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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Jaxuarv, 1920 



HEADS OF GRM>n D^raW,ii rDIFFERENT FIELDS 



any information, that I can give, I will gladly 

 render you, or any prospective beekeeper, any as- 

 sistance in my power. J. H.- McWethy. 



Cleveland, O. 



[A number of farm papers have been pub- 

 lishing articles on beekeeping that contain 

 what to the beekeeper seems remarkably 

 poor advice. We believe it quite worth 

 the readers' time to correct such impressions 

 by writing directly to the author of the ar- 

 ticle as Mr. McWethy did; or better still, 

 remonstrate with the publishers. — Editor.] 



Bes-veils for Grace Allen need 



Beekeeperettes. never say again, "I 



always knew a bee- 

 veil was unbecoming. ' ' Mr. Mendelson 's 

 farmerettes have evolved bee-hats and veils 

 that are really becoming. Now I know that 

 Gleaning 's Editor himself has "covered" 

 Mr. Mendelson 's apiary and the farmer- 

 ettes; but being a mere man, he couldn't be 

 expected to discover all the reasons why 

 those farmerettes were so charming. For 

 the benefit of other beekeeperettes (why 



not call them that?) let me state that the 

 pleasing effects produced by these bee-hats 

 and veils were due to wise choices in the 

 matter of color and material. The designs 

 were not new. For instance, one outfit be- 

 gan with a 15-cent straw hat, very light and 

 open in construction. This was covered with 

 a piece of china silk with splashes of green 

 all over it. The owner told me that the 

 silk was a "relic of the past," stitched on 

 with the sewing machine. It covered the 

 crown and went over and under the brim, 

 and served to k'^ep out the bees and add 

 protection from the sun. The veil was made 

 of pretty figured green silk and green silk 

 net. Underneath could be seen quantities 

 of curly, golden hair. Now, doesn 't that 

 sound fetching? Another model was made 

 on the same kind of a hat, but the trim- 

 mings (they really amounted to that) were 

 of navy blue silk net and navy blue china 

 silk with white polka dots. From under- 

 neath this creation, peeped black eyes and 

 black hair. You see the variations can be 

 endless. A hint to the wise is sufficient. 

 Let the farmerette costume and the be- 



BACK LOT BUZZER 

 Ma xaus that'x a great mtafjextioii of Profengnr Baldipin's. where iiou introduce a new queen bu drown- 

 ing her in a cup of honey, but who'll be the life-saver that knows how to operate a puimotor? 



