i8 BEE-FARMING. 



the Jubilee Gardens, Islington, this and every evening until 

 further notice. The celebrated Daniel Wildman wrill ex- 

 hibit several new and amazing experiments, never attempted 

 before by any man in this or any other kingdom. The 

 rider standing upright, one foot on the saddle, and one on 

 the neck, vi'ith a mask of bees on his head and face. He also 

 rides standing upright on the saddle, with the briddle in his 

 moTith ; and by firing a pistol, makes one part of the bees 

 march over the table, and the other swarm in the air and 

 return to their hive again, with other performances too 

 tedious to insert. Admittance, Box and Gallery, 2s. ; the 

 other seats is.'' Another man has recently appeared as a 

 bee-tamer at Saratoga, in America ; it appears, however, 

 that the poor fellow met with nothing but misfortune. We 

 suspect the secret of Wildman's success was in his com- 

 mand over the queen bee. 



REMEDIES FOR THE BEE-STING. 



There have been published almost as many cures for 

 the bee-sting as there are British Apiarians. It is ques- 

 tionable, however, if many of them are really eiEcacious. 



When the honey-bee sends his barbed weapon through 

 the skin and into the flesh of the human subject, it 

 presses back upon two small bags which are filled with a 

 poison. The venom is instantly ejected up a very fine 

 tube into the flesh. The sting of the bee is formed ex- 

 actly upon the same principle as the nettle sting. In both 

 cases the finely-polished sting is hollow from the point or 

 tip to the base, where it joins the bag. Again, in both 

 instances, by direct pressure upon the bag, the poison is 

 pushed up the hollow tube into the wound made to receive 

 it. Immediately the venom comes into contact with the 

 flesh a strange sensation is felt over the whole body, ac- 



