. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. July 1, 1878.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 43 Aston's, but is more simple, and we present a sketch of it in perpendicular section, as fitted to front of hive. It is a bos, with drone-ex- cluding front; and the part that covers the sunk entrance in the floor-board, or fits when so arranged over the entrance when cut out of the hive itself, is also of that material, so that worker bees can get in and out most readily, under all conditions; but drones can only get from the hive by passing through the fall-trap a, which is composed of wire, when
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. July 1, 1878.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 43 Aston's, but is more simple, and we present a sketch of it in perpendicular section, as fitted to front of hive. It is a bos, with drone-ex- cluding front; and the part that covers the sunk entrance in the floor-board, or fits when so arranged over the entrance when cut out of the hive itself, is also of that material, so that worker bees can get in and out most readily, under all conditions; but drones can only get from the hive by passing through the fall-trap a, which is composed of wire, when they find themselves in a cage from which there is no possibility of escape. With a little improve- ment we hope to make this trap perfect, There are several fumigators, the most simple of which we illus- trate, a is a kind of accor- dion, with tin ends ; its body is of leather, fitted round a spiral spring, the fire is put into b, and a being taken be- tween the fingers and thumb, is worked by the alternating pressure of the thumb against its back. The fire is pre- vented from passing through the tube into the hive by a kind of tin comb, which screens the orifice in b. M. Hamet has also a head- gear, or helmet, for protecting the operator against the stings of the bees. It is of oval shape to fit the face with a peak on each side (in shape like that of a boy's cap) for protecting the ears, and a wire strap that goes over the head and fits into the nape of the neck. The whole is formed of a wire framework, covered on one side with fine fly-proof steel wire gauze, and the other is fitted to a holland bag, which is perfectly sting-proof. The bag is dropped over the head, and the face thrust into the wire case, when the operator appears as if looking out of the end of a bag through a wire cover such as is used in a larder to pre- vent the access of flies to meat. They ensure perfect safety, but apparently are too hot to wear with comfort. In M. Hamet's exhibits there is a large li
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