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respect to air for the purpose of respiration 
during their seclusion in the earth, will the 
quantity of air enclosed with the hive, to- 
gether with the aid of their own ventilating 
powers subserve the purpose of respiration. 
We know but little respecting the efficacy of 
their ventilating process, but we know that 
Bees have in many instances sustained such 
privations during five months with perfect 
impunity. 
CHAPTER XXVII. 
REMEDY FOR THE STINGS OF BEES. 
THE stings of Bees are not often attend- 
ed with serious consequences, though when 
numerous, they are not altogether without 
danger. The poisonous liquor which the 
Bee infuses into the wound causes a fermen- 
tation, attended with a swelling, which con- 
tinues sometimes several days, but that must 
