,VI. MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 

 STINGS: THEIR PREVENTION AND CURE. 



Some of our readers may deem us neglectful in 

 |g having, as it were, left them to struggle through 

 their tee-keeping novitiate without informing them how 

 to avoid being stung by their docile but. well-armed 

 flock. Of course, having described the bee-dress, we 

 have supposed that the apiarian was clad, if not "in 

 complete steel," at least in the head-gear and gloves, 

 which will render him invulnerable. The best safeguard 

 from the anger of bees — as, indeed, from the malice of 

 men — is a quiet and peaceable spirit. The apiarian will 

 learn to handle his bees not only as "if he loved them," 

 — as the quaint angler says — but as if he fully believes 

 that the bees love him. This they will do whenever he 

 approaches and treats them gently. There are some 

 cases of exception to this generally peaceable disposition 



