Evening journal., 1908-07-07


page s97. we find these words: 1T has
so happened at the various field day
gatherings Of the bee keepers that
certain parties who have read these
reports and who have suffered severe
lly because of their rheumatic pains.
have presented themselves and asked
TO have some experts cause the bees
70 sting them on the affected parts.
The operator picks a bee off a comb
by the wings, presses it against the
/ flesh until the sting is forced out into
the skin. This has been done on sew
eral occasions. and in each case the
parties who came forward for this kind
of treatment have said they have ex-
perienced relief. At the Jenkintown
field day. June 26. 1905, an old gentle
man got on the platform and, before
something like a thousand people, the
stings were applied to his arm until
something like a hundred were en-
bedded deeply into the flesh Did it
hurt? Oh. yesl But the induced fever
of the stings, he said. seemed to bring
a warmth and toning Of the muscles
that was after all a relief"
I was present at Jenkintown on June
Z rs, 1906. and saw the bee sting appli-
cation above referred to, and remem-
Der very distinctly that the man was
a decided cripple from rheumatism.
He made the statement on the plat
form that he had tried every remedy
that he knew for rheumatism, but that
he found no relief until he tried the
bee sting treatment and that since
taking it Che had taken several appli-
cations previously he noticed very
decided improvement
When demonstrating the various
manipulations Of the apiary in a wire
cage at the Grange Fair last Septem-
Der. f. A. Robinson came to me and
asked If l would apply the bee sting
cure to his knee as he was suffering
from rheumatism and could find no re-
lief. 1 took him into the cage and ap-
piled about a dozen stings to his knee
The kodak caught the scene just as
was putting a bee on his knee and
"Gleanings in Bee Culture" an inter-
national bee keepers journal, pub
lished in Medina. Ohio. printed a half
page cut of the scene
Two days later he had another ap-
plication, and before the fair was over
he said he had not experienced such
relief for a long time. Not long ago
I met him on the street, and he was
enthusiastic on the bee sting cure. He
said he had no rheumatism in the knee
since.
Most cases OF rheumatism that
would yield to the bee sting cure
would require probably a more fire.
quent application than the above.
Some say they would rather have the
disease than the cure; / would judge
that the disease was not very severe
then, as the bee sting is only painful
for short time and the severity Of
the pain diminishes with each applica-
tion. When the bee is applied to the
parts there is a sharp pain, continuing
for about one minute, and this WIN be
followed by a duh pain, which soon
passes away and leaves the spot with
a sore feeling, that is, 1t feels as If it
might be sore to touch or press. This
feeling continues for about IL to As
hours.
would not apply the bee sting to
one upon whom I did not know the
Immediate effect of the poison; that is,
I would want to test a persons ability
TO receive the stings before applying
them. This, would be done by testing
with one sting, which would indicate
by its action about how much of the
poison of the bee might safely be ap-
piled to that person.
However remedial the wicked end of
the bee may be. the other end of the
bee furnishes a remedy which is as
pheasant to take as il is effective in its
working. Honey enters very largely
into many excellent remedies for vari-
Ious diseases.
DR.. c. c. Miller Is authority for some
valuable prescriptions in which honey
lie the principal ingredient as Honey