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AGRICULTURE 



when to humour the bees in the right way is 

 only learned by experience. 



The removal of surplus honey is an opera- 

 tion which always annoys the bees, more or 

 less, and therefore it should be carried out 

 with special quickness and deftness, having 

 everything required in readiness before 

 beginning. 



A veil should always be worn, it is no 

 inconvenience, and makes the wearer more 

 or less independent. 



It is especially needed by women, because 

 the bees always become entangled in the 

 hair, and are nearly certain to sting before 

 they can be removed. 



Gloves are not advisable, and it is much 

 better, from the first, to accustom one's self 

 to work without them. For those, however, 

 who are too nervous to dispense with them 

 it is best to wear a pair of woollen gloves, 

 with cotton ones drawn over them, and if 

 these are damped, the stings will not make 

 any impression. 



