CHAPTER VII 



HOW TO QUIET AND HANDLE BEES — HOW 

 TO AVOID STINGS EEMEDIES 



T3EES are not naturally vicious, as many 

 -'-' suppose, but on the contrary are the 

 most docile of creatures if we will but conform 

 to their desires, and refrain from doing those 

 things that irritate them. 



Judging from the rough methods used by 

 careless and ignorant beekeepers, it is sur- 

 prising that stinging is not more frequent. 



I have worked with my pets day after day 

 without receiving a single sting, and this is 

 due, not to the popular notion that bees know 

 their keeper, but rather because I know there 

 are some things the bees will not tolerate, such 

 as jarring their hives, or mashing bees in tak- 

 ing out the frames, and it is these things I 

 avoid. 



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