. Gleanings in bee culture . r veils steadily,when actually at work. Most of tliese, how-ever, will occasionally open a hive or two,nnveiied, especially colonics of known gen-tle disposition. Small colonies and nucleiare apt to be less resentful than full crowd-ed hives, with a lot of spirited field workershurrying in and out. So, like the younglady in the picture, one often opens such ahive without a veil. But one is wise towear a veil, and have a goodly volume ofsmoke at hand, when investigating full-sizedcolonies. I Rpginiiers especially should be cautionedabout handling bees without adequa
. Gleanings in bee culture . r veils steadily,when actually at work. Most of tliese, how-ever, will occasionally open a hive or two,nnveiied, especially colonics of known gen-tle disposition. Small colonies and nucleiare apt to be less resentful than full crowd-ed hives, with a lot of spirited field workershurrying in and out. So, like the younglady in the picture, one often opens such ahive without a veil. But one is wise towear a veil, and have a goodly volume ofsmoke at hand, when investigating full-sizedcolonies. I Rpginiiers especially should be cautionedabout handling bees without adequate protec-tion. There are times when it is reasonablysafe to handle even strong colonies withouta veil, and with some gentle strains of beeseven without smoke. The danger is that abeginner, not knowing that bees that aregentle at one time may become quite crossat another, may get into trouble without aveil.—Editor.] The Friendliness of Beemen. The very first thing I ever wrote forGleanings had tliat for its title. And what. This young lady gets along very well without a veil but most beekeepers wear veils when actually at work in the apiary. is finer in all this world of uncounted finethings than friendlinessV And how friendlyall beekeepers are! One day last July a card came saying thatMr. and Mrs. D. C. Scott of Caney Spring,Tenn., with several members of their fam-ily and Geo. G. Anislie. government ento? mologist, would be driving through thecountry the ne-xt day, and were planning tovisit us at our apiary; and inviting us, thetwo of us, to join them in a roadsidelunch. On the appointed day, a heartyvoice over the telephone, calling from nearour yarri, said, Well, were here. Tjumped into the car and sped over to jointhem—Mr. Allen, office man that he is, be-ing unable that day to come out to join were wayside introductions and thenon the warm grass under the hackberry treesin the little grove between the beeyard and the road, we broke bread together—goodhomema
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