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more steady nerve, from the fact that when approached 
by bees their motions become quick and excited, and 
the bees accept them as intended injuries ; hence such 
persons are more liable to get stung from this cause. 
STINGS OF BEES INJURE SOME PERSONS MORE TUAN 
OTHERS. 
The poison of the bee affects persons differently ; 
some will hardly notice the sensation of a bee sting ; on 
such, no swelling or inconvenience is occasioned, while 
others suffer intense pain, swelling, and in some cases, 
death. This is owing to a condition of the system at 
the time of being stung. If the system contains at the 
time of being stung a quantity of matter corresponding 
with the properties of the poison injected by the bee, 
such persons suffer no inconvenience from being stung, 
but let the contrary be the case and inflammation 
ensues immediately. Hence frequent stinging will so 
change the condition of the human system that the 
poison loses it effect. This change frequently occurs 
independently of exciting causes ; many persons when 
young suffer severely from the sting of bees, and in 
maturer years its effects are harmless, and vice versa. 
Where persons are so extremely sensative to the poison 
of the bee, my advice is to protect themselves whenever 
they wish to do anything with their bees. 
QUEEN CAGES. 
As it is necessary sometimes for the apiculturist to 
keep a surplus of fertile queens on hand to supply 
queenless colonies with, or such stocks as have barren 
queens, which should be changed every three years, I 
here describe a very suitable cage for imprisoning such 
