. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 96 American Hae Journal March, 1913. erance in the shape of a tremendous cloud of smoke appeared from the di- rection of the woodshed door. The proprietor of the ranch, taking pity on our helpless condition, had put some live coals into a large tin pan and onto these a quantity of woodpne accumulations, which sent up a col- umn of smoke that compared favor- ably to the puffings of an express lo- comotive. Holding this pan in front of himself, it had a magical effect on the bees. They did not offer to mo- lest him on his way to the shop, and when he op
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 96 American Hae Journal March, 1913. erance in the shape of a tremendous cloud of smoke appeared from the di- rection of the woodshed door. The proprietor of the ranch, taking pity on our helpless condition, had put some live coals into a large tin pan and onto these a quantity of woodpne accumulations, which sent up a col- umn of smoke that compared favor- ably to the puffings of an express lo- comotive. Holding this pan in front of himself, it had a magical effect on the bees. They did not offer to mo- lest him on his way to the shop, and when he opened the shop door in a triumphant way, he said: "There, take this pan and blow the smoKe against the hives, that will fix the ; Our friends' advice proved literally true. After allowing the infuriated bees a reasonable time to quiet a lit- tle, and replenishing the smoke pro- ducing pan with a liberal supply of fuel from the woodpile, we were en- abled to resume our work. In due time we finished the job with no trou- ble to speak of. Only a short time ago a bee-keeping friend, to whom I related the incident, remarked, after we had a good laugh over it: "Why don't you write it up for the bee-paper?" And here it is. A little later another of our custo- mers had a similar surprise in store for us. On a previous visit we had discussed the benefits and advantages derived from the use of a properly constructed bee-smoker. Being some- what of an inventive genius, he had fastened over the valve of a common hand-bellows, such as were used in those days with the old-fashioneo charcoal flat irons, a tin can with perforated top and bottom. This latter he filled partly with rotten wood and finished with live coals from the stove. In opening the bellows the suc- tion would draw the smoke inside and closing it would send the smoke out of the nozzle. With the exception of the disadvantage that it required both h!inds to work it, our friend's contriv- ance would have
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