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accompanied with heat, redness, swelling, and pain. 

 This attack lasted till Tuesday, and on Wednesday 

 (October 7th) I was so far recovered that, following the 

 same plan, I stung myself three times more also on 

 the wrist. The attack of erysipelas this time was not 

 nearly so severe ; but, as before, I felt a stinging sensation 

 as far up as my shoulder, and I noticed that a lymphatic 

 gland behind my ear had increased considerably in size, 

 the poison being taken up by the lymphatic system. 

 On Saturday (October loth) I again treated myself to 

 three stings, and the pain was considerably less, though 

 the swelling was still extensive. At the end of the next 

 week (October 17th) I had had 18 stings; then I stung 

 myself seven times more during the next week, and 

 I reached the number of 32 on October 31st; the 

 course of the experiment having lasted very nearly four 

 weeks. After the 20th sting there was very little swelling 

 or pain, only a slight itching sensation, with a small 

 amount of inflammation in the immediate neighbourhood 

 of the part stung, which did not spread further ; and I 

 stung myself on November 8th, without its having any 

 effect on me." 



Bees, when properly handled, seem in a great measure 

 to know their masters. A nervous, fussy man, who 

 attempts to disarrange them or their works will most 

 certainly be attacked, whilst an adept in Bee-manage- 

 ment, who will do what he has to do, calm, steady, and 

 without fear, will mostly escape scot free. In removing 

 frames with their attendant Bees, if care be taken not to 

 jar them, or in any way to irritate the Bees unnecessarily, 

 they scarcely seem to object at all. It is true that, like 

 in our human hive, tempers vary, and some cantankerous, 

 spiteful little fellow may make a dash at any part of us 

 that is unprotected. If a person be attacked by Bees, 



