APRIL 15, 1914 



305 



AN IMPEOVEMENT ON THE ALEXANDEK BEE^VEIl, 



r.V J. 11. PKTERSOK 



I think (lie Alexander veil is supei'ior to 

 all otiieis for general use; but the one 1 use 

 is a modification of the standard Alexander 

 veil as sold on the mar- 

 ket. I purchased one of 

 those, but east it aside. 

 It did not furnish 

 enough shade, and it did 

 not stay fixed on the 

 head as I want it to. 

 However, 1 have im- 

 proved it so that I think 

 it is about perfect. 



As I make it, it fur- 

 nishes plenty of shade, 

 being 12 inches in diam- 

 eter. In the top edge I 

 put a stiff wire, whieli 

 assists materially in 

 holding it in shape. My 

 most important im- 

 jjrovement, however, it^ 

 tlw arrangement for 

 Iiolding it in place on 

 (lieliead. Without some- 

 thing of this kind it will 

 fall around from side 

 to side in a way that is 

 a great nuisance. I sew 

 a piece of tape about 

 four inches long, and 

 looped at both ends, 

 across the top of the 

 veil inside, about two 

 inches in front of the 

 center. I then tie a piece 

 of hat elastic into these 

 loops, and long enough to go around back 

 of the head and fit snug. Sometimes, if the 

 elastic is weak, I double it. This holds the 

 veil in place, and is not at all uncomfortable. 



T also sew a piece of cloth about 8 or 10 

 inches wide inside at the back to protect the 

 back of the neck from the sun when work- 

 ing stooped over. 



As thus made the Alexander veil becomes 



cool, light, and comfortable; and it can be 

 worn without a iiat, with entire satisfaction. 

 Ogden, Utah. 



Peterson's improvement on the Alexander veil. 



[We have tested this plan, and found it to 

 be excellent. Indeed, it is the best suggestion 

 that has been made yet, to hold the Alexan- 

 der veil at such a point that the wire cloth 

 can not touch the head at any point. There 

 are many who like the Alexander principle : 

 and any one having one of these protectors 

 can easily put the idea into practical effect. 

 —Ed.] 



THE APALACHICOLA 

 ED LAST FEBMUAMY T 



MVEM, FLORIPA: HOW IT 



Catching Two Crops of Honey in a Season from the Same Eeeg 



BY E. R. ROOT 



The kodak views taken by our boys give; a 

 general idea of our apiary at Randlett's 

 Landing, about 16 miles above Apalachicola. 

 Fig. 1 shows the height of the platforms or 

 scaffolding. When Mr. R. L. Tucker put 



up these elevated sidewalks in this place he 

 j^laced them two feet above the highest 

 water-mark ever known on the river; and 

 duiing tlie years that have elapsed, high 

 water has never touched the bees. 



