1911 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



181 



which is attached an upper 

 part of netting that is faced 

 in front with a square of 

 black wire gauze. The sim- 

 plest way to make this suit 

 is to buy a cottoa night-shirt 

 two or three sizes larger than 

 is usually worn; cut off a part 

 above the shoulders, and an- 

 other below the waist. From 

 the remnants make exten- 

 sions for the sleeves, long 

 enough to come down over 

 the knuckles, and cut a hole 

 in the side for the thumb. 

 The lower part of the blouse 

 is taken up with a string 

 gathered in the edges. It is 

 drawn tight, and tied. 



The visor in front of the 

 face is made of black wire net- 

 ting. Since the larger the 

 mesh the easier it is to see, 

 the writer uses a piece about 

 eight inches square, with a 

 mesh of eight wires to the 

 inch. To prevent the wire 

 cutting the netting it is edged 

 with a strip of inch-wide oil- 

 cloth doubled all round and 

 sown slowly on the sewing- 

 machine. 



White netting, such as is 

 used for window curtains, is the best mate- 

 rial to use for the upper part of the suit, as 

 it permits of a free circulation of air. It 

 should be quite loose in the back, but not 

 so in front, for the closer it is to the face 

 the better one sees. The upper part of the 

 square of wire netting should reach the 

 brim of the hat; if it does not, the sun's 

 rays will strike the white curtain and ir- 

 ritate the eyes. It is better to sew the wire 

 gauze in place before the white netting in 

 front of it is cut away. The upper part of 

 the white netting has a piece of elastic 

 hemmed in to permit of the veil being 

 speedily adjusted to the hat or freed from it. 

 The pieces that protect the hands are 

 made sting-proof by being coated with par- 

 affine. This is easily applied by means of 

 a dessert-spoon while the melted paraffine 

 is hot, running it where it is wanted, and 

 spreading with the spoon. 



Fig. 7 shows the veil in use; Fig. 8 how it 

 can be lowered from the face for any pur- 

 pose, such as mopping the brow, wiping 

 spectacles, or to get a drink of water. 



GLOVES. 



When the simple veil is used it is better 

 if the gloves have long sleeves, as shown in 

 Fig. 9. If the stings reach through the 

 cloth the gloves can be made absolutely 

 sting-proof by applying a coating of linseed 

 oil. This is best put on with a brush, tak- 

 ing care to use the least possible quantity. 



With the Coggshall bee-suit, long sleeves 

 to the gloves are unnecessary. A good 

 glove for this outfit is one made of sheep- 

 skin, which, the writer has been told, is 



Figs. 7 and 8.- Showing the Coggshall veil and suit. 



much used by the cowboys of the western 

 plains. It is very thin, with a glossy sur- 

 face which turns a bee-sting eflectively. 

 Such a glove can be slipped on when the oc- 

 casion demands protection, and is as easily 

 taken off. 



The lower openings of the trowsers legs 

 must be closed, either by the application of 

 bicycle-clips, pieces of string, or by tucking 

 them into the socks. High shoes are pref- 

 erable to low. Ladies should wear a divided 

 skirt fitting tightly to the ankles, or some 

 kind of trousers under an ordinary short 

 dress. 



The writer has found the Coggshall suit 

 to be perfectly bee-proof, and as handy to 

 don and doff as an ordinary veil. When 

 he is foolish enough to wear sleeveless un- 

 dershirts, once in a while the bees of an ill- 

 tempered hive will attack his left forearm 

 and inflict a dozen or two of pricks that an- 

 noy for the moment, but the pain is gone 

 in less than a minute. 



Victoria, B. C. 



BEE-KEEPING 



rOR BEGINNERS, 

 TRATED. 



ILLUS- 



Thc Arrangement of the Apiary. 



BY E. D. TOWNSBND. 



A glance at the engravings will show the 

 reader that our Charlevoix Co. yards are 

 back in the woods, away from planing-mills 

 or such conveniences. Under these circum- 

 stances we built the honey-house shown in 

 Fig. 2 on the plan learned of the wood chop- 



