. 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. Bee culture. VJBIIiS. The use of a veil over the face will often give a beginner a sense of security that 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
. 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. Bee culture. VJBIIiS. The use of a veil over the face will often give a beginner a sense of security that 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 Langstroth 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 he volunteered to help me introduce my first Italian queen, if I would furnish him with one like my own, to put over his head. After a little practice and experience, anil a more thorough acquaint- ance with bees, veils of all kinds are almost always laid aside; still, as beginners invari- ably want them, it may be well to give the matter some WIRE-CLOTH AND LACE KEE-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- table. I need hardly say that one who hand- les bees needs to keep "cool," in more senses than one, and he also wants the free and unobstructed use of all his faculties. Many years ago I advised, instead of the wire cloth bae-hat, a veil made of black tarlatan, witli a rubber cord put in the top, to be slipped 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, called Brussels net, that obstruc
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