. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. mHE smoker is T the bee keep- er's most useful instrument, and being very awk- ward in construc- tion is unhandy; and often no little valuable time is lost in trying- to keep up with this instrument while about the apiary work. It is so easy to get misplaced about a hive when our mind is on something else; and often, although it is set to our back or some out-of-the-way place about the hives while manipulating the frames, yet, when we reach for it, it is out of the way and we have to take our eyes off our work, and look around for it, before we can put o
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. mHE smoker is T the bee keep- er's most useful instrument, and being very awk- ward in construc- tion is unhandy; and often no little valuable time is lost in trying- to keep up with this instrument while about the apiary work. It is so easy to get misplaced about a hive when our mind is on something else; and often, although it is set to our back or some out-of-the-way place about the hives while manipulating the frames, yet, when we reach for it, it is out of the way and we have to take our eyes off our work, and look around for it, before we can put our hands on it. Not only is it often out of the way, but often it is carelessly placed in the way, on top of the frames, or about our feet, and is knocked over and its fuel spilt or shook up, or its snout filled with earth. The extent of our business, and the scarcity of labor, forces us to resort to every means possible to save time. We never have time to sit down or rest ourselves while manipulating frames, and the accompanying illustration shows how we hold our smoker while at apiary-work. As soon as a hive is approached, the smok- er is in readiness, and the snout turned just right to send smoke over the frames by just touching the bellows. The right hand raises the cover, the left hand touches the bellows and continues the smoke until the cover is placed beside the hive out of the way. By this time the bees are usually subdued enough to be- gin frame-manipulation; if not, the left hand continues to touch the bellows, for the snout is turned towards the resisting bees before the hand touches the bellows. Our hives are placed on single stands, six and eight inches high, and we can thus keep the smoker conveniently placed while working in the second stories. While working in the supers several. stories high I keep it thus placed, and I reach for it when it is needed, and it is always convenient. If hives, frames, or supers are to be carried from one hive or location to anothe
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