. A manual of bee-keeping. Bee culture; Bees. A MANUAL OF BEE-KEEPING. no attempt should be made to retaliate; the assailed party should quickly retreat to the protection of a build- ing or shady place, or, if none be near, lie down with his face to the ground. An angry Bee will seldom follow into the shade if the sun be shining. Violent winds seem often to make the Bees very angry, by blowing them about; but, as a rule, Bees do not volunteer an attack without cause. Langstroth, amongst his Bee- keepers' axioms, says: "Bees gorged with honey never volunteer an attack. Bees may always be m
. A manual of bee-keeping. Bee culture; Bees. A MANUAL OF BEE-KEEPING. no attempt should be made to retaliate; the assailed party should quickly retreat to the protection of a build- ing or shady place, or, if none be near, lie down with his face to the ground. An angry Bee will seldom follow into the shade if the sun be shining. Violent winds seem often to make the Bees very angry, by blowing them about; but, as a rule, Bees do not volunteer an attack without cause. Langstroth, amongst his Bee- keepers' axioms, says: "Bees gorged with honey never volunteer an attack. Bees may always be made peace- able by inducing them to accept of liquid sweets. Bees, when frightened by smoke or by drumming on their hives, fill themselves with honey, and lose all disposition to sting unless they are hurt. Bees dislike any quick movement about their hives, especially any motion which jars their ; Many devices in the shape of Bee-dresses, some very ingenious, have been resorted to in order to protect the wearer against being stung; but, as in many other things, the sim- plest is ofttimes best, and nothing more is requisite than a veil and f f'^*TY"BT"'i''* ^ '' gloves. An economical and very f'' ' '. ' \\ good veil is coarse black leno, costing fourpence per yard, made into a bottomless bag, 27 inches by 24 inches. In one end let be run half a yard of elastic, not too strong, which will complete the veil for use, as in figure 74, when on buttoning the coat up all is secure. The veil may be made at a cost of about sevenpence, and a duplicate or two kept handy for the use of friends, when in-. Fig- 74-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hunter, John, Hon. Secretary of the British Bee-keepers Association. London, D. Bogue
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