80 The Bee People. 
Still, as I said, you cannot blame her for 
using her sting, and if she ever does use it 
on you, do not get angry, but pull it out, 
then put some mud on the place and try to 
remember that when it stops hurting, you 
will feel better. 
Mud is a very good remedy, and, like Miss 
Apis’s sting, is generally at hand. 
There is another consolation about get- 
ting stung; if it happens often enough, the 
sting in time ceases to poison you | 
Your system seems to become used to 
the poison, so that it gradually loses its 
effect and its power to injure. 
Still, | should not advise any one to try 
this remedy; it is too hard on the bees,— 
to say nothing of its unpleasant conse- 
quences to yourself. 
For poor little Miss Apis, with her many 
eyes, her honey-sac, her complicated tongue 
and legs and all the rest, pays a terrible 
penalty for losing her temper and stinging 
people. 
