CHAPTER ITIL 



ANGER OF BEES. 



jHE anger of bees, when once thoroughly 

 g aroused, is much to be dreaded, as the results 

 '®)«f which follow are often of a very serious 

 nature. In my own case I can handle bees with 

 perfect impunity. They rarely make any attempt 

 to sting, no matter what liberties I take with them. 

 I always intend to be very careful, and handle them 

 gently, making them understand that I do not mean 

 to harm them. In my first efforts in handling bees 

 they were very apt to "sting me, tor the reason 

 that I did not understand their nature ; consequently 

 they mistook my intentions, and often forced me to 

 seek shelter from their attacks. Now I seldom 

 use any protection when working among them. 

 Often, in transferring the bees and comb from 

 the old box hive to the Controllable Hive, I 

 roll up my sleeves, and with no protection what- 

 ever for the hands or face, cut out the comb from 

 the old hive, with the bees adhering to it, and ar- 

 range and fasten it in the new hive, without the 

 bees making any attempt to sting me. 



I would not recommend anyone to do this, until 

 they are so well acquainted with, and accustomed 

 to handling, the bees, as to understand perfectly 



