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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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much quicker to tie simply a coaroe string 

 nroumi the hive, paper and all. 



In most cases it will not be sufficient to 

 wrap but one thickness of paper about the 

 hive. A little chaflf or excelsior should be 

 scattered around on top of the hive-cover; 

 and if hay or straw is used, it may be easily 

 pushed down over the sides and ends. News- 

 papers, pieces of old carpeting, or any simi- 

 lar material, may be laid over this packing. 

 For the purpose of illustrating this pai't, the 

 string was loosened and the outside paper 

 raised to show the newspapers covering the 

 packing material beneath. See Fig. 2. 



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Fig. 3.— Under the newspapers; excelbior or chafl is 

 spread around on top of the hive-cover. If hay or 

 straw is used, it may extend down on the sides and 

 ends of the hive, providing extra protection. 



In Fig. 3 the newspapers were rolled back 

 to show the excelsior placed on the hive- 

 cover. 



BEE VEILS VARIOUSLY CONSTRUCT 

 ED. 



Wire-cloth Facing v. Celluloid or Glass. 



BY E. R. ROOT. 



When one goes over the country visiting 

 bee-keepers he is almost sure to be surprised 

 at the variety and complexity of the head- 

 gear used. Like a great many other things, 

 what one regards as simply perfect, the oth- 

 er would consider an intolerable nuisance — 



THE ALEXANDER BEE-VEIL. 



nay, he would prefer to have no protection 

 whatever, with all the attendant stings, than 

 to put up with some awkward contrivance 

 that the other fellow uses. As it is impossi- 

 ble to make one shoe, hat, or coat suit every 

 one, I am now submitting several different 

 styles without any attempt to show them 

 all, allowing the reader to select and make 

 that which suits his fancy best. 



First we will start with the simplest form 

 of bee-veil — the one most commonly used. 

 It is made of grenadine, brusseis netting, or 

 mosquito-bar, preferably black, in the form 

 of a bag open at both ends. The top has a 

 rubber-cord binding, and the bottom is bound 

 by a silk ribbon. The smaller end is made 

 to fit over the bi'im of any ordinary hat, and 

 the other end is tucked into the coat or vest, 

 or, when neither is worn, under the sus- 

 penders. The manner of adjusting such a 

 veil is shown in Fig. 1. It slips over the 

 hat, then the hands are passed under the 

 suspenders in front, grabbing the lower end 

 of the veil and drawmg the edges as shown 

 in Fig 2. In doing this, care is taken to 

 take up all the slack, front and rear, leaving 

 the edges under the suspenders as shown in 

 Fig. 3. When it is desired to remove the 



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Fig. 1. Fig. 2. Fig. 3. Fig. 4. 



MANNER OF ADJUSTING A BEE- VEIL UNDER THE SUSPKNDERS WHERE THERE IS NO ELAS- 

 TIC CORD IN THE BOTTOM. 



