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like all that he writes, makes very in- 

 teresting reading. 



I get the impression that he has form- 

 erly been in the habit of tucking his 

 veil inside his shirt-collar, and Mr. 

 Hutchinson speaks of doing this also. 

 Now, I should think that would be a 

 most uncomfortable, choky way of dis- 

 posing of a bee-veil. I don't wonder 

 they want some different device. Mr. 

 Hasty seems to have been very much 

 pleased with the Porter method. Still 

 he says : 



"But [would you believe it ?] I am not 

 altogether happy yet. Like the children 

 of Israel in Egypt, I sometimes 'fall a 

 lusting,' and want to put my honey- 

 dripping fingers in my mouth. To un- 

 tie the string of the new device, and 

 loosen up, takes too much time. Who 

 will invent an elastic side-entrance, or 

 something that will let me get at my 

 'potato-trap' with the minimum of 

 hindrance? Moreover, I am sadly de- 

 pendent on my spectacles, and want to 

 put them off and on frequently. In this 

 I can't so well deny myself as I might in 

 the other case." 



He also refers to Mr. Ernest Root's 

 method of wearing his bee-veil under his 

 suspenders, and says it will do very well 

 for the men in warm weather. "But," 

 he says, " in such a case, whatever and 

 ever are the ladies to do, pray tell ?" 

 Now, I think that Mr. Hasty need not 

 worry about the ladies. When it comes 

 to fastening on a bee-hat or a bee-veil, 

 they are away ahead. I confess my way 

 is so simple I never thought of telling 

 any one abou-t it until one day Dr. Miller, 

 who always lets his hang loose, com- 

 plained of bees bothering him by getting 

 under his veil, when I asked him why 

 he didn't fasten his veil down as I did 

 mine. He did so, and has fastened it 

 down ever since. He had seen me fasten 

 mine down for years, but I suspect he 

 considered it rather fussy, and a waste 

 of time, though I think it would take 

 about three times as much time to get 

 one bee out from under the veil, to say 

 nothing of the sting. 



I will say, for Mr. Hasty's benefit, 

 that Dr. Miller uses his spectacles, and 

 samples honey quite often, too, without 

 unfastening his veil. We use a bee-veil 

 with an elastic cord around the bottom. 

 In the center of the front of the veil, at 

 the lower edge, we place a large safety- 

 pin, catching it through the hem of the 

 veil, over the elastic cord, so there will 

 be no danger of tearing out. It is al- 

 ways left hanging to the veil when not 

 in use. When we put our hats on, the 

 pins are there, ready for use. I usually 



fasten my pin by catching it through a 

 button-hole ; if not, I pin it to my waist. 

 Dr. Miller pins his to one suspender 

 when wearing neither coat nor vest. 

 One pin is all that is needed, and the 

 hand can be easily slipped under the veil 

 when necessary. I pity the poor men, 

 who cannot pin their hats on with a hat- 

 pin. However, Dr. Miller thinks he gets 

 on very nicely by tying his hat on with 

 strings when it is very windy. But then, 

 he doesn't know the comfort of a hat- 

 pin. 



Now, Mr. Hasty, please try my way 

 and see if it isn't simpler, easier, more 

 comfortable, and saving in time, having 

 the security of the Porter plan, with the 

 added advantage of comparatively free 

 intercourse with any part of the face. 



Mr. Hutchinson thinks an elastic in 

 front would result in numerous folds in 

 front of the face to obstruct the vision. 

 In this locality, such a thing doesn't 

 happen. 



Marengo, Ills. 



Tie f ooicoct Foundation Fastener. 



The Bee-Keepers' Review had this to 

 say in its April number about a new 

 foundation fastener invented by Mr. M. 

 Woodcock : 



Mr. Marcus Woodcock has invented a 

 new foundation fastener. It works upon 

 the hot-iron-melted-wax plan, its distinc- 

 tive feature being that the section is left 

 in an upright position, or rather the 

 foundation is supported while the sec- 

 tion is being turned into an upright 

 position. The accompanying cut makes 

 a description almost unnecessary. The 

 machine is fastened to the floor, the 

 upper part being placed against a table. 



A metal plate is attached to a cross- 

 piece, the plate being heated by a lamp 

 placed upon an adjustable shelf. The 

 part of the machine bearing the block 

 over which the section is slipped is 

 hinged at the top, and as soon as the 

 sheet of foundation is dropped upon the 

 hot plate that projects through the sec- 

 tion just above the top-bar, this hinged 

 part is swung outwardly and upwardly. 

 As the section is swung out the heated 

 plate is withdrawn, allowing the melted 

 edge of the foundation to drop down 

 upon the center of the top-bar. As the 

 foundation is supported while the sec- 

 tion is turning this summersault, it 

 never lops over and breaks out as is 

 sometimes the case with other fasteners 

 in which there is no support for the 



