. Beekeeping; a discussion of the life of the honeybee and of the production of honey. Bees; Honey. Apparatus 31. Fig. 26. Cotton netting veil with silk tulle front. be brought down when the bees become annoy- ing. Black wire-cloth veils are often used and, while they are a better protection than the cloth veils, they are less con- venient as they cannot so easily be thrown back. A steel tool of some kind is needed to pry up covers and to loosen and separate frames. A screw- driver will answer but some specially devised tools (Fig. 27) may be foimd preferable. Gloves of cloth or leather are so
. Beekeeping; a discussion of the life of the honeybee and of the production of honey. Bees; Honey. Apparatus 31. Fig. 26. Cotton netting veil with silk tulle front. be brought down when the bees become annoy- ing. Black wire-cloth veils are often used and, while they are a better protection than the cloth veils, they are less con- venient as they cannot so easily be thrown back. A steel tool of some kind is needed to pry up covers and to loosen and separate frames. A screw- driver will answer but some specially devised tools (Fig. 27) may be foimd preferable. Gloves of cloth or leather are sometimes used to protect the hands. The handUng of frames is less impeded if the finger ends are cut out. Gloves are hot, usually sticky or stiff, and are as a rule abandoned after the early stages of bee- keeping are passed. A brush to sweep bees from the combs is a convenience, es- pecially in removing bees while taking frames from the hives at extracting time. The German brush with white bristles (Fig. 28) is perhaps the best of those manufactured, but a tittkey feather, a long whisk broom or a bunch of weeds pulled as needed are as good. A tool box or portable seat (Fig. 29) and a wheelbarrow or cart for carrying supplies and honey are among the other conveniences used in handhng h Fig. 27. — Hive tools. Fig. 28. — German bee Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Phillips, Everett Franklin, 1878-1951. New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co. , ltd.
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