The Sting 99 



Bee-poison, composed largely of formic acid and an 

 organic poison, is a most harmless-looking, colorless liquid, 

 which may be seen hanging to the sting of an angry bee 

 like a sweet and pearly dew-drop. But be not deceived, 



Side view of the sting. 



it is no dew-drop, but the very essence of wrath, a most 

 active and virulent poison, more pervading even than the 

 venom of the serpent or the poison of hydrophobia, for 

 those may be taken into the stomach with impunity, while 

 this is as vicious there as when received into the blood 

 through the skin. 



When the poison is placed upon the tongue there is a 



