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seasons of ihe year than at others. This poison is con- 
tained in a small sack or bag, at the base of the sting ; 
which when magnified resembles a fish-bladder. The 
venom-sack is extracted with the sting, and the longer 
the sting is suffered to remain in the wound, the more 
poison is injected through the canal of the sting into it. 
Salt wet with vinegar applied to the wound some- 
times removes the poison. Spirits of Turpentine, 
Hartshorn, Alcohol, and all alkalies arc antidotes. All 
such applications must be made externally and imme- 
diately after the incision is made, or they will afford but 
little relief. 
' RULE EIGHTEENTH. 
The Anger of Bees. 
Im Bees are easily provoked, and when irritated, will 
vent t beitr anger on man or beast as the case may hi?. 
If Bees are suffered to stand where they are annoyed 
by cattle, they are more easily irritated. Bees are not 
displeased with frequent culls from their owner, if ho 
treats them with respect; but if they are ill treated 
they will retaliate. Bees will soon be accustomed to 
their owner, and he can manage them without danger 
of being stung, if he uses gentle means; but he cannot 
rule them with a rod of iron. 
I am fully persuaded that Bees can be domesticated 
from this fact : Before I commenced cultivating Bees 
it was unsafe for me to go into an Apiary or even 
within a yard wherej L?ees were kept. In nine cases 
out often, they would pitch at me, and perhaps drive 
mo from the yard. When I first commenced keeping 
Bees I was obliged to use much caution or a blow in 
the face would be the result. By being among them 
several times a day, frequently removing the bottom 
hoard, and looking among them very gently, I soon 
found little or no danger in managing them. Now I 
can go among them and manage them with entire safe- 
ty ; and yet, if 1 go among my neighbors’ Bees, I am 
very apt to get stung or driven from the field. 
It is a well known fact, that the Bee has a greater 
