contents are squeezed into the wound. The sting should be scraped 
out wiin the finger nail if the glancing blow fails to dislodge it. 
Carlet says that the sting poison comes from two glands, one 
of which secretes an acid and the other an alkali, the former being 
the larger. Neither of these substances alone produces unpleasant 
effects. The puncture made by the sting is so minute, and swelling, 
if it occurs at all, follows so quickly, that it is next to impossible to 
have a remedy follow the path of the sting. 
The practiced beekeeper considers that the best remedy is to 
remove the sting as quickly as possible and forget it. Sometimes 
he moistens the injured part with spittle which may or may not 
have any effect. : 
In case of severe stinging, local application of hot cloths coming 
from salt water has been recommended, and the heart action should 
be stimulated if necessary. 
DEVELOPING THE COLONY PREVIOUS TO THE HONEY FLOW A 
The following suggestions are intended to apply to places where 
the surplus honey is secured from clover or some plant giving the 
maximum yield during June and July. Where the surplus honey 
flow occurs later in the season a slight modification, so far as 
dates are concerned, will be necessary. As Doctor Phillips has 
well said, “The two essentials in beekeeping are to get the maximum 
number of bees in a hive by the time the surplus honey flow starts 
and to keep them contentedly working together during the honey 
flow.” : 
In order that we may secure the first essential it is necessary 
to lay the foundation the year previous. The first step is to see 
that by August 1 each colony is headed by a young, vigorous Italian 
queen; that each has at least 3 to 4 frames of brood, and that there 
is at least 15 pounds of stores in the hive at all times. Mr. G. S. 
Demuth is authority for the statement that a colony with less than 
this amount of stores will curtail brood-bearing. 
It should be the beekeeper’s purpose at this time to have conditions 
such that brood-rearing will progress without interruption, so that 
a good colony of young bees may be on hand for winter. Provi- 
sions should be made for an ample quantity, forty pounds being 
not too much of good stores for winter, substituting sugar syrup 
two parts sugar, one part water for poor stores when necessary. 
It is also desirable when the 8- or 10-frame Langstroth hive is used 
to winter the bees in two stories. The desirable condition is that 
the bees shall’ pass through the inactive period of the year with 
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