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Show I 1 HONEY BEE IS BENEFACTOR TO MANKIND1 isaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam4PlisakRjali?EZnKsiA'uE isaaaaaaaaafliBlBHfiaEYvA3fltMt?'V MKTjX9lotiX3 ViPsaaaasaaaaaaaBlsaaKisaaBaaaisaaaaaaaBaBKKisaBBaaakk. -w- w CT X KST"'MtkN&rv Avf? , Hunting the Queen Bee. (Dy P. a. HERMAN.) Tho extension of boo culture as a means of adding to tho income, has been rapidly going on slncn It was demonstrated that boes could bo managed without discomfort to tho oporator, and that a profit of 50 per cent, and oven raojo was easily procurable. pro-curable. Ueo culturo requires no outlay for laud upon which to ralso crops, for as yet thero has boon no plant discovered dis-covered that payB to plant for honey alone Tho honey bee Is a benefactor to our raco, roaming the fields at will, gathering honey and pollon, which sho pays for lu tho fertilization of tho flowers. Sho takes nothing from tho fortuity fortu-ity of tho soil, but gives to it ono of the greatest fertilizers known, tho clovers, which would become extinct If It won not for her agency in fertilizing fer-tilizing tho bloom. No land Is required re-quired except a spot on which to placo tho hives. It Is easy to handlo bees when you know how. Undoubtedly a beokcoper often gots stung; It would bo useless to dony It, and It Is scarcely scarce-ly consoling to a novlco to tell him bo will get used to belne tung. Dut after aft-er a time a beekeeper really cjpea bo-como bo-como Inoculated, after which, TaT though tho momentary pain may be sharp, thoro is no disagreeable after effects, such as swelling, otc. Tho fear of Btlngs, I think, prevents many from liking tho work; and yet, wlion properly protected with a boe-vell, boe-vell, and working anly In tho warm part of tho day, and nover when cloudy, rainy or cold, and with tho uso ot a good smoker, ono need raro-ly raro-ly bo stung. In many casus tho sting of a bee Is attended with much pain and swelling, swell-ing, while in others thoro an no ill effects producod whatever, and thero 1b no doubt but that tho system may becomo Inured to tho pojBon bo that no bad offcctB aro produced. Tho writer recollects tho timo when a bee sting was very painful to him, nnd wnB always attended with suffering suffer-ing and swelling. I know thero Is a ccitaln current Impression to tho effect ef-fect that bees will sting soma poo-plo poo-plo moro than othors. Whtlo this la true, it Is not bo-causo bo-causo they aro ablo to recognlzo any peculiar physical condition or dlffor-onco, dlffor-onco, nor Is It becauso ono person smolls to the boos different to another. an-other. It Is becauso they notice a dlfferonco in the behavior of different persons. , Avoid quick motions, do not breathe upon them, and If there are other bees Hying about In Bonrch of plunder, plun-der, do not leavo tho hive open too long. In caso of accidents, tho, .smoker should be used freely, nnd It ought to be at hand for any manipulation In tho apiary. It Is much easier to pro- vont tho anger of bees than to stop it after It Is begun. If you mismanage misman-age a colony of bees and nrouso their anger, it Is quite likely that this disposition dis-position will romain with thorn for a fow dnys. A bee awuy from homo, or ladon with honey, nover volunteers an attack. at-tack. This Is bo well known and established es-tablished by apiarists that If I woro not writing mainly for boglnncrs, 1 would not think of montlonlng It. TIiub, In order to rondor boes harmless, harm-less, It is only nccosBary to causa them to fill thcmselvos with honoy, and this la dono by frightening thorn with smoko. When smoko is driven Into a hlvo through tho entranco, tho bees at onco begin filling thomsclves with honey. Hut with thorn, as with human beings, be-ings, It is tho most exporlcnced which aro slowest to tako fright, so whon tho old bcoB nro all at homo It is moro difficult, and takes moro tlmo to compel them to fill themselves. For this reason it 1b much safer to handlo boes during tho warmest part of the day, or at a tlmo when the grcator part of tho old aro In the Jleld. Tho bees which compose n Bwnrm faro usually fllled with honey for the-'journey the-'journey which thoy expect to take, and they aro harmless unless crushed, or very much Irritated by tho anger of others and tho smell of tho poison. It la not absolutely necessary to smoko a colony of beos until all tho bees fill themselves with honoy in order to handlo them safely, but It is certainly tho safest method. An oxport may open n hlvo without smoko and without danger, and may handlo tho combs, and return them to tho hives without- getting a Blngla sting by being qulot, steady and fear-lesB. fear-lesB. It Is a fact that tho fearless nplar-lst nplar-lst may often bo entirely unharmed, whllo others a rod away may be stung by tho vory bees which his manipulations manipu-lations auger. His qulot, detormincd demeanor Is his safeguard, whtlo tho uninitiated strike at tho angry boes until they aro stung. When you wish to open a hlvo ot boes, If you wish to bo porfectly safe, arm yourself with a smoker, cover your head with a veil, and stop boldly bold-ly to tho front ot the hlvo; send the smoko through the opening for half a minute, then Btop, and ropoat tho operation op-eration after another half minute, or until they mako a steady hum, which will show that thoy havo given up the desiro to fight. Then open the hlvo, smoko gently and you may lift tho combs one after unother. Many peopto havo kept beeB, but did not succeed on account of the worm-moth, bift worms very rarely, 11 over, destroy a colony df beos In normal nor-mal coudltlon. |