The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary . •T. H. MARTIN^ BEE-SUIT. marked, thatone objection tobee-veils is theobstruction to For head-wear I prefer a stiff straw hat, witli a 3Vi-inch brim, over which a silk ijiussels-net veil is wornin the ordinary way. To hold the veil snug aroundthe neck, I piefer a stout cord with a slip noose. Mr. W. L. Coggshall
The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary . •T. H. MARTIN^ BEE-SUIT. marked, thatone objection tobee-veils is theobstruction to For head-wear I prefer a stiff straw hat, witli a 3Vi-inch brim, over which a silk ijiussels-net veil is wornin the ordinary way. To hold the veil snug aroundthe neck, I piefer a stout cord with a slip noose. Mr. W. L. Coggshall, of West Groton, , an extensive bee-keeper, having 600 col-onies, in Gleanings for June 1,1889, describ- the eyesight To ^^ ^ similar suit. He says of it: this, My idea of a bee-veilis shown in the accom-panying photograph. Itis simply a wide-rim-med straw or leghornhat, with a stiff rim—Iright here went and gotmy hat to give you themeasurements. Tlierim < APEHARTS GLASS-FRONT VEIL. QyerCOme Mr. .John C. Capehart, of St. Albans, West Ya., has glue 1 a piece of glass in front of the veil. The difficulty with this was, that tlie glass would harldly ever be in range with the eyes, on accotmt of its weight, anu then it would be covered with steam from the breath; and, wo
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