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has time to get into the system, and be careful not to rub any- 
thing in. : 
It is very rarely that any serious effects ensue from a sting 
beyond a little pain, and perhaps a swelling of the part around 
the wound, but there have been cases where death has resulted 
from the sting of a bee, the immediate cause being either suf- 
focation, a shock to the nervous system, or blood poisoning, 
where the person has been in a bad state of health. The 
following from a correspondent to the British Bee Journal gives 
the treatment for extreme cases :— 
“In the Journal for December ‘ E. H. B.’ wishes to know the treat- 
ment to be adopted when a man or woman gets into a state of coma 
from a bee sting, which, of course, will depend on the cause of the 
coma. 
‘“The bee poison, when taken into the system, gives rise to a form 
of blood poisoning, but as the amount of poison even from twenty 
stings is so small, the symptoms, except in those cases where the person 
stung is in a bad state of health, never become serious. 
‘‘Death has resulted from persons having been stung inside the 
mouth or the throat, by eating fruit, honey, etc., in which a bee has 
been overlooked, and the swelling caused by the bee poison, closing up 
the windpipe, has killed the patient by suffocation. 
“‘In these cases the only remedy would be to make an artificial 
opening in the windpipe, an operation difficult even for an experienced 
surgeon. 
‘“In those cases where death is imminent from the ‘ shock,’ the best 
remedies would be stimulants, either in the form of brandy, whisky, 
etc., sal-volatile internally, or by injection under the skin, strong 
coffee or tea, together with galvanism, and hot cloths applied to the 
head and chest. 
“The after treatment would consist in building up the patient’s 
strength by means of stimulants, strong beef-tea and soups, milk and 
eggs, with quinine, bark, and mineral acids.—GEORGE WALKER, 
L.R.C.P., Wimbledon, 22nd December, 1882.” 
FEEDING. 
There are times and seasons when a little attention given to 
the matter of feeding stocks will tend greatly to increase the 
profits from the apiary. A prudent apiarist will no more 
neglect feeding his bees when they require it than he would 
his horse, cow, dog, or any other of his domestic animals. 
Feeding is resorted to for one of two reasons, viz., either to 
supply a colony if it has fallen short of the necessary food, or 
for the purpose of stimulating breeding. The seasons when 
