1906 



GLEANINGS IN DEE CL'I.l UKi: 



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combined with his thorough system of man- 

 agement, enables him to accomplish large 

 results with a minimum of labor. 



With regard to that special head-gear, 

 when I first saw it (although I didn't tell 

 my friend Mr. Alexander so) I thought it 

 was the most outlandish thing I had ever 

 seen; but when, later on, I saw it in use, 

 and so cool and convenient that the wearer 

 could be hatless among his bees, and still 

 well shaded, I changed my opinion. It looks 



a good deal^like the head-gear described m 

 father Langstroth's book, and something 

 like what is described in some of the Ger- 

 man works, though it differs from them in 

 detail. A feature of this head-gear is that 

 the hat may be left off, permitting cool 

 breezes to circulate everywhere over the 

 top of the head, and yet the top and back 

 protect one from the direct rays of the sun. 

 In cool weather one could, of course, wear 

 a small cap under the rig. --Ed.] 



FRANK ALEXANDER (SON OF E. W.) WITH COMB-CARRIER FILLED READY TO TAKE TO THE 

 EXTRACTING-HOUSE. THE ALEXANDER BEE-HAT AS IT IS WORN. 



