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THE HIVE AND HONEY-BEE. 
once -be procured. Bevan recommends the use of spirits 
of hartshorn, and says that, in cases of severe stinging, 
its internal use is also beneficial.* 
Timid Apiarians, and all who suffer severely from the 
st in <>' of a bee, should by all means protect themselves 
with a bee-dress. The great objection to such a dress as 
usually made, is, that it obstructs clear vision, so highly 
important in all operations, besides producing such exces- 
sive heat and perspiration, as to make one using it pecu- 
liarly offensive to the bees. I prefer what I call a bee-hat 
(Plate XI., Fig. 25), of entirely novel construction, it is 
made of wire-cloth, the meshes of which are too fine to 
admit a bee, but coarse enough to allow a free circulation 
of air, and to permit distinct sight. The wire-cloth should 
be first sewed together like a hat, and made large enough 
to «r 0 very easily over the head ; its top may be of cotton 
cloth, and the same material should be fastened around its 
lower ed<re. If the top is made of sole leather, it will 
serve a better purpose. A piece of wire-cloth one foot 
* It may bo somo comfort to novices to know that the poison will produce less 
and less effect upon tluslr system. Old bee-keepers, like Mlthrldates, appeal aim s 
• * when I first became interested in bees, a sting "as 
stung frequently, assuring them that, In two seasons, their system 
T.'rs, -.s. “ ““-sis 
a, possible another bee, and make It sting on the same spot. Ev cn 
ZX of Iluber might hesi, ale to venture on 
remedy ; but as this old writer had stated, what I had verified y { 
rlence^that tho oftener a person was stung the less he suffered ft 01 ” 
determined to make trial of his proscription Allowing a ^ “ 
had discharged all its poison, I compelled anothor kce to m > t >tsstm 
than for year 6 before. 
