.lAXl'ARY 1, 1915 



any woman makes one like it, and follows 

 these direct ions carefully, 1 don't see how 

 she eould be bothered by stings. Tlie suit 

 consists of yloves, bloomers, and a blouse 

 and wire bonnet, which arc sewed securely 

 together. The material for bloomers and 

 blouse is unbleached muslin. The bloomers 

 are made very lonii'. The top is held secure- 

 ly around tlie waist by a long drawing- 

 string. They are also fastened securely 

 around the ankles, over high shoes, with two 

 more drawing-strings. If they are not made 

 long tbey will pull up, and the bees will 

 sting around the shoetops. 



The gloxes are men's beavy goat-skin 

 work-gloves. They have a disagreeable 

 odor; but a thorough smoking with a bee- 

 smoker will help that. The bees don't bother 

 by slinging through these, even when they 

 are wet. I always sew' a three or four inch 

 strip of muslin to the tops of the gloves; 

 then they won't pull out from under the 

 sleeves of the blouse. 



The blouse has the sleeves made long with 

 elastic in them ai'ound the wrists. The body 

 part is very wide. To be on the safe side it 

 should be 2Y2 times as wide as the coat. 

 Another drawing-string fastens it around 

 the waist. The neck is cut out until it fits 

 around the bee-bonnet comfortably. 



The bonnet is the most important part of 

 the costume. Take a piece of ordinary wire 

 mosquito-netting, 30x34; wrap one end 

 over the other and sew securely. Over one 

 end of this wire cylinder sew a round piece 

 of muslin and bind the edges of the other 



end with two thicknesses of muslin. To this 

 .sew a five-inch muslin curtain. Then, if it 

 gives you the headache to look through the 

 netting, cut out a rectangular piece of wire. 

 Don't make this any larger than necessary. 

 Rind the edges of the opening with a nar- 

 row strip of black material. Measure off a 

 piece of fine wire, such as you use in wiring 

 brood-frames, long enough to go twice across 

 the long way of the rectangle, and another 

 piece long enough to go across the nar- 

 row way five times. Put these in so the 

 spaces between them are about equal, 

 and twist each wire around the other. That 

 prevents them from pulling in any direc- 

 tion. To do this, fasten the ends of the 

 wire which run the long way last. These 

 two ends will, of course, come on the same 

 side. If you want to take the shine oiT the 

 wire, soak it in lemon-juice for a few 

 minutes or in hydrochloric acid about one 

 minute before you use it. Aftei' the wire is 

 in, sew a piece of silk tulle over the space, 

 and leave it loose. Then put on the bonnet 

 and blouse, and have some one sew them 

 together. 



This suit sounds complex; but if you 

 happen to be one whom the bees take a 

 special delight in stinging you will find it 

 very convenient. The bloomers and blouse 

 can be made '' any old way." just so they're 

 big, and sewed tightly. This suit will last 

 several years, and only a few minutes are 

 requii'ed to rip out the bonnet when the 

 suit needs washing. 



Northeast, Md. 



BEESWAX IN EGYPTIAN TOMBS 



BY GEORGE BUTLER 



During the visit to Queensland of the 

 members of the British Association for the 

 Advancement of Science some very interest- 

 ing particulars were elicited from Professor 

 (t. Elliott Smith with reference to his re- 

 searches in Egyptian tombs. He is a scien- 

 tist of considerable note, and any informa- 

 tion coming from such a source would not 

 be questioned by any living man. He is a 

 great authority on the mummies of Egypt, 

 and at one time held a prominent position 

 in that country under the government. The 

 subjoined information was the outcome of 

 a letter received by the writer from a fel- 

 low-beekeeper in Queensland, who stated 

 that the professor, in conversation with a 

 friend of his, had mentioned that, during 

 excavations in Egypt, he had discovered a 

 jar of honey, the odor from which was suf- 

 ficiently strong 1(1 attract the attention of 

 bees which were flying near. To obtain a 



verification of these facts the writer com- 

 municated Avitli Professor Smith, who sup- 

 plied some interesting facts on the subject. 

 Mr. Smith said that, several years ago, in 

 the course of excavations in the valley of 

 the tombs of the kings at Thebes, the tomb 

 of the parents of Queen Y\y, wife of the 

 Pharaoh Amenhotep III., was discovered, 

 and among the rich furniture found in the 

 tomb was a large alabaster jar containing 

 a thick honey-like liquid which Mr. Theodore 

 Davis, who supplied the funds for the 

 excavation, mistook for honey. The pro- 

 fessor ridiculed the supposition that honey 

 would remain in a liquid state for thirty 

 centuries in a. dry climate like that of 

 Egypt. When investigating the contents of 

 tile tomb ho took a sample of the honey-like 

 substance, Avliich smelled like castor-oil. and 

 asked the Government Analyst in Egypt 



