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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 15 



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RIGHT ANU WRONG WAY TO FASTEN A BEE-VEIL HAVING A RUBBER CORD INSERTED IN 



BOTTOM. 



veil, or to raise it for the purpose of inspect- 

 ing eggs in a darli comb, or when it is very 

 hot and the bees are gentle, it can be easily 

 lifted as shown in Fig. 4. 



The illustration above shows the same veil 

 but with a rubber cord gathered in the top 

 and bottom alike. Many apiarists work 

 without suspenders, coat, or vest, using a 

 belt to hold up the trousers. Such a veil, by 

 means of a large safety-pin, is hooked into 

 the belt or lower portion of the waist, also 

 catching the rubber cord and drawing it 

 V-shaped over the front of the waist as 

 shown in Fig. 5. This gives perfect freedom 

 to the arms, and yet holds the bottom of the 

 veil drawn tightly over the waist, making it 

 bee-tight. 



One might suppose that the manner of ad- 

 justing it as shown in Fig. 6 would be just 

 about right; but he will tind, if he tries it, 

 that it will interfere with moving his arms, 



THE GLOBE BEE-VEIL. 



and in a few minutes it will slip up and hang 

 loosely over his shoulders. Fig. 7 is a little 

 better; but it ought to be drawn further, as 

 shown in Fig. 5. 



Fig. 8 shows a manner of fastening it to 

 the waist, recommended by several bee- 

 keepers. A long cord is inserted in the 

 bottom end of the veil, leaving plenty of 

 surplusage and two free ends. These ends 

 ai'e drawn across the front, around the back, 

 and across, then back to the front, and tied. 

 This makes a vei'y nice arrangement, and is 

 preferred by many. But it has the disadvan- 

 tage of tying one's head up in a sack, and 

 making it impossible for one to reach up 

 without untying to pick out a stray bee that 

 maybe crawling over the face, or to wipe 

 oft" the perspiration. The veil with an elas- 

 tic bottom will allow one to reach up at any 

 time without interfering with the fastening; 

 and in my opinion it is much superior to the 

 long loop-string plan. 



With any of these veils it is important to 

 have at least a facing, black in color, and 

 something that will obstruct the vision as 

 little as possible. A white veiling is hard to 

 spe through. The tinest thing for this pur- 

 pose is silk brussels netting. For many 

 years, and especially for traveling, I have 

 used a veil made entirely of this material be- 

 cause of the little room it takes up in the 

 pocket. It is easy to fold it up and slip it 

 into the vest pocket, and it takes hardly 

 any more room than an ordinary watch. 



But there are many who object to these 

 loose Mowing veils, especially under trees or 

 among underbrusLi, where they are likely to 

 get caught and 

 torn. Many a 

 time under the 

 shade of an old 

 apple-tree have I 

 suddenly found 

 myself "hooked " 

 to some little 

 sprig, and it 

 sometimes takes 

 several minutes 

 to untangle; and 

 one is lucky if he 



does not tear the pouders celllloid- 

 veil in doing it. front veil. 



