The Sting 109 



to kick over a hive every bee in it is eager to give the mule 

 a touching proof of its feelings towards the destroyer of 

 homes. 



It once happened that a hapless donkey kicked over a 

 whole apiary when it soon swelled to proportions never 

 attained by a donkey in an equal length of time under 

 any other circumstances, and perished on the spot. 



Tlie best remedy when attacked by a number of bees 

 is to go into the house, as bees will seldom follow one 

 indoors. 



Too much bee-poison may prove as fatal as any other 

 poison, to say nothing of the frightful nervous excitement 

 caused by such a terrible event. 



While many stings received at one time may be the 

 cause of great suffering, or even loss of life, it is well known 

 that a few stings received at intervals give most people 

 immunity from the poison, and that one who handles bees 

 and has been stung a number of times sometimes comes 

 to mind it little more than a mosquito bite. 



One bee-keeper is said to have advised his pupils to 

 allow themselves to be stung ! 



Just how many inoculations are necessary to the produc- 

 tion of this convenient immunity is not stated, and whether 

 a " virus " of bee-poison can be made for common use 

 remains to be seen. 



There is a story current of a noted bee-keeper who being 

 ornamented with a bald head, a most inconvenient blessing 

 for a bee-keeper, one should suppose, in the height of the 

 fray when many swarms had to be hived and handled in a 

 limited time, was seen going placidly about with the top 

 of his head plentifully adorned with bee stings, he not 

 having troubled himself even to remove them ! 



As prevention is better than cure — particularly in the 

 case of bee-stings — those needing to handle bees some- 



