HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



hands should receive an occasional sting, 

 and the first few stings may cause a slight 

 swelling; but, as his system becomes used to 

 the poison, in time the stings will cause no 

 swelling at all, and the only inconvenience is 

 the slight pain, which after all is no more than 

 that caused by a pin prick. 



I have on rare occasions when working 

 without a veil been stung under the eye, and 

 it was quite painful for a minute or two, and 

 although the eye closed up for a matter of 

 twelve hours, the real pain was during the 

 few minutes immediately following the sting. 



The poison of the bee sting is formic acid. 

 When the little bee injects its sting into our 

 flesh, it usually in its endeavor to get away 

 leaves the sting with its poison sac, and it 

 is an easy matter to scrape it out. Never 

 try to pull it out with the thumb and index 

 finger, for in so doing you are sure to squeeze 

 all of the poison out of the poison sac into the 

 flesh and cause greater pain and swelling in 

 the part stung, but take the sharp edge of the 



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