. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Feb. 15, 1900.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 69 made gloves of American cloth, made with the glazed side out, are also a good protection for the hands. Thick woollen ones, covered on the outside with silk, sny the cover of an old umbrella, also answer capitally daring the elementary stage of the learner's experience. But gloves of any kind should be discarded at the earliest diy when confidence is gained, and once cast aside, they will rarely be re- sumed. Their place should then be taken by a pair of ' â sleevelets," made from strong bla
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Feb. 15, 1900.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 69 made gloves of American cloth, made with the glazed side out, are also a good protection for the hands. Thick woollen ones, covered on the outside with silk, sny the cover of an old umbrella, also answer capitally daring the elementary stage of the learner's experience. But gloves of any kind should be discarded at the earliest diy when confidence is gained, and once cast aside, they will rarely be re- sumed. Their place should then be taken by a pair of ' â sleevelets," made from strong black " silesia," such as is used by tailors for the backs of vests. The form and size will be setn at once in the cut (Fig. 1). No farther description is needed beyond saying they are about nine inches long, and wide enough to slip easily over the coat-sleeve, with a band of elastic run into the hem at the bottom, and a rather longer band of the same material in the top edge. These keep the coit clean and prevent the possibility of bees getting up the arm or being crushed while on the wrists by the coat-sleeves. We much prefer them to the usual elastic band passed round the sleeve at the wrist. These sleevelets and a veil are all the pro- tection necessary for any and every operation required in bee-keeping. For the veil get a good one, take care of it, and it will last ten years or more. The best material for the purpose is fine black silk net; next to this, and less expensive, of course, is fine Brussels net. These materials, though not. 60 cheap as the ordinary coarse net or leno, are so much preferable to the latter, and withal so light and pleasant to wear, while hardly obstructing the vision at all, that any careful bee-keeper may invest in a veil of the right sort, though its cost is more than double that of a common one, for the material is so durable that it becomes; cheap in the end. Our own veil weighs less than half an ounce, and may be carried unnoticed in
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