Gleanings in bee culture . non-strosity devised by a superstitious heathen,nor to subject ones self to sundry torturesand annoyances. Many years ago the writer adopted a type. Bees in wire-rlotli hat, neiktio, and artificial limb. of veil which was the result of slow evolu-tion, and which has, in its many years oflise since, proved itself as satisfactory asany bee veil can; for mere man will neverenjoy a veil for a veils sake. The foun-dation, which is at the top, is a duck beachhat, white or brown. Theoretically, whiteis cooler, but brown—kahki color—doesnot show the dirt so easily. To the ri
Gleanings in bee culture . non-strosity devised by a superstitious heathen,nor to subject ones self to sundry torturesand annoyances. Many years ago the writer adopted a type. Bees in wire-rlotli hat, neiktio, and artificial limb. of veil which was the result of slow evolu-tion, and which has, in its many years oflise since, proved itself as satisfactory asany bee veil can; for mere man will neverenjoy a veil for a veils sake. The foun-dation, which is at the top, is a duck beachhat, white or brown. Theoretically, whiteis cooler, but brown—kahki color—doesnot show the dirt so easily. To the rim ofthis is sewed a strip of wire cloth, and de-pending from the lower edge of this is anample skirt of brown cambric or sort of cotton cloth is used in prefer-ence to the commoner and more fuzzy kinds,a? bees do not catch their toes in it andtrip and fall and lose their temper. Butthe wire cloth part of the hat is really thewhole thing—at least it seem so untilAou try to use some other sort of hat as afoundation, or some other sort of cloth forthe skirt. First, buy your hat—it is better to buy itthan to borrow it or steal it, and of course G
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