 good, so far as I could discover. Stings 



do not swell on me any more. If I get 

 stung on the end of the nose, my 

 Iriends do not notice any difference.— 

 Eugene Secor. 



The absorption of the poison is im- 

 mediate, and no local application is of 

 any value. I would like to have Prof. 

 Cook give us an article on the subject, 

 and bring in the action of the hypo- 

 dermic svringe to fully demonstrate 

 this.— P. L. Viallon. 



I think not. A sting in the band, 

 where I always get it, if at all, can be 

 instantly rubbed out on the clothing, 

 and, many times, the poison will not 

 reach the blood at all. The bee will 

 often be crushed in this way before it 

 has pushed its lance into the skin. — J. 

 M. Shuck. 



Our British friends are very enthu- 

 siastic in their praise of the use of 

 apifuge for the prevention of being 

 stung by bees. When Mr. Cowan was 

 here he spoke very highly of it— though 

 some have condedaned it, or stated that 

 they did not think it of value as a pre- 

 ventive. When stung some use am- 

 monia to advantage to allay the pain ; 

 others apply smoke for the same pur- 

 pose. The poison acid may be neu- 

 tralized by an alkali ; saltpetre for in- 

 stance. Ice cold water, if applied at 

 once, will drive the blood back, and 

 quite often affords relief .—The Editor 



Convention IVotices. 



CF" The Pan-Handle Bee - Keepers' Association 

 will hold its next meeUn^j; in the K. of P. Hall on 

 Main St., between I ith & lith Streets, in Wheeling. 

 W. Va., on Nov. 21 and 22, 1888. All beelieepers are 

 cordially invited. W. L. KiNSEV, Sec. 



Z^~ Tne next meetino: of the Union Bee-Keepers* 

 Association will be held at > layton. Ills., on Tues- 

 day and Wenesday. Oct. If; and 17, iHrtH, in the Town 

 Hall at 10::)i.a.m. The Parli Hotel will charge tl.oo 

 per day ; the restaurants 2n cts. per meal. We ex- 

 pect Messrs Dadaiit, Uamnaugh, Caium and other 

 prominent bee-keepers to be present. 



S. N. BLACK, Pre: 



%W The Ohio State Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 hold its tjtb annual meeting In joint convention with 

 the North American Bee-Keepers' Society at ('olum- 

 bus, O.. on o< t. 3,4 and 5, 18S8. A special business 

 session of the Ohio State Bee Keepers' Association 

 will be held on Ojt. 4, to elect officers for the com- 

 ing year, and for the transa tion of other business. 

 Tills business meelingwill not interfere with the 

 regular programme of the National convention of 

 the same day. FRANK A. Baton, Sec. 



53^ The North American Bee-Keepers' Society 

 will hold its annual meeting on Oct. ;i. 4 and 5, 1888, 

 in Kepresentatives" Hall at the capitol in Columbus, 

 Ohio. The Pa.senper Traffic As50ctations will grant 

 reduced rates only wlien loo persons are present, 

 holding railroad certificates. Owing to the short 

 honey crop it is feared that a sufficient number of 

 persons will not be present holding certificates, and 

 tliat an attempt on tiie part of the Society to avail 

 itself of the reduced rates otfered by the Passenger 

 Traffic Associations will only result in dis.ippotnt- 

 meiit ; hence it has been decided that the only 

 course open will be to allow each member to shift 

 lor him-^elf, or herself, to either take advantage of 

 such excursion rates its may be available in his or 

 her vicinity, buy round-trip tickets, or do something 

 of the sort. 



W. Z. HcrrCHiNsoN, Secretary. 



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