Curing Chronic Rheumatism With the 
Sting of Bees.- 
BY J. R. SCHMIDT, IX AMERICAN BEE JOUR- 
NAL, HAMILTON, ILL. 
That rheumatism can be cured by 
the sting of the honeybee is the firm 
belief of George Renner, of Cincinnati, 
who is taking this novel treatment to 
eradicate the disease from his system. 
Each Wednesday and Sunday morning 
Mr. Renner visits the apiary of Fred 
Muth and submits to being stung by 
the honeybees. At first, when Mr. Ren- 
ner could just hobble along with the 
aid of crutches, as high as ten stings 
were the strenuous treatment, but now 
Renner can walk without the aid of a 
cane, and only two stinging bees are 
applied twice a week. This novel treat- 
APPLYIXC A HONEYBEE TO CURE RHEUMATISM: 
