. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. September, 1909. 305 American liee Journal oiif is about as safe from sthiKS as tlie oilier. Sew a iiair of white sleeves to tlie tops of lonsr eiiouKli to reach well up over your shoulders. The sleeves cut from men's wornout shirts, if the sleeves arc whole, do very well and save makint; If not lout; enough you can piece them out. Have the sleeves fit rather closely around the shoulders, so the bees cannot crawl in- side. Fasten them together in the back with a piece of white rubber tape an inch wide and four or five inches long
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. September, 1909. 305 American liee Journal oiif is about as safe from sthiKS as tlie oilier. Sew a iiair of white sleeves to tlie tops of lonsr eiiouKli to reach well up over your shoulders. The sleeves cut from men's wornout shirts, if the sleeves arc whole, do very well and save makint; If not lout; enough you can piece them out. Have the sleeves fit rather closely around the shoulders, so the bees cannot crawl in- side. Fasten them together in the back with a piece of white rubber tape an inch wide and four or five inches long, sewing each end of the tape to a sleeve. Fasten in the same wav in front, only, instead of sewing one end of the tape to the sleeve, work a buttonhole and sew a button on the sleeve. In this way vour sleeves and gloves can be slipped on or off quickly, and are perfectly safe so far as stings are concerned. A big apron one made of denim is good, if you don't think it too warm . with a couple of good-sized pockets, finishes up the suit. Now. if you have a good bee-hat with a veil sewed securely on the edge of the brim, and a rubber cord run in the bottom edge, and pull the veil down taut in front, and fasten witli a safety-pin. I think you may feel pretty secure as to stings, and not suffer very greatly from heat, either. the honey sn as tci well incorporate them. 3. Add while stirring, little by little, the flour, then the nut, and lastly the beaten egg-froth. 4. Butter a mould, place in it the paste, and bake in a slow oven for half an hour.— /British Bcc Journal. A Poor Quality of Honey At this date (July 19) there has been a very poor quality of honey stored. Tlie bees do not seem to work on the white clover. 'White locust bloomed very full, and honey stored from that was dark, the quantity was all right, but the quality necessitates a low price, almost having to give it away, which is very discouraging to " Ohio Bee- ; who depended upon the pro- ceeds of
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