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sting of the bee. personal experience, that in course
of time the venom loses its power. same
fact noticed by an old writer whose
treatise is quoted in cotton's my bee book. 
curious remedy proposed by him for the sting of a
bee. another sting as near as possible in the
same spot. genuine homeopathy this. lll 
first trial of this remedy. 
irritation from friction, all remedies which
require to be used with rubbing worse than
useless, as in this way the poison is rapidly
diffused through the system. way in which an
old mosquito bite maybe removed by cutting. 
best mode of guarding against to cover
the head cover the face with the hands and 
quietly retreat. bees in the early stages 
of dysentery very irascible. breathing on them should
be carefully avoided, as it always provokes them. with proper management bees are by no means 
the irascible insects that many suppose them to be. we are told that persons have died from the effects of a
single sting, and so they have from the scratch of a pin, only in both cases the system must have
been in a peculiar state. it is very rare that we read of any serious consequences from the sting of a bee. 
while every year we are pained with the loss of life from hydrophobia. bees maybe so [illegible] as to
become absolute nuisances, they may be so domesticated as to become almost as humble as flies. 
honey bee, losing its sting, reason, intended to be domesticated, this [illegible]. 
bees when rearing young queen much more disposed to be irritable. 




