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Ammonia is excellent to allay swelling, and if a cloth 

 be saturated with it, and applied to the wound, it will 

 extract the most of the poison, and at the same time 

 take off the skin. I had the entire skin of my foreliead 

 taken off by it on a certain occasion, when stung over 

 one of my eyes. I felt a most powerful burning, but 

 being determined to effect a cure, I bore the pain with 

 patience for several hours, when I found that the swell- 

 ing had abated ; but I had lost the skin of my forehead, 

 which was far worse than the sting. It will do very 

 well to apply it in this way, if not left on too long. Oc- 

 casional bathing with ammonia, is a good way to ap- 

 ply it. 



Another remedy is an onion sliced in two, and well 

 covered with fine salt, and bound on the part affected. 

 This is a very good antidote. 



Some apiarians insist that nothing is better than cold 

 water, quickly and freely applied. This is a remedy 

 that is always at hand. 



The tobacco, however, is the great panacea, and I 

 hope that none of my readers will refuse to try it from 

 prejudice. Let every bee-keeper have a small paper of 

 this weed handy, where, in case of being stung, or any 

 of his family, he can apply it without delay. I can cure 

 any sting, no matter how bad, in five rmnutes, with to- 

 bacco, so that one would not know that he had been 

 stung, from any sensation of pain that would be felt 

 after its application. 



It is always best, as soon as stung, to search for the 

 sting, and extract it, as it is generally left in the flesh by 



