. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. V. VJSIXiS. Tlie use of a veil over the face will oftf 11 ji'we a liegiinier a sense of sjcurity thai will enable him to work to much better advantage than he would if continually in fear of every bee that chanced to buzz near him. I well remember the long breath of re- lief which I drew when first safely ensconced in the wire-cloth fixture that de- scribes and recommends in his book. It was so ponderous and unwieldy that a friend, who had come to see my bees, named it the ••bird-cage&
. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. V. VJSIXiS. Tlie use of a veil over the face will oftf 11 ji'we a liegiinier a sense of sjcurity thai will enable him to work to much better advantage than he would if continually in fear of every bee that chanced to buzz near him. I well remember the long breath of re- lief which I drew when first safely ensconced in the wire-cloth fixture that de- scribes and recommends in his book. It was so ponderous and unwieldy that a friend, who had come to see my bees, named it the ••bird-cage"" when be volunteered to help me introduce my first Italian queen, if I would furnish him with one like my own, to put over liis bead. After a little and experience, and a more thorough acquaint- ance with bees, veils of all kinds are almost laid aside; still, as beginners invari- ably want them, it may be well to give the matter some ;- WlHE-CLOTlI AND LACE UEE-VEILS. There are two great objections to the use of veils; one is that they necessarily obstruct the vision more or less, and the other is that they obstruct the free circulation of air, which is so desirable in hot weather, and thus tend to make the wearer sweaty, un- comfortable, and perhaps nervous and irri- Uible. I need li;irdly say that one who hand- les bees needs to keep "cool," in more than one, and he also wants the free and unobstructed use of all his faculties, ilany. years ago I adviseil, instead of the wire cloth bee-hat, a veil made of black tarlatan, with a rubber cord put in the top, to be sliiiped over the hat, and the lower ends to be tucked Inside the collar, as shown in the cut. After a while I found a fine kind of silk lace, Brussels net, that obstructs the vision much less than the tarlatan does, or wire cloth either; but as this is quite expen- sive, we use it for only that portion of the j veil that comes directly in f
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