CHAPTER I. 
BEES UNDER PROPER CONTROL. 
Stings — Bee Dress: Gloves, Veil, Mask — Terrifying 
Bees — Langstrothl s Law (?) Disproved by Dissection 
of Bees Volunteering an Attack — Heddon^s Criticism 
— Smoke and Smokers — Clark? s Cold Draught Ex- 
amined — Carbolic Acid as a Quieter — Mixture used 
by Rev. G. Rayner — Spraying with Carbolic Acid — 
Mr. Howard^ s Plan — A Bee-keeper’ s Atomiser — 
The Webster Fumigator — Mr. Sproule's Method of 
Using Creasote — Cyprians : Their Temper ; How to 
Treat — Anointing to Prevent Stings — Methyl Sali- 
cylate — Sting Palpus — Extracting Stings — Cures. 
Dread of the marvellously perfect and relatively for- 
midable instrument of attack and defence the bee 
possesses has doubtless deterred multitudes from the 
pursuit of apiculture as a delightful and health-giving 
recreation, while possibly it has not been without its 
effect upon some of those whose tastes might other- 
wise have led them into the adoption of bee-keeping 
as a means of support. A correct estimate of the 
risks to be run, as a set-off against the enjoyment 
and profits to be realised, ought to be made at the 
outset ; for the character of hive we may adopt, and 
