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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



though not to the same extent. I am look- 

 ing with great interest for the results insofar 

 as they may have a bearing upon this poiut 

 and much care will be taken that the exact 

 facts shall be arrived at. 



pkatt's hivebs. 

 Five of these hi vers were procured and 

 adjusted to as many hives, and as I must be 

 brief I shall now only mention results thus 

 far by giving an outline history of No. 2, 

 deferring further mention till another time. 

 To this hive the hiver was adjusted .Tune 17 

 upon the issuing and return of a swarm. 

 After this adjustment the queen was of 

 course in the old brood-chamber, notwith- 

 standing which, the swarm did not issue 

 again till June 2itth when it was allowed to 

 return. On July "ind it again issued and be- 

 came mingled with other swarms so that it 

 was necessary in making a division to allot 

 the proper portion which was returned to 

 the hive. This colony, though furnished 

 with a case of sections filled with well drawn 

 comb, has done comparatively nothing in it. 



LANGDON's NON-8WARMINO ATTACHMENT. 



Lack of space will permit but a few words 

 touching this invention by way of closing 

 this article. Five of the attachments were 

 adjusted to double the number of hives, on 

 the 22nd day of June, since which time 

 seventeen swarms have issued from these 

 hives ; in each instance thus far the queen 

 was returned to her own hive and the swarm 

 to the sister hive, although it quickly became 

 evident that it was worse than useless to do 



BO. 



Full details of this line of work may be 

 looked for in my next article from which I 

 think any intelligent apiarist may easily de- 

 termine the reason why the attachment has 

 failed in these cases to honor its first name 

 and whether it can be made practical any- 

 where. 



Lapeee, Mich. July 4th, 1893, 



EXTRKOXOD. 



ceive a great number of stings. I am a 

 temperance man, but I believe that the ad- 

 vice given by Bro. Hill of the Guide, is cor- 

 rect. Here is what he says : — 



" Britton, Mich., Sept. .5, lSi)2. A valuable 

 pair of horses belonging to L. Lowe, a 

 prominent farmer, was stung to death Fri- 

 day. The boy who was plowing near the 

 apiary, left the team standing while he went 

 for a drink of water. Tlie horses upset a 

 hive and the angry bees pitched into them, 

 stinging tliem so badly that both died in a 

 short time. Mr. Lowe was also badly stung 

 while trying to help the horses. This drink 

 of water cost Mr. Lowe al>out $200. 



[We have had some experience in severe 

 cases of stinging like the ones mentioned 

 above, and fully believe that if large doses 

 of whisky be given at once or as soon as it 

 can be procured, dose every half hour, there 

 would be no deaths from bee stings. The 

 use of cold water is, in our judgment, the 

 very worst thing to use, or even wetting the 

 skin or hair, because it chills the surface and 

 causes the blood and poison to concentrate 

 in the interior vital organs, heart and lungs, 

 and causes death. If we give whisky it stim- 

 ulates the heart and lungs to resist the pois- 

 on, throwing off the effects of it and the 

 whole surface of the body will become very 

 red and warm, which is necessary, or na- 

 ture's method of relieving the patient of the 

 effects of poison. If we wet and cool the 

 skin we simply shut the i)oison in and pre- 

 vent the escape by natural methods, and we 

 believe the cold water, not the bee stings, 

 kills the patient. 



We do not advise whisky to be used for 

 every bee sting, but only when the case is so 

 severe that the heart and lungs are affected. 

 Smoke is tlie only effectual tiling to frighten 

 bees with in such emergencies. It can be 

 gotten ready quickly. Coals from a stove 

 put in a pan, and covered with chips or 

 straw, a whole box of matches may be used 

 to light some cloth, shavings or straw, mak- 

 ing a smudge that if held on the windward 

 side will soon drive the bees away. After 

 the battle is over carefully scrape off the 

 stings, or pull them out. Give whisky and 

 keep the animal or person in a cool sliady 

 place, not allowing any working or moving 

 of muscles until the effects of the poison 

 have passed, which will be from twelve to 

 forty-eight hours.]" 



What to Do When Stung a Great Number 

 of Times. 



*• And every earthly ill doth serve in fact 

 Some other equal ill to counteraot." 



The time of year is now here when an ac- 

 cident may cause a person or animal to re- 



How the Robbing Propensity of Bees May 



Be Used to Advantage. 



"The highest art consists not in obeying rules 

 but in breaking them properly." 



The propensity of bees to rob has been 

 looked upon as an unmixed evil ; beginners 

 are always cautioned (and rightly, too) 

 against allowing robbing to get started, and 

 yet there are instances in which the bees may 

 be allowed to indulge their disposition to 



