VEILS. 



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VEILS. 



fold up compactly and can be carried in the 

 pocket. With cross bees to handle, this is 

 by all odds the best veil in tlie lot. 



Mrs. R. II. Holmes, of Slioreham, Vt., 

 uses a bee-hat like that shown in the above 

 cut. It is simply a straw hat with a broad 

 rim, the veil being made of mosquito-bar, 

 and the facing of brussels net. A strip of 

 clotli lines the lower edge of the veil, and is 

 made just larj,e enough to ht snugly around 

 the shoiddeis. A coujile of cloth straps 

 hitched to buttons pass inider the arm-pits, 

 and button on behind. While this arrange- 

 ment is good, the rubber cord and safety-pin 

 is better. 



HOW TO GET ALONG WITHOUT A VEIL. 



It is a very great convenience to be able to 

 dispense with a veil altogether, when cir- 

 cumstances permit it. The only obstacle is 

 luitural dread that a bee may possibly sting 

 tliL' face if it has a chance. This fear will 



woodman's advanced bee-veil. 



wear off as you become more and more ac- 

 customed to handling bees. When without 

 a veil, if a bee comes up, and, by its hum, 

 reveals anger, do not dodge nor strike at it, 

 but control the muscles of the face as per- 

 fectly as though you were not at all aware 

 of its presence. A little wince of the cheek 

 or of the eye encourages its fighting quali- 

 ties. A careless, indifferent behavior, on 

 the other liand, shows you are not afraid, 

 and it therefore very sensibly concludes that 

 there is no use in wasting a sting for noth 

 inn'. Sometimes we put our hand up to the 

 face when one of tliese rascals persists in its 

 annoyance. Should it actually begin to sting, 

 smash it. In your community you will prob- 

 ably acquire tlie reputation of a bee-keeper, 

 and, as such, when suddenly called upon to 

 hive a swarm of bees without preparation for 

 a neighbor, it would be a little unbecoming, 



and perliaps a little humiliating, for you to 

 show signs of fear. You should learn to 

 " astonish the natives"' barehanded and bare- 

 faced, and you need not incur risk, either, if 

 you manage rightly. 



liEE DKESS OR CLOTHING FOR BEE-KEEI'EHS. 



Under the head of Gloves, following in 

 its alphabetical order, will be found some 

 long-sleeved gloves or gauntlets that reach 

 away up above the elbows. Many bee-keep- 

 ers use these to keep bees from getting up 

 the sleeve, and at the same time protect 

 the wrists, especially tlie inside lleshy por- 

 tions of them wliere they are very sensitive. 

 Others carry this same principle further, 

 combining the gloves and headgear all in 

 one. The accompanying illustrations show 



THE COGGSHALJl, BEE-VEIL AND SUIT. 



